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Time for a New PR Firm?
[Updated May 26] I just received this hype for Better Than Ezra’s CD-release party for Paper Empire at the House of Blues Friday night: Better Than Ezra Along with […]
State of the Culture Response
There’s little to specifically address in Mayfield’s speech because it’s pretty hazy as a document. The general principle that the people and culture need to be at the center […]
State of the Culture
Last Thursday, Irvin Mayfield delivered what was referred to as a State of the Culture speech to City Council. Here’s the text of his speech, but for those who […]
Two Good Nights
It’s nice to have two good nights of unpredictable music in a row. Thursday night at the Ogden, Jon Langford (Mekons, Waco Brothers, Pine Valley Cosmonauts) performed as an […]
Error or Pet Peeve?
In the Threadheads post, Chris Joseph writes that Threadhead will help Fatien Ensemble put out an album. At Jazz Fest, Fatien Ensemble was Ensemble Fatien. The question here is […]
Threadhead News
Here’s an email update of Threadhead Records’ activities from the label’s Chris Joseph: To all: Threadhead Records (THR) has a few items we are very happy to announce: 1) […]
Fun with Grammy
Last week, the members of BeauSoleil received their Grammy awards while on tour. David Doucet brought his boxed, unopened Grammy home to New Orleans on a flight with members […]
The Great Divide
I’ve made no secret of my hostility toward Jazz Fest’s VIP package that allows high rollers to buy their way into a special enclosure in front of the stage. […]
Messages Down
The Guerilla Haikus are down. Someone swept the Elysian Fields neutral grounds and took them all – or all I was aware of. Id feel worse if a) the signs […]
Mystery Messages
Since Katrina, Ive found all surreal, inexplicable public markings reassuring, as if an underground chooses to speak to power in a language that renders it powerless. With that in mind, […]
