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YouTube du Jour: Hell Yes Fest!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlV9LEockuQ[/youtube] Tonight is the first night of the Hell Yes Fest!, a weekend-long festival of stand-up, sketch and improv comedy. Events take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at venues […]
Will Smith Subs for Jonathan Vilma at Foundation Fundraiser
This year’s New Orleans Saints have made “Next Man Up” their mantra. When linebacker Jonathan Vilma had an emergency and couldn’t make it to Morton’s Steakhouse for a Celebrity Server […]
YouTube du Jour: Peter Murphy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lnq9Add25M[/youtube] By now, Peter Murphy has been a solo artist far longer than he was a member of Bauhaus, the post-punk band with which he made his reputation. This summer, […]
YeMaYa Parade: Photos
YeMaYa, the first all-women walking parade in New Orleans marched in the French Quarter, Treme, and Marigny this Saturday as part of Ladyfest 2011. Its theme was “Every Women a […]
Photographer Hit by Left Brain of Odd Future Presses Charges
Insults and threats prompted photographer Amy Harris to change her mind and press simple battery charges against Vyron “Left Brain” Turner of the Odd Future hip-hop collective. She was one […]
Mirliton Festival: Photos
On Saturday, the Bywater’s Markey Park saw more than its usual audience of dogs and their owners, filling with folks for the 22nd-annual Mirliton Festival in celebration of the vegetable, […]
YouTube du Jour: Tinariwen
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2B8wIOIeO8[/youtube] Tonight, North African blues band Tinariwen plays the House of Blues with Sophie Hunger. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s Gregory Davis and Roger Lewis make guest appearances on the […]
The Maple Leaf’s Carl Brown Passes
Carl Brown, Jr., the co-owner of the Maple Leaf Bar, died this morning. He had been in and out of the hospital, and reportedly died of heart failure. At this […]
Alex Rawls Talks Frank Ocean, Mirliton Festival and More on Fox 8
Every Friday morning at about 8:45 a.m., OffBeat editor Alex Rawls goes on Fox 8 Morning News with Rob Masson to talk about the weekend’s musical offerings. This morning he […]
YouTube du Jour: Hot 8 Brass Band
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXcad_Qx7aM[/youtube] Tonight, the Hot 8 Brass Band plays its 16th anniversary party at the Howlin’ Wolf. Here the band is live in Paris in 2008 performing its cover of Marvin […]
