Blogs
Damage Assessment
For me, the takeaway from Spike Lee’s If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise was that he was celebrating the people of New Orleans and the prickly, wily […]
Fear of Cheeseheads
In response to Kate Russell’s story on ATC’s Dear New Orleans benefit album, someone wrote: Too bad they could not get more NEW ORLEANS musicians. This is kinda carpetbagger,,,,,,,, Of […]
We Have No One but Ourselves to Blame
We’re in the process of posting stories from back issues that were never online, and while doing so, we ran across 1990’s “Jazz Fest Survival Guide.” I won’t question the […]
Just Gimme Some Truth
When the Saints season opens in the Dome September 9, it looks like the Minnesota Vikings will have Brett Favre at quarterback, just as almost everybody in the free world […]
The Morning Drive
On the way to work, I decided I’d thought far too long about the Hoodoo Gurus’ Purity of Essence (Hoodoo Gurus). The opening tracks – “Cracking Up,” “A Few Home […]
Uncle Lionel in Times Square
Tonight, Spike Lee’s new documentary If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise premieres at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, and it airs on HBO August […]
On the Road Again
North Louisiana native Tony Joe White has made a career out of being laconic, and his matter-of-fact delivery lent a homespun truthfulness to race relations in “Willie and Laura Mae […]
Expendables Expendable?
Last week, we received a press invite to the New Orleans’ red carpet premiere of The Expendables, the Sylvester Stallone-penned/directed action film shot around here. The invite listed retired wrestler […]
Talk About Pop Music
The EMP Pop Conference has been one of the more thought-provoking gatherings of critics, ethnomusicologists and others who find meaning in pop music. In 2010, it leaves its long-time home […]
Road Music
I’ve been on a two-week road trip vacation. Here are a few random musical thoughts: — When radio became too painful, we listened to Rhapsody on my iPhone. I have […]
