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Voodoo Notebook dump: Day Two
Next to Nine Inch Nails, Lil Wayne was the biggest draw Saturday and generated the most excitement. That didn’t make him punctual; in fact, his DJ was 10 minutes late […]
Voodoo Notebook dump: Day One
At 11 a.m., the Noisician Coalition left the Bingo! Parlour and started its parade around the Voodoo mall. All the instruments are homemade – a tree of mixing bowls of […]
Countdown to Voodoo: Thievery Corporation’s Radio Retaliation
The Voodoo Music Experience starts Friday. Just time for a little bit of last minute housecleaning this week. Thievery Corporation: Radio Retaliation (Eighteenth Street): The revolution will never sound more […]
Love for Jonathan Batiste
On Sunday, Ben Ratliff gave a warm review to a performance by the Jonathan Batiste Quintet in the New York Times: He can show off, and occasionally does. A long detour […]
What Voter Fraud?
John McCain’s sputtering attempt to interject ACORN into the debate this week likely left anyone who didn’t know the issue confused as to who was doing what, and how it […]
CD, Vinyl, mp3 or Guitar Hero?
Following in the footsteps of Metallica, which released its latest album Death Magnetic as a download for fans who also play Guitar Hero, Oasis will release “Bag it Up,” “Waiting […]
Kingstonlogic 2.0
If nothing else, Terry Lynn’s Kingstonlogic 2.0 (Last Gang) says that Jamaica can still be a dangerous place. As the title suggests, though, this is a contemporary expression of street […]
Hooray for the Home Side
OffBeat designer/food writer Elsa Hahne received an excellent write-up from Judy Walker in The Times-Picayune today for her new book, You Are Where You Eat: Stories and Recipes from the […]
A Little Girl Talk
Girl Talk’s new Feed the Animals is a sampling freak-out with over 300 credited samples, almost none of which are obscure. Girl Talk – Gregg Gillis – performs Friday night […]
Those Who Want to Argue with the New York Times…
… will have to take one step backwards before declaring it hopelessly pro-Obama. David D. Kirkpatrick’s “Writing Memoir, McCain Found Narrative for Life” examined the relationship between McCain’s war experience […]
