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So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star?
Today, here’s how the economics work. DigitalNewsDaily.com reports that Ken Shipley of the Numero Group worked out this breakdown of the payouts from the upcoming iCloud, which Shipley has opted […]
Curren$y’s Weekend at Burnie’s/Bernie’s Synced Up
Curren$y’s upcoming album, Weekend at Burnie’s, takes its name from the 1989 comedy Weekend at Bernie’s. Here’s the album and movie more-or-less synchronized. It’s not as freaky as the marriage […]
C. Ray Nagin Makes the Rounds
Yesterday, former Mayor Ray Nagin was on television promoting his book, Katrina’s Secrets, which was self-published through CreateSpace, as Jon Stewart noticed on The Daily Show. Nagin did this, he […]
Treme Wrap-Up: Worlds vs. Worlds
[Spoiler Alert] This season, Treme has pitted the characters’ little worlds – whether physical or mental – against the real world of conflicting priorities and values that returned in 2006, […]
Curren$y and Lil Wayne: The Race is On
Who can release the most music the fastest? Curren$y, a one-time protege of Lil Wayne, is as prolific as Weezy these days and releases tracks about as quickly. His Weekend […]
Love’s in the Air for “A Night in the Treme”
“Tell people a little bit about Congo Square, about social aid and pleasure clubs, about Mardi Gras Indians, and do a tie-in to the music.” That’s HBO Treme actor Wendell […]
Debate on the Sound Ordinance Continues
For months, a task force has been attempting to revise and amend the existing noise ordinance that prohibits noise over a certain decibel level. This was precipitated by the (almost) […]
Treme: Bulldogs and Napkin Ladies
I may have made my dramatic television debut this weekend as “Guy on the Right” during Susan Cowsill‘s scene on this week’s episode of Treme. I qualify this not because […]
Preview of New Beirut
Friday night, Beirut will play at Republic with Twin Sister opening (Tickets are $25 in advance, $28 at the door). Here’s a stream of Beirut’s new single, “East Harlem,” from […]
Grammys Nix Cajun Zydeco, and a lot more
After the many years of hard work and politicking to establish a “Cajun-Zydeco” category at the Grammys, NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences—the organization that presents the Grammys) […]
