Issue Articles — Dis 'n' Dat
Pretenders to the Thrown?
Why don’t rock bands in New Orleans ever hit the big time? Ask around, and you’ll get a variety of excuses from disgruntled scenesters: “New Orleans doesn’t support the rock […]
Some Kind of Mayhem
Regular readers of local entertainment publications and OffBeat’s Dis ‘n’ Dat column may notice something amiss. Namely, that as of last month I did not work here and, perhaps more […]
Ryan’s Hope
“Probably some time during college I discovered country music,” recalls Ryan Scully, the lead singer of the decidedly alcohol-oriented Morning 40 Federation. “Like Hank Williams’ stuff—I realized how much I […]
Twin Set
The older I get, the less I am surprised by anything. It takes a lot to impress me. I have been listening to Louisiana music for over 50 years and […]
Sex and Tom Violence
Guitarist/Vocalist Chris Posner of the band Tom Violence, like many a suburban Metairie musician before and undoubtedly after (yours truly included), fights the good fight on behalf of rock-a battle […]
Have Organ, Will Travel
The E-Z-Organ is a strange and curious musical beast, inspired says its creator by megatherium, the giant (elephant-sized) ground sloth, extinct since the Ice Age. The creator, a Ninth Ward […]
The Honeymooners
Ah, the utterly romantic life of touring musicians! Take Lower Ninth Ward multi-instrumentalist Mike West and his better, lovelier half, multi-instrumentalist mom Katie Euliss, who perform as Truckstop Honeymoon, a […]
World Champion
The term “world music” is a curious designation since, other than the sounds of Yma Sumac and Juan Garcia Esquivel, most music we encounter comes from somewhere in the world. […]
Sportsman’s Paradise
“I live in hunting paradise and everybody around me hunts,” explains Slidell resident Viola Estain. “I wanted to do a modeling agency and I came up with the idea of […]
Elegantly Decadent
Photographer Richard Sexton’s photo book about New Orleans, Elegance and Decadence (with text by Randy Delehanty), is one of the greatest works of Louisiana literature, on the same Himalayan level […]
