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Krewe of OAK Mid-Summer Mardi Gras: Photos
Hard facts of life: The tooth fairy isn’t real. We all die. Mardi Gras comes only once a year. That third one’s the most difficult to reconcile, which is why […]
YouTube du Jour: Joe Krown
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYPX05hoOZU[/youtube] Tonight, Joe Krown plays the Rock ‘n’ Bowl. Here he is at the Rochester Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York with Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste.
Shooter Jennings
A famous name is like a sail that weighs a ton; it’s the kind of thing that will pull you out into open waters, but when you are ready to […]
YouTube du Jour: Big History
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIVbVlSP8aM[/youtube] Big History has yet to play a gig—it makes its live debut September 18 at Carrollton Station opening for Big Rock Candy Mountain—but musically and visually, this animated video […]
Free Truth Universal Mixtape: Resistance, Vol. 1
Truth Universal has released a new 10-minute mixtape, Resistance Vol. 1, with DJ Waht on the turntables and production by Symbolyc One (S-1), who produced Kanye West’s single, “Power.” To […]
YouTube du Jour: Tom Waits
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqVZOqS6miw[/youtube] Tom Waits is the spiritual godfather of the Bywater music underground, and here he is live in Paris in 1979 performing “Annie’s Back in Town” and “I Wish I […]
Lil Wayne: Making Up for Lost Time?
Evidently rapper Lil Wayne left the pantry well-stocked before he went to prison. In a recent interview with MTV News, Young Money’s Mack Maine revealed plans for two new Lil […]
The Tide Rises Again
“Last week I was thinking if only we could bring bloggers to New Orleans to see it for themselves and a conference on what is happening,” blogger Scout Prime wrote […]
Struggling to Make Ends Meet is the New Norm
In his last act as executive director of Sweet Home New Orleans, Jordan Hirsch declared, “This is a crisis.” Hirsch is stepping down from leadership of the non-profit agency and […]
YouTube du Jour: Rotary Downs
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrgcC5AHVfA[/youtube] Rotary Downs plays Le Bon Temps Roule. This hilarious video for “Djinni Stomp” goes back to the band’s Chained to the Chariot album.
