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Did it Get a Little Cold in Here?
Another pre-Jazz Fest note, this one on Aretha Franklin. Mike Seely at the Seattle Weekly wrote this week protesting the choice of Aretha Franklin to sing at the Obama […]
Let it Go
[Updated 9:55. See the end of the post.] After today’s story in the Times-Picayune about the Mid-City bonfire, it’s time to let the bonfire go. Not because of anything […]
It’s All About the Hands
A Tony Bennett review in the New York Times, in long-distance advance of his show at Jazz Fest. According to Ben Ratliff: When Tony Bennett, now 82, enacts that […]
Burning Up
The Mid-City New Year’s Eve bonfire has been a partially kept secret for quite some time, likely because everybody knew if it became too big, it would be shut down. Certainly […]
A Shoe Fetish
Last night, Keith Olbermann did a piece on shoe-throwing, the sort of piece that could only happen on a slow news day. He tried half-heartedly to turn it into […]
Jazz Fest Lineup Announcement Notes
UPDATE: Dec. 17 – A reader says Erykah Badu did play Jazz Fest 8 or so years ago. I thought so, but wasn’t sure.] The New Orleans Jazz and […]
A Slightly Surreal Christmas
Wednesday night, One Eyed Jacks will present a Christmas double feature with a screening of the Flaming Lips’ Christmas on Mars and Miss Pussycat’s brilliant North Pole Nutrias. Doors […]
Left Out
Wilson Savoy reflects on the overlooked band in this year’s Grammy consideration for Best Cajun/Zydeco Album here. Along the way, he touches on why the omission and what “Cajun […]
Grammy list updated
Reid Wick from NARAS sent me his personal list of Louisianans who were involved with Grammy-nominated recordings, and I’ve learned a few through other means. David Egan, for example, wrote […]
Snow Day!
It’s snowing this morning. It’s too warm for it to stick on the ground, but it’s covering parked cars. Naturally, the city’s in a state of freak-out, and a […]
