Tonight, New Orleans is hosting a regional qualifier for the world’s largest DJ competition in the world and premier turntablism event, the DMC World DJ Championships. The DMC pits DJs of any genre of music (hip hop, house, techno, funk, etc.) against each other in the age-old turntablist battle of technical virtuosity. The winner of tonight’s [...]
Tag Archives: Hookah Cafe
Another Troubled Street
April 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
For the better part of a decade, Frenchmen Street has become the hot spot for locals and music savvy tourists tired of the gauntlet of identical strip clubs, T-shirt stores and frozen daiquiri joints on Bourbon Street. But this past Mardi Gras, the usual street choking crowds of revelers were noticeably thinner and the clubs [...]
Help Wanted
February 3, 2009 – 3:27 pm
Earlier today, we received an email from the Hookah Cafe’s Gil Berman warning that the club is likely to have to close because it doesn’t comply with non-smoking laws passed in 2007 (We have laws against smoking?). It needs a zoning change that the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association vows to to fight. Assuming all [...]
