Blogs
Essence Night #3: Beyonce Brings Glitz, But Janelle Monae Takes The Night
On the last night of Essence Fest I fell in love…but no, not with Beyonce. That’s who the sold-out crowd was there for, but to these ears it was Janelle […]
Essence Night #2:
Uncle Charlie and Bad-Boy Bobby
Since the Essence Festival tends to run like a tightly scripted, expensively produced TV show, it’s a mild shock when someone delivers a set that’s a little loose and a […]
Bourbon Street Needs a Re-Do
I’ve been thinking about Bourbon Street. Yesterday I received a visit from Professor Nestor Regino, who came by the office to present me with a copy of a report he […]
Jazz Fest Is Over? Jimmy’s Keeps Trying.
Had a glorious second weekend at Jazz Fest—if you count Friday and Saturday. Thursday was too rainy and Friday too cold for my tastes, but I did go on Friday […]
New Orleans Music Community Protests Cultural Regulation with Second Line April 25
There is no doubt that awareness is spreading with lightning speed around the Crescent City about the current City administration’s methods of re-enforcing 30 – 50 year old entertainment venue […]
Ships vs. Hotels
I wasn’t alive in 1940, but in half a century perceptions, business orientations and city economies can surely change drastically. I can remember when I was a kid that New […]
Party City
I’ve been to a lot of parties in my time, but last night was one of the most phenomenal New Orleans parties—ever. The New Orleans Tourism and Marketing Corporation (NOTMC)—the local […]
Frankenstorm and the Noise Police
I passed the last few days listening cynically to the warning stories of the coming “Frankenstorm” in the northeast. Joseph tends to be a little more cynical than me; he […]
Hurricane Anxiety
Am sitting in my (still) Katrina-damaged home thinking to myself: “Can we go through this again?” As of this writing, Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to strengthen and hit the […]
Filthy Lucre
No denying it: the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell was an outstanding success. Great weather, good music, big-drawing performers, and huge crowds equals big dollars. […]
