Something magical:
Changes take place in my neighborhood in small increments these days. We
wake to another house starting repairs or to another being finished --- and
still a few lay dormant. The kudzu and politicians ruin one thing after
another, and without a glance, ...
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Tune in Wednesday night November 11th for our special guest D.J. Truth
Universal.
We have been wanting to get him on the show for a long time so you are not
wanting to miss it as Truth will be in during the 11:00 hour performing live.
Truth Universal performs at 508 Maison...
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I'm sitting with 'OZ show host Jukebox Jack just before the live broadcast of
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. The WWOZ broadcast truck is to the left and
behind us is the WWOZ/SoCo stage under golden-hour sun and near-perfect
weather. An ideal closing Sunday for Voodoo.
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Singer-songwriter Andrew Duhon was sitting in the WWOZ hospitality tent
updating his Twitter account, and I chatted him up about his time at Voodoo
before he was golfcarted away to the LOA lounge for a VIP performance.
What's your experience been, being a musician from New ...
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New Orleans played a very large role in the making of an independent animated
film
Out of Our Minds Animation Studio is thrilled to announce that "The
Magistical" is an official screening selection to be shown at as part of The
Big Easy International Film Festival.
Wantin...
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Wandering as near to the PlayStation/Billboard Stage as I could, I caught the
gypsy-punk superband Gogol Bordello. Although I had to watch mostly from the
giant screen above the stage, I could hear the band's thumping presence
easily from right in front of the sound tent. T...
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I managed to catch an act I've been waiting to see for some time now, the New
Orleans Bingo! Show, over at the Bingo! Parlour (a small circus tent). I got
more than I expected... Aside from some particularly ghoulish zombie
costumes, ringleader Clint Maegden and his cohorts...
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This Thursday, brilliant jazz trombonist Mark McGrain will join Jelly Roll
Justice in the studio (Jazz from the Market, 4 to 7 p.m.) to talk about the
innovative trio "Plunge".
Mark McGrain, saxophonist Tim Green, and bassist James Singleton are three of
the Crescent City’s...
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A huge weekend planned at the 2010 Voodoo Music Experience. In particular the
Bingo Parlour tent.
I haven't been able to leave this tent in the last 2 years. It is a festival
in a festival, and I am sure I will spend most of the weekend there this
year.
The Bingo Parlour ...
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