BUNK’S SAINTS Hank Cherry’s piece on Bunk Johnson in your June 2010 edition is quite interesting and to the best of my knowledge completely accurate, but it leaves out one important historical fact. It was Bunk’s recordings and regular playing of “When the Saints Go Marching In” that turned it into the musical icon that [...]
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March 2010 Letters
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
MAKING A DIFFERENCE My wife and I would like to thank y’all for an absolutely amazing time at the Best of the Beat Awards. Took us a few years to make it and man what a year to finally do so. We both are quite proud to count ourselves as members of the Threadheads and [...]
New Orleans in the News
January 4, 2010 – 1:48 pm
A New Orleans architect is donating $150,000 to rebuild Carver High School and the surrounding area in the Ninth Ward. CNN has the story. Reggie Bush lost his bid to settle a case with a sports marketer who gave money and gifts to Bush in college to lure him to the firm. The New York [...]
New Orleans in the News
December 14, 2009 – 12:36 pm
CBS News covers Galatoire’s sale of its majority interest to mayoral candidate John Georges and his business partner. The Associated Press covers a member of the Sewerage and Water Board who has been indicted for soliciting kickbacks and accepting payoffs. The New York Times reports Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu’s decision to run for mayor of [...]
YouTube du Jour: Roll with the Black and Gold
December 11, 2009 – 11:06 am
It’s almost time for the weekend and we all know what that means: time for the Saints to improve to 13-0 when they play the division rival Atlanta Falcons. This Saints song, Roll with the Black and Gold, is one of the funkiest we’ve heard, and was profiled in our October 2009 issue. Who Dat!
YouTube du Jour: Impulss
November 11, 2009 – 10:11 am
A recent video for Impulss, who’ll perform Saturday as part of “Hip-Hop for Hope” at Tipitina’s. Watch for cameos from Ballzack and the Saints Transformer Guy.
Dining with 70,000 Close Friends
December 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
A $100 dollar meal should be served piping hot by a uniformed waiter who remarks as he sets down the dish, “This is an Alaskan Halibut served over seared baby bok choy. Would you like a shaving of truffle?” In the Louisiana Superdome, that $100 meal (including Saints tickets, parking, and large foam finger) is [...]
More Music, Less Sports?
November 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
As a native New Orleanian who has lived in other cities, I do know what it’s like to miss New Orleans. There’s nothing else like this city on the planet. It continues to amaze me how the people who live in this city take our music and culture for granted. Our citizens who live in [...]
