Blogs
Noisy Parks?
Okay, so I’m out of town at SXSW, and I get this email from Leo Watermeier, who’s lived on North Rampart for some years and who maintains the antique rose […]
HBO’s Treme Finishes Shooting Final Season
It was a raw and misty late afternoon in February during Mardi Gras. Spotlights illuminated the gloaming Marigny shadows with a surreal, almost funereal light. David Simon and Eric Overmyer […]
Most of My Favorite Local Records of 2012
Reading the lists and catching some flak made me itch to put my own preferences down. What follows is necessarily incomplete because I can’t even pretend to listen to everything […]
A First Look at Treme’s Second Season
You can’t tell much from this 27-second teaser for Treme‘s second season, but in addition to familiar musicians to the Treme family – John Boutte and Kermit Ruffins – Juvenile […]
Go For It!
Spent a good part of this afternoon at Piety Street Recording Studio in the Bywater, meeting great people whilst observing the recording of Paul Sanchez and screenwriter Colman deKay’s upcoming […]
Paid in Whiskers
My husband is John Boutté’s piano tuner. He’s a darling, Boutté, and he pays well. Cash plus. Last time it was a pound of fresh shrimp that somebody had brought […]
