Blogs
A Celestial AM
The L.A.-based artist known as AM is a product of the Northshore and Loyola-educated. His output to date has been attractive, but nothing as compelling as Celestial Electric, his collaboration […]
Voodoo Experience News: GIVERS, Odd Future
[NSFW] GIVERS (October 30, 1:30 p.m., WWOZ Stage) recently recorded “In My Eyes,” “Words” and “Atlantic” at a Daytrotter session. They’re available online now to download or stream. Their song “Saw […]
Life After “Black and Gold Super Bowl”
Rapper K-Gates had one of the hits of the Saints’ 2009 Super Bowl run with his “Black and Gold Super Bowl”. Now, he’s participating in a new MTV show, Road […]
Lost in the Moment
Yesterday’s Saints game had more than its share of drama, from the amazing comeback to the emotional start of the game with Steve Gleason – showing the effects of ALS […]
Pearl Jam at Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center is showing Pearl Jam Twenty nightly at 9:30 p.m. through Thursday. The documentary film by Cameron Crowe includes previously unseen footage of the band over the […]
Voodoo Experience News: Mastodon, A-Trak, Snoop Dogg, GIVERS
Heavy rock band Mastodon will play The Voodoo Experience on Saturday, October 29. Its new album, The Hunter, is due out Tuesday, but the band has made the whole record […]
The Last Supper of The Man Who Ate New Orleans
[Updated] On October 21, Rev. Ray Cannata, star of the upcoming film The Man Who Ate New Orleans, will complete his goal of eating at every restaurant in New Orleans. […]
Something’s Missing
Last night, WWL-TV ran a story about “illegal bars” causing noise complaints on Frenchmen Street. Which clubs are they? Reporter Scott Satchfield spoke to our own Jan Ramsey (who doesn’t […]
C. Ray Nagin Makes the Rounds
Yesterday, former Mayor Ray Nagin was on television promoting his book, Katrina’s Secrets, which was self-published through CreateSpace, as Jon Stewart noticed on The Daily Show. Nagin did this, he […]
Curren$y and Lil Wayne: The Race is On
Who can release the most music the fastest? Curren$y, a one-time protege of Lil Wayne, is as prolific as Weezy these days and releases tracks about as quickly. His Weekend […]