On a particularly cold, wet and Saints-less Sunday, Dave Fera and I huddled over our coffees trying to stay warm, like a clichéd scene of hobos with brown bags clustered over...
The music industry can be an ugly place, full of shattered dreams and fragile egos. Most bands playing for nothing right now dream of days when the venues will sell out and the...
He’s been called many things: the Pope of Trash, Prince of Puke, Cecil B. DeMented. He is as famous for his perverted smile and the wispy sliver of hair on his upper lip as he...
Mondo Trasho (1969) – John Waters’ first full-length film is certainly unique in that it’s basically a silent film, using music to tell the story. The live chicken...
A passion for music can propel anyone into a number of thankless tasks ( like magazine publishing or show promotion), but creating a respectable record label is its own kind of...
Dinner parties in New Orleans, whether well-funded or not, can take on a professional air, as if a good Zagat’s rating hangs in the balance—or at least the approval of...
Have you run into an increasing number of young 20-somethings in your favorite restaurants or bars around New Orleans? Every year, around 400 recent college graduates move to New...
I could ask a million different people how they found out about punk and what it meant to them when they did, and never get bored of hearing the variety of answers. It could be...
