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Help Needed?
At the Rising Tide 4 bloogers conference, the day started with a discussion of culture. It raised an interesting tension as a social aid and pleasure club rep called for […]
He Means it, Man
Typically, I’m suspicious of the humorless and literal. More often that not, the combination leads to well-meant but obvious art. In the liner notes to Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs, […]
Planning for Your Future
While a season of So You Think You Can Dance? is underway, the judges are spending their weekends traveling to audition sites so the show can be start again in […]
Option 1: Build Levees
At HuffingtonPost.com, Harry Shearer’s latest blog post highlights a new strategy for dealing with the construction and design errors that led to Katrina’s flooding: WWL-TV, a television station that actually […]
Signs of the Times
New Orleans got love from the New York Times in the last few days. In Jon Pareles’ Bonnaroo wrap-up, Allen Toussaint was singled out for his version of “Whole Lotta […]
I’m the Wrong Person to Send this To
Normally, I’m slow to get interested in the variety of bills trying to make it through the Louisiana legislature, and I don’t get riled by ones that would seem to […]
Not Getting It 101
After a weekend of Twitter reports from Tehran reporting on the uprising in Iran while the government tried to shut down media and Web sites, CNN’s morning show wrapped with […]
Back to Banksy
A few of the works of British artist Banksy remain on display here – the real Bart Simpson, the Gray Ghost vs. a Stick Figure and the girl dealing with […]
Today’s Music Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Anti- Records launches the label’s first podcast at the iTunes store and Anti-‘s blog. While many labels use such podcasts to introduce new music – retro soul label Truth […]
A Town witout Music
Im on vacation in Las Vegas, a town without music. Music as art, anyway. In a sense, its everywhere , but its canned music as wallpaper, or shows where personality […]
