Blogs
Be Careful Out There
Yesterday I received a call warning me that a con artist that preys on the music community is working in New Orleans right now (A million wisecracks come to mind […]
The Weekend’s Highs and Lows
The Highs: – At a time when Republicans want us to believe that illegal immigrants have the power to do more damage to the country than the captains of industry […]
Saints/Cardinal Preview: A Year That Makes Steelers Fans of us All
The glass half full/half empty sides of the same comment kept coming up after the Saints win over Carolina this week. On one side was “They’re a missed field goal […]
A Second Look at Second Lines
Last week, publisher Jan Ramsey’s column made me uneasy as it talked about the shooting that followed a second line near her house. She wrote, “while attending the second line on […]
The Ties that Bind
When the Major League Baseball owners withheld a nearly $8 million payment to the players’ union’s pension and benefit plan in 1994, it provoked the strike in 1994 and did […]
Helping Those in Need
Joseph and I live in Central City, and every day we ride down Oretha Castle Haley Blvd (formerly Dryades) on our usual route to work and back. So we literally […]
Back on the Bike
In 2008, Carrie Brownstein wrote a blog post for her NPR blog Monitor Mix expressing her hostility for her iPod’s shuffle feature: For one, most of us don’t like the […]
The Weekend’s Highlights
Friday – The New Orleans Bingo! Show had an unprecedented five “winnahs” and had to settle the tie with a Robot Dance-Off. Most contestants had sad robot dance moves, though […]
Bassnectar at House of Blues: Better Living Through Volume
Last night, Lorin Ashton, a.k.a. Bassnectar, made loudness an art form. Drawing from a wide range of influences, his electronica set pulsated with energy and literally shook the walls of […]
