Music
Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It (Columbia)
Raphael Saadiq and Take 6 performed with New Orleanians on their new albums. Here’s a take on the tracks they perform on. Former Tony! Toni! Tone! member Raphael Saadiq has […]
Take 6, The Standard (Heads Up)
Raphael Saadiq and Take 6 performed with New Orleanians on their new albums. Here’s a take on the tracks they perform on. Former Tony! Toni! Tone! member Raphael Saadiq has […]
Fujiya & Miyagi, Lightbulbs (Full Time Hobby)
English group Fujiya & Miyagi make clever dance rock based on Krautrock’s motorik beat, and Lightbulbs picks up where Transparent Things, their last album, left off. It’s silly as David […]
Lee Dorsey for President?
Tano Sokolow has remixed Barack Obama into Lee Dorsey’s “Yes We Can Can” here.
Writing about Writing
When Hurricane Katrina leveled Peter Holsapple’s house, he left town and hasn’t been back nearly often enough. He has, however, been blogging on songwriting for The New York Times. In […]
Early Voting Ends Tomorrow
Folks – if you can’t vote on election day, Tuesday is your last chance. Wait times vary. I voted early Thursday at 2 p.m. and was out in an hour-and-a-half, […]
Voodoo Notebook dump, day three:
I waited until the Saints managed to not lose a game that should never have been close before going out to Voodoo Sunday. The hot day matched with people dressed […]
Joss Stone
I guess she is that popular. Looks like she flew back to London after Voodoo to sing “God Save the Queen” before the Saints-Chargers game.
Voodoo Notebook dump: Day Two
Next to Nine Inch Nails, Lil Wayne was the biggest draw Saturday and generated the most excitement. That didn’t make him punctual; in fact, his DJ was 10 minutes late […]
Voodoo Notebook dump: Day One
At 11 a.m., the Noisician Coalition left the Bingo! Parlour and started its parade around the Voodoo mall. All the instruments are homemade – a tree of mixing bowls of […]
