Blogs
Starstruck
In another blog post, I started thinking about Big Star, whose Keep an Eye on the Sky box set does nothing to address my thoughts on the band. As great […]
Grades, Stars and Treble Clefs
Former Sleater-Kinney member Carrie Brownstein’s NPR blog, Monitor Mix, ranges from really smart to uninteresting prompts for reader response. What comes up on your iPod? What song can change your […]
A New Orleans Tradition
This event has become so big it gets its own press release: Cash Money Records Co-CEOs and founders Ronald “Slim” Williams and Bryan “Birdman” Williams have never forgotten their roots […]
First Signs of Trouble
After Monday’s blog post about CECI, one commenter responded: When two days after the announcement you get a double barrel assault from both the IG and James Gill blasting the […]
More on CECI
A few disconnected thoughts after yesterday’s press conference for the Center for Entertainment and Creative Arts (CECI): – It feels unkind to raise doubts about it because if it happens, […]
The New All-Purpose Everything
At lunch time, Dooky Chase’s was a circus. There were drummers out front and Lenny Kravitz, Irvin Mayfield and Mayor C. Ray Nagin inside. To make the scene properly surreal, […]
Priorities
A hurricane is coming this way and the Saints going 8-0 is the headline in today’s Times-Picayune. As it should be. One of the pleasant discoveries yesterday – besides the […]
A Little Urgency
One stat that came out of the morning press conference at the National World War II Museum explains the urgency to open the new wing and subsequent expansions ASAP. Since […]
Hall Decking 101
The lineup for this year’s free Christmas concerts in the St. Louis Cathedral was announced this morning. The show start at 6 p.m. and, because of the venue, feature spirituals […]
Jazz Fest, Day Two
Saturday started with the Tipsy Chicks in the Lagniappe Stage. Lynn Drury sang, “All is Forgiven on Frenchmen Street,” and I wonder if that’s true. In the same Friday […]
