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Oliver Thomas Part of Treme’s Second Season
Today, Dave Walker at The Times-Picayune announced that the second season of HBO’s Treme will debut at 9 p.m. Central on April 24, and that former city councilman Oliver Thomas […]
Preview the New Generationals
This year, OffBeat‘s pleased to sponsor the Generationals at South by Southwest, where they’ll preview their new album, Actor-Caster. Today Spin.com has a free download of the sunny “Greenleaf.” The […]
Yann Tiersen Weathers the Snows of Texas
Saturday night, Yann Tiersen plays the Republic Saturday night. He’s been shooting a video diary of the tour, and in this installment he documents being stuck in the snow in […]
People Discover Palin in Your Pocket
Former OffBeat staffer Steve Winn has made a cottage industry of the “—– Your Pocket” series – keychains that play soundbites from famous and infamous sources. They include Mr. T […]
A Second Look at Second Lines
Last week, publisher Jan Ramsey’s column made me uneasy as it talked about the shooting that followed a second line near her house. She wrote, “while attending the second line on […]
Anselmo, Meet Shockey
At HousecoreRecords.com – the online home of Phil Anselmo’s label – he interviews Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey. Among the revelations – “[Pantera] helped some people deal with their anger […]
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 […]
Jazz Wars: Pt. IV – Let’s Do it Again
In a YouTube video that’s obviously at least partially tongue-in-cheek, Jason Marsalis warns against the crop of young jazz musicians that he dubs “Jazz Nerds International”: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN5xyZvMjJc[/youtube] Not surprisingly, he […]
A First Look at Gulf Aid Video
At Gulf Aid, Ben Jaffe announced that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz and Trombone Shorty had cut a new version of “It Ain’t My Fault,” inspired […]
Cheapness for Good and Ill
Incarceration led to my favorite C-Murder album, The Truest Shit I Ever Said, largely because the process of recording on a DAT while in prison forced him to dial down […]
