My fear after Hurricane Katrina was that the vacant houses and closed projects would create the real estate vacuum that would allow Treme to be gentrified to the point that it would lose its character. At a City Planning Commission meeting Monday, a proposal was discussed that would allow 20 buildings that were once commercial [...]
Tag Archives: Culture
If We Knew What We Were Doing …
April 24, 2010 – 9:21 am
Friday, Lt.-Governor (for now) Mitch Landrieu held a cultural economy roundtable on the grounds at Jazz Fest, with Irma Thomas, Terrance Simien, Dr. Michael White and OffBeat‘s Jan Ramsey among the participants. Landrieu has been doing these since 2007 (I think), with the intent of trying to develop the business infrastructure to capitalize on New [...]
Where Are The Memorials?
March 3, 2010 – 3:56 pm
I wonder why there’s such an overall lack of appreciation for musical legends in New Orleans, which is the most musical city on earth. There’s such a deep love for our musical culture—not necessarily shared by the majority of the population of this city and state—that it seems a shame that we’re not honoring the [...]
Tremé and Davis
January 12, 2010 – 2:08 pm
Cute but Crazy Davis Rogan called me today to correct me on implying on my last blog that he wasn’t involved in the upcoming HOB Tremé series. He is involved, but to what extent is still shrouded in secrecy, and “nothing can be revealed until we all sit down together to enjoy the premiere of [...]
Space is the Place
June 25, 2008 – 6:30 am
Lil Wayne has often referred to himself as an alien (as in Martian), and doing so on Tha Carter III has prompted writers to revisit the theme of the Afronaut, one Kandia Crazy Horse uses as her launching pad for an essay she wrote for us for the upcoming issue. At Slate, Jonah Weiner wrote “Lil [...]
