Blogs
Walk it Like you Talk It?
In my post on the Gabe Dixon Band, I wished that there was a little more at stake in his music, and that the moderateness of it made the album […]
A First Step
Yesterday, a friend and I were bemoaning the generally blah state of roots rock as a genre that had pretty thoroughly picked over the bones of Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, […]
Just Say N.O.
In this year’s Jazz Fest issue, we were pleased to indulge Rob Walker’s obsession with “St. James Infirmary” and publish his liner notes for a ficticious compilation CD featuring versions […]
This Slip’s for You
At Salon.com, James Hannaham writes about Nine Inch Nails’ The Slip, which takes Radiohead’s In Rainbows one better by not only making the album available as a free download (among […]
The Future is Long
Julian Temple’s The Future is Unwritten is his 2-plus hours-long valentine to Joe Strummer. The love for an artist that motivates filmmakers to shoot a documentary on the subject seems […]
Patience Required
It’s easy to see why Daft Punk’s 70-minute film Electroma could drive fans crazy. It’s wordless, as two robots – men in black wearing Daft Punk helmets – travel through […]
Tales of the Cocktail in Daiquiri City
This week, Tales of the Cocktail returned to New Orleans, and it’s always an event I’ve been a little suspicious of. Its celebration of cocktail culture has always seemed like […]
Your Call
I’m generally skeptical of the value of petitions, but I’ll pass this along because the cause is good and the principals have, well, priniciples. This one is addressed to both […]
Don’t Be a Stereotype … Don’t Be a Stereotype … D’OH!
It’s so depressing to be represented in the media by cliches. When I heard that a Metairie beauty salon owner was going to be a contestant on CBS’ Big Brother […]
Reality Check
Going through a stack of CDs and DVDs, I found John Darnielle’s Master of Reality, which I’d meant to write about long ago. The Mountain Goats’ singer/songwriter contributes his take […]
