SMOKE FREE Although I’m thrilled with the new movement in town to ban smoking at more clubs (“A Breath of Fresh Air”—February 2011) and enjoyed the article about this in OffBeat, I take issue with the statement that “While the decision to go smoke-free doesn’t necessarily make a profit….” Simply stated, there are many people [...]
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More 2010 Best of the Beat Photos
February 8, 2011 – 3:37 pm
More 2010 Best of the Beat photos from the Business Awards on Wednesday, January 26 in the Taylor Library at the Ogden and from the public Music Awards on Friday, January 28 at Generations Hall. These photos are all on Facebook as well, so head over there and tag your friends and favorite musicians. All [...]
Best of the Beat 2010 Music Award Winners
January 29, 2011 – 2:44 pm
Friday, January 28, OffBeat hosted the 2010 Best of the Beat Awards at Generations Hall for a night of music, food, and awards. Musical performances included Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns; Washboard Rodeo; Creole String Beans; Davis Rogan; the Soundclash All-Stars with Lyrikill, Tony Skratchere, Sauve, J-Dubble, A. Levy, Quest and more; Chubby [...]
2010 Best of the Beat Awards Nominees
December 16, 2010 – 12:34 am
To vote, get more info or buy tickets for the Best of the Beat go here. Best Blues Artist Tab Benoit Big Daddy ‘O’ Dr. John Little Freddie King Walter “Wolfman” Washington Best Blues Album Dr. John: Tribal Andy J. Forest: NOtown Story Little Freddie King: Gotta Walk With Da King Kenny Neal: Hooked on [...]
Blogospheria
December 8, 2010 – 5:03 pm
The movie shooting outside on Frenchmen Street finally wrapped for the day. They told us we couldn’t venture outside this afternoon as they were shooting in front of our building, and they’d be finished on Saturday, so it’s been a rather frustrating day. It’s been especially annoying since I have literally spent the entire freaking [...]
Post-Traumatic
August 25, 2010 – 2:56 pm
Satellite view of “The Big One” Yesterday afternoon I was waiting for an appointment in an office, and a woman who was sitting next to me was complaining to her friend: “I am so sick of hearing about Katrina. All those people who are still trying to get into their houses should have moved back [...]
Jazz Fest on Your iPhone
May 1, 2010 – 12:08 am
If you’d like to experience New Orleans and OffBeat all year long, any time you want, download the newest addition to our media family: our OffBeat Mobile app on your iPhone. It’s free and a very complete guide to Jazz Fest, and after the event is over, it’ll continue to give you access to OffBeat [...]
Those Warm and Fuzzy Feelings
April 29, 2010 – 7:00 am
I cannot believe the weather this week—in between Jazz Fest 2010 weekends. It has been so lovely—just more of those picture-perfect days in New Orleans. Am hoping and praying this continues through the upcoming weekend, since opening day of Jazz Fest was a real monsoonesque bummer. It’s a damned good thing I had my heavy-duty [...]
Best of The Beat Tickets On Sale
December 14, 2009 – 5:40 pm
When are we going to catch a break? This Saturday (and last Saturday), it rained like cats and dogs, and washed away a lot of the business for local clubs and for local retailers–at least those who weren’t in malls! A good friend just came into the office who’s a club owner, and told us [...]
Mo’ Bettah
May 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
OffBeat, when it started, was my vision of being able to use a medium to improve the music industry in New Orleans and Louisiana. I wanted it to be a stimulus to improve the quality of life for local musicians and businesses who wanted to serve the music industry. OffBeat was designed and distributed to [...]
