Issue Articles — Features
Branford Marsalis Speaks His Mind, Part Two
Branford Marsalis makes no bones about anything. A self-proclaimed jazz stylist, he creates a musical message that is very much his own. The way he handles his horn speaks volumes […]
Lakefront Remembrance
As anyone who’s grown up in New Orleans knows, Lake Pontchartrain had a major impact on our lives…we swam there, we fished there, we picnicked on its shores, we spent […]
Local Color: Record Ron
Just about anyone who’s a fan of New Orleans music knows where to locate hard-to-find albums by the Nevilles or Irma Thomas or the Meters. For die-hard fans, a must-stop […]
Video Vistas: New Films on Video
Amidst the newest films on tape, such as Total Recall, I Love You to Death, and Stanley and Iris, come some rare gems that were not as accessible to theatrical […]
All Tied Up: Almodovar Almost Takes Off
“Nobody’s perfect,” as Joe E. Brown said to Jack Lemmon at the end of Some Like It Hot, meaning his sex. Boy, that’s true! I spent all month looking around […]
Branford Marsalis Speaks His Mind, Part One
Branford Marsalis makes no bones about anything. Just 30 years old, the New Orleans native has accomplished a career peak that some artists wait decades for. His performance scrapbook includes […]
Ear to the Ground: The Levelers Tear Down the House
Band names often inspire nothing but indifference. Not so with New Orleans’ House Levelers. They are not the Housemartins, or the House of Lords, or Crowded House—they are the House […]
Fine Arts: Gallery-Goers Take to the Streets
Every autumn, this city’s art season starts over—this year it’s the evening of October 6 (and on view through the month)—with coordinated gallery openings, in which vast thousands of this […]
Wild at Heart: David Lynch’s “Twin Freaks”
In the show-biz of this country, where an ex-movie-star president is replaced by the one whose favorite idiom is “Stay Tuned,” David Lynch plays a solo matchmaker who twins movies […]
Festivals: Pure Louisiana
It’s cooling off, and the Louisiana Festivals are cranking up again, with some of the best fests just around the bend from the Crescent City. We’ve included a list of […]
