Blogs
To What End?
The French Quarter Festival just announced that “approximately 512,000” people attended the festival, setting a new attendance record for the festival. Or, maybe 509,000 as the press release claims (without […]
What About Treme?
Waiting for the premiere of the HBO series that’s supposed to get New Orleans right. Everyone I know in New Orleans who has seen it thinks it’s amazing. There was […]
Irony or In-Joke?
Once HBO’s Treme airs, we’re going to need to open the Bureau of Oddities, In-Jokes, Errors and Otherwise. One to watch for in the pilot (this isn’t a spoiler, or […]
A Sense of Place
I’m reading Harold Battiste’s autobiography, Unfinished Blues, and he writes about growing up across the street from the Dew Drop Inn. Yesterday as I drove by the Dew Drop on […]
French Quarter Fest and Save The Clinic
The weather’s going to be outstanding for this year’s French Quarter Festival, and I hope you’ll have a chance to go…or come, if you’re from outside New Orleans. If you […]
Going to Extremes
What with the “Louis, Louis” Stage at this weekend’s French Quarter Fest and the celebration of his 100th anniversary at Jazz Fest, Louis Prima’s been on my mind. Supporters who’ve […]
Ponderosa Stomp Performers This Year
Fans of the Ponderosa Stomp were taken aback when it chose to move away from its traditional slot in the week between Jazz Fest weekends. Today, the Stomp announced its […]
The Weezy Countdown Clock
Lil Wayne has launched his prison Web site, WeezyThanxYou.com, complete with a clock that counts down the days until his release (or is that his next release?). The site features […]
Questions, Madness and Hopes
Here on Frenchmen Street, it’s tough to avoid the production of HBO’s Treme. Two days ago, I ran into John Goodman, who was waiting for someone, and there’s a dinner […]
Music Museum Planned For Canal Street
Guess what? I just heard through the grapevine that the City of New Orleans is going to completely fund the building of a New Orleans Music Museum in the old […]
