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Re: Best of the Beat 2011 Music Awards: The Winners

Slh56 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:13:00 -0000

CONGRATS Yvette! Beat country /folk artist and best country folk album " Should have known". Aieeeeeee!

Re: YouTube du Jour: Big Freedia on Jimmy Kimmel Live

soulrebel — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:43:28 -0000

loooove it!

Re: Charmaine Neville Band, Before the Storm (Independent)

Forcharmaineneville — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:17:49 -0000

We are planning a BENEFIT CONCERT for : Charmaine Neville, we need Volunteers and donations, Raffle and Auction items, also food paper products ect : if you can help in any way please send an email to forcharmaineneville@gmail.com. Soon as we find a place to have this concert will let you know, already have Musician's that want to play. But can't make no plans till we have When and where
Charmaine Neville has been Diagnosis with rare disorder called.

The CADASIL :
(Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Sub-cortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

Re: Cultural Mecca?

RedWhite&Blues — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:30:11 -0000

Keep the city's music and culture alive!

Come show your support for all things funk and blues at the House of Blues New Orleans Anniversary Bash with Keb’ Mo’ Band plus special guest Anders Osborne! http://youtu.be/oTllHuAUDbY

Re: YouTube du Jour: Etta James

Daveee0429 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:01:31 -0000

have had the pleasure to see the fabulous sensational sexy Miss Etta James any info pls forward to daveee0429@yahoo.com she will dearly be missed by millions god rest her soul

Re: Branding, Eh?

Bob Minnery — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:57:52 -0000

Are you telling me you don't like Crustacean Nation????

Re: Branding, Eh?

Addison Whitney — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:48:24 -0000

Thanks for the post, I agree - the "seafood pavilion" or "shrimp stadium" aren't names that will scare the away team or revolutionize LA's seafood industry. I agree that using the money to improve the industry or purchase direct marketing tactics would be a great benefit to the seafood industry. They should use the money to pay for more TV ads explaining the clean up of the gulf and how the seafood industry is back in action.

Re: Blue Lu Barker: Kind of Blue

Robpiper — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:08:56 -0000

Blue Lu sang in Carbondale, Il in early 1960's . I have an account of that concert written at the time.

Re: Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award: George Porter, Jr.

Brian — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:55:04 -0000

My wife and I were lucky enough to get a real kick-ass version of the Pardners play at our wedding a few years ago in Vermont. It was Porter, Brian, Rusell, Mike and then Tracy Griffin, Jeff Albert and Alonzo Bowens on horns. We had a night that will be remembered forever. I was a little worried because George had finished his last date with Mickey Hart the night before, but he there early to do a sound check and make sure everything went right. He even had the band to do "Be My Lady", a song they never do, for our first dance. We both wish George and the guys all the best of luck going through this difficult legal mess, one which they don't deserve.

Re: Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award: George Porter, Jr.

littler richard — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:04:38 -0000

Amen OffBeat! Your Jan 2012 layout on p.36 & 37 shows greatness. The ultimate in generous, kind irresistable force, GEORGE MATTERS!

Re: Allen Toussaint on the Best of the Beat Awards, Treme, Hugh Laurie and More

Jipes — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:56:14 -0000

Great interview, how not to be fascinated about New Orleans with such musical giants !

Re: Best of the Beat 2011 Nominees

Smutscheller — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:25:41 -0000

Guido loved the music vibe of New Orleans like others will never get.

The Rads were one with his soul.

He will never be forgotten and will live on in the spirit of NOLA and the spirit of Annapolis 8X10 and for sure will be looking out and over his family and friends all over this world and the world he now enjoys.

Peace and Love Guid's Love ya!

Mutsch

Re: Coco Robicheaux Passes After Collapsing on Frenchmen Street

Ray Hurford — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:54:40 -0000

So so sad. RIP

Re: The Soul Rebels

Jingle Berry — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:59:27 -0000

mad excited for this to drop. rebels are my FAVE. seems like they r all over the place these days, the worlds about to get a little taste of nola...give it to them soul rebels!

Re: The 40 Best Louisiana Albums of 2011

Jingle Berry — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:54:39 -0000

foooooo shoooo, rebels are hot.
...let it roll let it roll let it rolll....

Re: Deadsville

Dodger — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:07 -0000

Learn from history. Prohibition did not work, alot of innocent people died and banning guns will only stop citizens from having guns, not criminals. Legalize drugs, the solution is staring us in our face. Drug use will lower and the quick money will disappear. Our prisons are filled with druggers and the real ciminals (murderers, thiefs, perverts, politicians, etc.) are all loose on the streets. People will ALWAYS do drugs, don't be so naive.

Re: Shot of the Night: B.B. King

Golden — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:35:50 -0000

Absolutely brilliant.

Re: Deadsville

Rich7553 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:11:56 -0000

Well done sir! Very eloquently stated.

Re: Deadsville

Barry Hirsh — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:25:58 -0000

More like, three strikes and you get a .22 to the back of the head.

Re: Deadsville

Barry Hirsh — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:19:33 -0000

What is the commonality between NO and Philly?

PERPETUAL DEMOCRAT RULE.

There's a lesson in there somewhere....

Re: Deadsville

Barry Hirsh — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:18:25 -0000

You are right on everything but the "removing guns" shtick. If I ain't a crook, then leave me the hell alone.

Re: Deadsville

Barry Hirsh — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:17:10 -0000

Some folks NEED killing.

Re: Deadsville

Barry Hirsh — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:13:57 -0000

"[W]e need to funnel kids when they’re young into music and arts
programs."

Yeah. Just so it isn't rap and tagging.

Re: Deadsville

Tkampert — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:48:13 -0000

Oh boo hoo..little or no love while growing up.. so.. you blame the gun and not the criminal. What you have in NOT an abundance of guns. You have and abundance of CRIMINALS! Get rid of the criminals and your violence prob.em will go away too.

Re: Deadsville

Xyzz4569 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:26:22 -0000

Please PAY ATTENTION!

Guns have many purposes!

- Hunting
- Sport: Target shooting is actually fun
- Last, but certainly not least, self-defense

Saying that guns have "only one purpose: to kill" is ignorant at best, and an outright lie at worst.