Blogs
The Best Art Show Not Behind Walls
Shortly before Hurricane Gustav, British street artist Banksy came to New Orleans to do a series of graffiti/public art pieces (you pick your name for them & I’ll pick mine) […]
Gimme Some Truth
Facts are simple and facts are straight Facts are lazy and facts are late Facts all come with points of view Facts don’t do what I want them to Facts […]
The Gustav Story
The general take I got from the media is that if no one in New Orleans is assdeep in water, a hurricane missed us. Days long,statewide power don’t produce newsporn, but […]
New Orleans Boogaloo
Oliver Wang’s Soul Sides tracks classic soul, Latin soul, boogaloo in all their well-known and obscure incarnations, so I’m not surprised that he found out about Los Po-Boy-Citos’ debut album – which […]
Be Sweet
Last night, I spent much of the evening reading Bob Gendron’s Gentlemen, the newest entry in Continuum Books’ 33 1/3 series, this one on the Afghan Whigs’ 1993 classic. The […]
More Music: The Holy Modal Rounders
John Swenson has long told me about the brilliance of the Holy Modal Rounders, but for years I didn’t hear what he heard. ESP-Disc recently re-released 1967’s Indian War Whoop […]
Call for Papers
In a time when pop music seems to be routinely degraded in one way or another, I’ve found my attendance at the EMP Pop Conference in Seattle the last two years […]
Something Besides Gustav: Giant Sand
Like most of us, I’ve been preoccupied with Gustav, but I haven’t stopped listening to music. Current fascination: Giant Sand’s proVISIONS. Giant Sand recorded with the Contintental Drifters at Kingsway […]
Voodoo Update: New Acts, Day to Day Schedule, and More
Between the writing of the Weekly Beat and the time it went out, we received an update on the Voodoo Music Experience. The Mars Volta, N*E*R*D, TV on the Radio, […]
More on the Imperial Mayoralty
Gordon Russell’s story for the Times-Picayune sure makes it sound like Nagin appointed himself The Decider for New Orleans and chose to minimize communication with City Council and other parish […]
