Issue Articles
Bowled Over
I don’t know about you, but by the time we hit the first week of February, I’m gonna be worn out. The overwhelming brouhaha and feeding frenzy that is the […]
Tumult Yields Promise
The year 2012 has been tumultuous, for sure. About halfway through, our longtime editor left unexpectedly, as did another staff member who had been with us for a long time—to […]
A Long Happy 25 Years
Happy holidays to all. This issue is a momentous one for OffBeat, because it’s a celebration and a retrospective of our 25-year anniversary. Frankly, friends and supporters of OffBeat, I […]
Open the (Funky) Butt Already
I received some welcome news yesterday: the Funky Butt is reopening. But not on North Rampart Street. Long a staple of North Rampart, the Funky Butt at Congo Square — […]
Voodoo in Review
As the cleanup of City Park no doubt continues this brisk fall day, one word comes to mind about the just-wrapped Voodoo Music Experience 2012. Meh. Sure, there were high […]
Goodbye
Just three days after this issue hits the street, we’ll see the end of an era — and the beginning of a new epoch in New Orleans. On September 30, […]
Take Us Underground, Please.
The outrage that many locals feel towards Entergy after last week and weekend’s power failure is justified, I feel. “Hurricane” Isaac, was just barely a storm, barely a Cat 1 […]
Nurturing the Music Community
Sometimes, you just don’t know what you’re getting into. Oft-times, it’s a good thing you don’t—because if you did, you’d run for the hills. Thus was the case when OffBeat […]
Oh, boo hoo.
Here we go again: this morning’s Time-Pic had another letter protesting live music. Published right at the top of the Letters page, it’s the same old complainers, the moneyed classes […]
Showcasing Our Heritage
From my perch overlooking Frenchmen and Decatur Street, I see a lot of strange things: second-line parades, gutter punks, street people talking to themselves, drunks, dancers, partiers, music lovers. My […]
