Blogs
What Could Be A Better Idea Than This?
For a long time, I thought that Louisiana wasn’t too innovative. We put all of our eggs in the oil revenue basket (we’ve certainly been on the skids since the […]
Mardi Gras on the skids?
Look at the photos on OffBeat.com. We have a tons of great Mardi Gras photos, both from local parades and from Courir de Mardi Gras, but it seemed to me, […]
Mardi Gras Madness
Are you ready? Weather’s gonna be good. No rain. Nice and warm. Put on your costumes (well, make them first; home-made is the best) and get your partying heels on […]
A common-sense approach to weed in New Orleans
Councilwoman Susan Guidry has guts. She introduced an ordinance in 2010 that allowed NOPD to issue summons for possession of marijuana, instead of a big fine and jail time. Since […]
Who’s Really The Winner?
Thursday, January 21 is our annual Best of The Beat Music Awards at Generations Hall. Every yer, I hear a fair amount of complaining because someone who “deserved” to be […]
Bring Back Those Gramophones
I do listen to NPR on our local station WWNO and I frequently access their website. NPR recently posted a feature about the New York Public Library’s making almost 200,000 […]
The Parking Situation
Wow, it’s been a really strange year. So many local musicians and cultural icons have passed away. New Orleans has become an “it” place to live. With increased population who […]
Merry Christmas
This morning, while getting dressed, I saw a threesome of religious leaders—Christian, Jewish and Muslim—discussing the difference between their religions. All agreed that the fundamentals of religion can be summed […]
Musings on a Train
I’ve been traveling to and from Baton Rouge a lot lately. My mother is ill, and it’s becoming a routine trip. Funny, BR is only a little over an hour […]
The Gun Violence and Liability Issue
It’s been a pretty nasty year for gun violence in America. So far this year, we’ve had 353 mass shootings (according to Wikipedia, the FBI doesn’t specifically define mass shooting, it […]
