Blogs
Something Besides Gustav: Giant Sand
Like most of us, I’ve been preoccupied with Gustav, but I haven’t stopped listening to music. Current fascination: Giant Sand’s proVISIONS. Giant Sand recorded with the Contintental Drifters at Kingsway […]
Voodoo Update: New Acts, Day to Day Schedule, and More
Between the writing of the Weekly Beat and the time it went out, we received an update on the Voodoo Music Experience. The Mars Volta, N*E*R*D, TV on the Radio, […]
More on the Imperial Mayoralty
Gordon Russell’s story for the Times-Picayune sure makes it sound like Nagin appointed himself The Decider for New Orleans and chose to minimize communication with City Council and other parish […]
Evacuation Thoughts
We’re back, and a lot of the city still lacks power. It seems odd that power problems aren’t solved on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis, but that seems to be […]
A Quick Question
I’m in Pontchatoula without power and working off a battery power, so I don’t have time to search the Internet for the answer to a question. Has anybody heard anything […]
On the Road Again
Yesterday I semi-evacuated to Pontchatoula, getting 45 minutes out of town and to a slightly more removed vantage point. With the slight shift in track to the east of Vermilion […]
Putting the “vice” in Vice-President, and Katrina
Oliver Wang at Poplicks.com posted a picture and analysis of John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin. And his photo of New Orleans on the anniversary of Katrina reminds that this […]
Need to Feel a Little Righteous Indignation?
Read “Not Ready for Gustav,” an editorial in today’s New York Times: Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, residents there are nervously watching the progress of Tropical […]
More Katrina at the DNC
Last night, it was nice to hear Katrina mentioned twice in Barack Obama’s speech. Still not enough in my books, but it’s something. A friend who saw my fretting of […]
A Reason to Wish the Storm Away
Like we actually need any, one of my favorite bands from this year’s SXSW – Dark Meat – will play the Saturn Bar Halloween night. Dark Meat is a 16-piece […]
