Open for Business

South by Southwest has evolved from a gathering of music industry professionals and new bands into the music industry conference and the showcase for bands looking to do business of […]

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The Big Con

“The real danger of [sound engineering] is that it just becomes focused on the equipment and the gear. It’s like having a songwriters’ conference and only talking about pianos and […]

Spare Parts June 1991

Que pasa, neighbors! Welcome to Spare Parts, a new addition to OffBeat. I’ll be shamelessly plugging New Orleans musicians, artists, writers, business folks, clubs, record companies, actors, bartenders, go-go dancers…well, […]

New Orleans Extras turn it up to 11 working on ‘Spinal Tap’ sequel

Roughly 1,000 extras dressed in their heavy metal finest packed the UNO Lakefront Arena last weekend to film a scene for the sequel to This Is Spinal Tap, the 1980s […]

Galactic Halloween Special Featuring Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap Kicks Off Tipitina’s.TV Season 2

Tipitina’s and its broadcasting arm, Tipitina’s.TV,  are excited to announce the Season 2 Premiere of their latest live performance series. The upcoming season will feature a 7-week concert series that […]