The Kinks’ Village Green Preservation Society and Arthur smiled through self-aware pop satirizing the status quo. New Orleans duo Ross Farbe and Ray Micarelli – in a bit of Ray Davies worship though synthetic, worn-out tape-deck pop – wash down their dark confessionals and exiled, lovesick pop vignettes with wobbly guitars and sugary riffs on Living Alone, their assured debut as Video Age.
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In the days before the internet, there was no getting around the power of the media to shape the world’s understanding of public figures. Artists had a direct link to audiences through their work, but television, newspapers and other forms of mass communication built the public personas that today’s celebrities carefully control through social media.…
Four years after launching the small-batch coffee roasting company French Truck Coffee (1200 Magazine St., 504-298-1115) Geoffrey Meeker is expanding his business to Memphis.…
Members of the New Breed Brass Band had their instruments and clothing stolen yesterday in Oregon at the beginning of a monthlong tour of the United States, according to a post on the group’s Facebook page:
This morning, July 22nd, while on tour in Albany, OR, our vehicle was broken into in the parking lot of our hotel.
Our possessions were stolen, including our instruments and clothes.
We are currently in La Pine, OR seeking out any help we can get to be able to continue our 30 day tour, of which we have only completed 3 days.
If anyone has any information about the missing instruments please message the New Breed Brass Band or call the Albany Oregon Police Department on 541-917-7680.…
Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) announced its 2016-2017 season for shows at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (JPAC) and Teatro Wego in Westwego. Tickets will go on sale in mid-August.…
Thousands of people surrounded Lee Circle as the sun set on New Orleans July 9, nearing the end of a tragic week in the U.S. – the killing of Alton Sterling by Baton Rouge police, the killing of Philando Castile by Minnesota police during a traffic stop, and a violent night in Dallas ending in the deaths of five officers during a rally calling for an end to police violence in the wake of the two men’s deaths. Spanning the base of the Robert E. Lee monument, a banner read “Black Lives Matter.”
The message was spread on posters, placards and T-shirts and in call-and-response, fist-in-the-air chants among a peaceful, emotional crowd holding hands, hugging and wiping tears from friends’ faces.…
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