Day 985: Barack Obollywood
Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under desi / india, funny, government, music | 4 Comments
This one’s for Alli:
Read More..>>Day 983: The New Orleans Bingo! Show
Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under music, new orleans, pictures | 3 Comments
Never a dull moment during this mix of makeup, theatre, beats, friends and bliss. D saw them two times in the last ten days, once at One Eyed Jack’s and then at Jazzfest with me, lucky dog.
Read More..>>Day 982: Renard Poché’s 4U/4ME
Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under family & friends, music, new orleans | 1 Comment
D and I turn into hermits after Mardi Gras and Jazzfest, so we did not make it out to Renard Poché’s debut as a solo artist at the Maple Leaf last night. I love telling people that, aside from being the boyfriend of the beautiful LisaPal, Renard played with the Meters and Professor Longhair […]
Read More..>>Day 981: Another Jazzfest Where All Becomes One
Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under culture-society-history, music, new orleans, pictures | 2 Comments
My favorite moment of Jazzfest occurs at 6PM on the final Sunday in front of the Acura Stage. The sun goes down on New Orleans setting afire the dome over Our Lady of the Rosary on Bayou St. John, the tall buildings of downtown in the distance and all of the Fairgrounds and music worshippers in […]
Read More..>>Day 974: Several NOLA Changes
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under food & drink, music, new orleans | 1 Comment
* While I was at Hana’s birthday party last night, D and a visiting friend attended The New Orleans Bingo! Show at One Eyed Jacks. Aside from waking me up at 3AM today to rave about the show, D mentioned that Clint Maedgen revealed to the audience that he is moving to Los Angeles […]
Read More..>>Day 950: When Words Fail
Posted on April 4, 2008 - Filed Under culture-society-history, music | 1 Comment
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Day 941: If Clear Channel Can’t Win, Everyone Else Must Lose
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under government, media, music | Leave a Comment
Have I not told you on several occasions that the FCC is Clear Channel’s wet nurse? Check out the latest from Engadget: Clear Channel wants the FCC to force XM / Sirius to obey indecency laws
Apparently Clear Channel’s new motto is “if you can’t beat ‘em, make life suck on the other side of […]
Day 940: Antitrust Clearance Given To Sirius-XM Merger
Posted on March 24, 2008 - Filed Under government, media, music | 4 Comments
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo
Sirius Satellite Radio’s $4.59 billion purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio was given antitrust clearance on Monday as the Justice Department concluded consumers have many alternatives, including mobile phones and personal audio players.
As I’ve said before,
XM plays great and eclectic music, while Sirius excels at talk radio. Traditionally, such mergers haven’t yielded a greater […]
Day 923: Musical Dilemma
Posted on March 7, 2008 - Filed Under music, new orleans, travel | 1 Comment
On Friday, April 25th, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will play the Jazzfest in support of their album, Raising Sand. Plant and Krauss work well together even though they didn’t write any of the songs, a matter easily overlooked thanks to their two great voices and T Bone Burnett’s production genius. I’ve always liked both artists independently, […]
Read More..>>Day 904: Sunday Best
Posted on February 17, 2008 - Filed Under mardi gras, movies/tv, music, new orleans | 1 Comment
On a Sunday morning sidewalk, I’m wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
‘Cause there’s something in a Sunday that makes a body feel alone.
And there’s nothing short o’ dying that’s half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk, and Sunday morning coming down.
Like Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson, I’ve never liked Sundays. There’s […]
