When drummer August Jepson got sick in Los Angeles, she didn’t have health insurance or access to affordable health care. “I went to the hospital in L.A. and sat in a hallway for hours,” she says. “A nurse put me on a cot. I was lying there surrounded by crackheads and seriously ill people. The [...]
“You’re about to enter an urban environment,” says Jack Spratt. “All sorts of felonious mishaps may occur.” With that, he flicks a helmet visor down and stalks off into the alley. The lanky host of Poppa’s Party House—the Sunday night bounce party at House of Blues—sports a helmet decorated with stickers of hundred dollar bills, [...]
For Norman Cook, also known as Fatboy Slim, his show begins with a long, lonely walk to the center of the stage. As a video titled “Norm’s Eye View” reveals, before Cook reaches the decks—which, he emphasizes, takes much more time than people think—he sees a beach-like expanse of pavement speckled with bouncers, then a [...]
“Looking back on our albums,” says Explosions in the Sky‘s Chris Hrasky, “Subtlety has not been our strong point.” Since their first album, Explosions in the Sky’s talent or lack of subtlety hasn’t been questioned. This is the band whose demo tape was submitted to label Temporary Residence Limited with the note, “This totally fucking [...]
Salvatore Geloso, a finalist for Rolling Stone’s “Street to Stage” competition, shrugged when some of the magazine’s cameramen asked for information. The word that best describes his encounter is probably unsuspecting. After all, this is a guy who loves to serenade people in the street for the hell of it (and a little tip money). [...]
If you haven’t been to an electronic show, you might wonder why people would subject themselves to one. First, the bass is turned up so loud that one well-placed bass note could blow away someone under a hundred pounds in an arm-whomping, severe gust of wind. In a Bassnectar review, I wrote about how I [...]
“I have trouble sleeping sometimes,” admits 22-year-old Demian Reed. It’s not his Tulane course load that’s causing his insomnia. Reed’s sleepless nights are caused by something completely different, a problem that likely doesn’t affect any other business student on Tulane’s campus. “I can’t stop thinking about cherry tomatoes.” Last year, Reed joined the growing number [...]
When 90-year-old James Lewis Carter Ford visits bars, he makes a special request. “Play Taledragger,” he’ll say. When the bartender obliges, Ford (better known as blues man T-Model Ford) grins while he listens to his latest record. This summer, the nonagerian is on tour nationally in support of his recent record. 2010’s Taledragger is a dirty [...]
Forget the sweltering heat outside. Put on your hand-knitted Gryffindor scarves and head to the nearest movie theater for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The last installment in the series officially starts tomorrow, but you have some choices if you can’t wait. The shows listed here may sell out (if they haven’t [...]
