Dr. John has been active in support of environmental causes, performing with the Voice of the Wetland Allstars, recording City That Care Forgot, speaking out against Shell a year ago and BP at a rally across the street from Jackson Square on the Memorial Day weekend. Tonight, he’ll perform at the Carousel Bar in the [...]
Tag Archives: oil disaster
LA in L.A.
June 15, 2010 – 4:05 pm
Dr. John was in Los Angeles Monday night previewing songs from his upcoming album, Tribal, at the Grammy Museum. Not surprisingly, he didn’t hold his tongue where the BP oil disaster is concerned. According to the Los Angeles Times‘ Randy Lewis: He said the recent spill is just the latest, albeit the most egregious, of [...]
Lyrikill Addresses the Gulf Disaster
June 10, 2010 – 3:08 pm
In the current issue, writer Michael Patrick Welch looks at the Soundclash scene and the efforts of Truth Universal and Lyrikill to bring together a community of hip-hop artists. Lyrikill has just released “Dead Pelicans” – downloadable here – his response to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Miike Snow on Fame and Oil
June 9, 2010 – 12:59 am
Andrew Wyatt is the lead singer and songwriter for the indie-electro group Miike Snow. Don’t let the two i’s trip you up. It’s pronounced just like “Mike” except it looks cooler. A native of New York City, Wyatt paired with Swedes Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, also known as Bloodshy & Avant to form Miike [...]
A Special Place in Hell
June 3, 2010 – 11:05 am
The BP oil disaster has revealed failed humans by the score, but it takes a special kind of wretchedness to try to capitalize on the oil gushing out of control into the Gulf of Mexico. Media Matters documents today Sarah Palin doing not only that, but doing so dishonestly. “Extreme Greenies: see now why we [...]
Parts of the Problem
May 31, 2010 – 7:48 am
I fear that people don’t take environmental issues seriously until they’re in their own backyard as the Deepwater Horizon disaster is in ours. For example, who here knew about the leak in the Niger delta? But it doesn’t help when there’s a protest in Jackson Square and the issues and arguments take a backseat to [...]
YouTube du Jour: Jackson Square
May 31, 2010 – 7:04 am
Sunday afternoon, the protest of BP and the government’s handling of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico took place. For more video, go to YouTube.com.
Oil Disaster Protest Sunday
May 30, 2010 – 6:44 am
[UPDATED] Now that the junkshot and the top kill have failed, oil is continuing to flow into the Gulf of Mexico courtesy of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. There will be a protest Sunday at 1 p.m. across the street from Jackson Square (not in the square as initially proposed). Washington Artillery Park – the [...]
Irma on Gulf Aid
May 19, 2010 – 3:34 pm
[One notable absence at last weekend's Gulf Aid concert was Irma Thomas. She sent OffBeat the following email the Friday before the event.] So no one would think I didn’t want to be a part of the Gulf Aid project, it is hard to help two causes on the same day. I had booked and [...]
Cyril on the Gulf Oil Disaster
May 18, 2010 – 9:15 am
[The following was posted at CyrilNeville.net Saturday, the day before he played Gulf Aid with the Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, who were joined for the occasion my Marcia Ball] I’m writing this on behalf of the forgotten People of places like Bob’s Town, Bayou Blue, Bayou Black, Island Jean Charles and and Shrimpers Row. [...]
