Blogs
Happy New Year!
Had a great conversation with one of our lifetime subscribers today, John Jacobs, from Tucson. He and his wife Mary Anne (hope I spelled that right) are in town for […]
Music or Bullets?
Had a visit this week from two young Nederlanders who had made a trip from Memphis to New Orleans on bicycles. Both Leedert and Winifred are in their early thirties, […]
Treme Soundtrack Track Listing
[UPDATE] Earlier, we received a list of songs on the upcoming soundtrack album for HBO’s Treme, but since then, we’ve been informed that the list we had was wrong. The […]
Tide and Talk
UPDATED: Saturday, the Howlin’ Wolf was full of tables, the better to support laptops operated by the bloggers present for Rising Tide 5, the bloggers’ conference focused on New Orleans’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hindsight Is 20-20
Hindsight is easy. Sometimes you look around and see what’s been done and built in your city since you’ve been alive (easy for me since I’m an old lady) and […]
The Obvious Next Step
My fear after Hurricane Katrina was that the vacant houses and closed projects would create the real estate vacuum that would allow Treme to be gentrified to the point that […]
Treme News: New Steve Earle Sunday
This Sunday ends the first season of HBO’s Treme. Featured in the episode will be a new song by Steve Earle, who also has a role on the show. According […]
Treme News: Davis on Davis’ Episode
At 17dots.com, Davis Rogan is blogging about the music on Treme. Here’s his commentary on Sunday’s episode, which he co-wrote with the late David Mills. In the post, Rogan alludes […]
