Above, watch the Stooges Brass Band perform "We Make 'Em Say Ooo" live in the studio (courtesy of Red Bull). From the same session, here's "Why," featuring Mannie Fresh.…
The second rendition of René Bistrot (700 Tchoupitoulas St., 613-2350) is set to open next week, on Tuesday, May 15. It?s the return of a restaurant that had a great run prior to Hurricane Katrina and the latest move from a chef, René Bajeux, who has made a lot of them lately.…
Today we're officially launching Gambit Mobile, a new and better way to get Gambit listings and news on your smartphone.
Rather than attempting to replicate the experience of reading a newspaper, but doing it on a tiny screen, we've completely rethought what our readers want out of mobile technology.…
City Councilmembers Jon Johnson and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell were both absent from today's Joint Disaster and Recovery/Housing and Human Needs Committee meeting today.
The meeting, a presentation on property demolitions from members of Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration, was the first since Johnson ? who serves on both committees as a regular member ? and Hedge-Morrell, who serves as an alternate on the Disaster and Recovery Committee ? walked out in the middle of last week's regular meeting, leaving only four members ? one short of a quorum ? for the remainder.…
We are having a great time celebrating Louisiana's birthday this year. I decided the Bicentennial is a great time to recognize some of the incredible talents, personalities, successes and even some blunders that have come from or through our state.
I developed a list of the 200 most notable people in Louisiana history. It is not necessarily a list of our greatest, most popular or, even, most significant people. It is a compilation of individuals whose influence was felt in Louisiana, but also spread beyond our borders.
There are plenty of videos from Jazz Fest on YouTube, not all of them officially sanctioned. But Jazz Fest and YouTube and Dell are cooperating to webcast many live sets from the second weekend and highlights from the first weekend over the next three days (May 4-6).…
The Hollygrove name has lately been turning up on menus at more and more New Orleans restaurants, where it?s practically become a byword for locally-sourced food. Coming up on May 14, you can see a lot of these same restaurants at Hollygrove Market & Farm itself for its annual Party in the Garden.…
Survey two levees that breached in 2005 and the neighborhoods in between during a bike tour Sunday, May 6. See the improvements made during the past six years, learn some history, get some fresh air and exercise ? all before the gates open on the final day of Jazz Fest 2012.…
DISCLAIMER: In no way are we trying to invade anyone?s privacy, but it?s fun to hear about the great places celebrities are visiting while they?re hanging out in New Orleans. We?re appreciative of the people who are way more famous than we?ll ever be for visiting our city and state, spending their money, and sometimes even contributing to our rebuilding and recovery efforts.…
Urbanist, activist and community organizer Jane Jacobs once said, "Not TV or illegal drugs, but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities." Known for her role in cancelling neighborhood-invading highway development in Manhattan and Toronto, she believed neighbors could come together to explore their own communities and find unique solutions to their neighborhood's problems.…
Friday offered a rather diverse lineup at Jazz Fest, with performances by everyone from R&B elder statesmen Little Anthony and the Imperials to New Orleans rapper Mystikal, Rodrigo Y Gabriela's fast and furious guitar strumming to Ziggy Marley's reggae/pop, Cajun firebrands Feufollet to the countrified rock of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.
Adam Yauch ? hip-hop revolutionary, filmmaker, humanitarian, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and punk rocker from Manhattan ? died Friday, May 4. He was 47.…
The trendsetting daily-deals service Groupon seems to be approaching irrelevance. Once a way to snag significant deals at local businesses, these days Groupon offers vouchers for serial killer tours and yoga classes you'll never use.…
Three weeks after Sheriff Marlin Gusman's announcement that the Orleans Parish Prison's (OPP) House of Detention would close, the last group of inmates was removed from the building today.
"The House of Detention is now a closed chapter in the history of the sheriff's office and the city of New Orleans," Gusman said at a press conference, minutes before the few remaining HOD residents boarded a bus taking them to other Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office facilities.…
In this summer's The Campaign, Will Ferrell is Cam Brady, a shell-haired, profoundly stupid congressional candidate who must out-America his mustached opponent Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis). The teasers (above) preview the candidates' (fake) TV spots and respective Facebook pages: here and here.…
Its that time again: New Orleans? Post Jazz Fest tribute to Anthony ?Tuba Fat?s? Lacen. Best known as founding member of the Dirty Dozen and for playing with Olympia Brass Band, Tuba Fats is New Orleans' most famous and revered sousaphonist.…
Greenpeace filed many Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for information, including photos, related to the 2010 BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Today, it published photos related to an endangered species of turtle.…