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Letters to the Editor: OffBeat Magazine, August 2020

No tourism no money These letters are in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post “Not to be a Debbie Downer, But…” lamenting the increase in Covid-19 cases.—Ed.  Your editorial was […]

Letters to the Editor, OffBeat Magazine July 2020

Spencer Bohren I have Spencer’s memorial program on a shrine in my office. A few days before the new Write Brothers came out; a wind came through the door and […]

Letters to the Editor, OffBeat Magazine June 2020

Super Potluck Thank you so much for sending the Super Potluck. I am excited to have some things to read that are not on a screen. I really love OffBeat […]

Letters to the Editor: OffBeat Magazine May 2020

These letters are in response to Jan Ramsey’s Mojo Mouth “Killing the Goose” in the March 2020 issue.—ED.   I just read your [Jan Ramsey] blog and I just want […]

Letters to the Editor: OffBeat Magazine, March 2020

New Orleans Soul This letter is in response to December 2019 Mojo Mouth “Do We Really Want Shiny and Soulless?” by Jan Ramsey.—ED. I kept your previous issue of OffBeat […]

Letters to the Editor: OffBeat Magazine, February 2020

Jerry Jumonville Jerry [Jumonville] and I met and gigged in the late ’50s. I went to New Orleans around 2001 or so; Jerry, Eddie Hynes, and I got together like […]

Letters to the Editor: OffBeat Magazine, January 2020

New Orleans and Nashville This letter is in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post “The Difference Between New Orleans and Nashville” with guest editorial by Loyola’s Music Industry Studies Program […]

Letters to the Editor, OffBeat Magazine December 2019

Overwhelmed? This letter is in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog “Not Dead Yet—Distribution Snafu Affects Retailers and Bands.”—ED Major labels have usurped distribution. The pressing plants are overwhelmed with their […]

Letters to the Editor, November 2019

Subscription prices You evil bastards… you know you have me over a barrel with these price hikes. I can no more resist renewing my subscription to OffBeat than I can […]

Letters to the Editor, October 2019

St. Claude Avenue Music Corridor These are in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post “More Music Moving East?” (September 2019) questioning if St. Claude Avenue is the next music corridor […]