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Twitteration
I sympathize with the OffBeat staffer whose attitude towards Twitter ranges from scornful to disdainful to curious to hostile. This week, Tales of the Cocktail seemed to defeat one of […]
Don’t Miss “Miss”
For our friends in NYC: Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Lincoln Center’s Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Terence Blanchard, Dr. Ike from the Ponderosa Stomp, and journalist Larry Blumenfeld will speak […]
Never Can Say Goodbye
Right now I’m watching the coverage of Michael Jackson’s memorial on CNN, and the facebook updates on the righthand side of the screen are updating so quickly that all […]
Essence Previews
This weekend, the Essence Music Festival comes to town with a pretty exciting lineup, particularly in the superlounges, which are more intimate than you’d expect any space in the Superdome […]
My Curse to You
Last night, a friend told me that he and a buddy in Arkansas started sending each other text messages jamming two song titles together – “Tangled Up in Blue […]
Where’s Maxwell?
In Sunday’s New York Times, Jon Pareles profiles Maxwell, who’ll headline the Essence Music Festival Saturday on the main stage. In the piece, he writes about Maxwell’s almost 8-year-long […]
Sad, to be Kind
This is inevitable, but dance music artist Kynt posted this “New Orleans Bounce Remix” of Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall.” It’s hard for me to hear it as anything but […]
The Challenge
How do you write about Michael Jackson that doesn’t seem brutally reductive? Tom Moon, writer of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, addressed this question on his blog: Normally I’m […]
The Limits of Celebrity
US Weekly and numerous other tabloid weeklies have photo features that show that celebrities are just like us. They shop, they walk their dogs, play with their kids, and drink […]
Voodoo Fights Alzheimer’s
I’ve been told that undertaking mental challenges like sudokus and crosswords helps to fight the onset of Alzheimer’s. If so, Voodoo Music Experience is doing its part to help keep you […]
