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Friday, 30 November 2007 18:00 |
New Orleans is still the birth canal of tomorrow's sound. One aspect of the fun of being a music fan is tracking the trends. In practically every genre, things change and novelty is pursued. It's this continuing flux that adds elements of surprise and keeps the ancient art form fascinating.
New Orleans, once the birthplace of Jazz, is still a crucible of novelty for music--not to mention a handful of other cultural forms. The city is less a global crossroads than it was in the early 20th century. Nowadays it is more a national crossroads, a waystation for the various transient and fringe communities that do the hard work of keeping the United States weird. Even since the Storm, NOLA is a part time home for neo-carnies... |
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 18:00 |
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October 26-28, 2007 City Park
OFFBEAT.COM, By Cree McCree
Happiness is seeing the Happy Talk Band bust “My Suicide” just past noon in the Bingo! Parlour, where they turned wrist-slashing into an arena rocker.
-Best stage decor: The salvaged metal Bywater sign that backdropped the NooMoon stage.
-Best participatory sport: Marching around the festival grounds while making a joyful noise with the gloriously ragtag Ratty Scurvics Band. |
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:00 |
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Ratty Scurvics Singularity (Saturday, 5 p.m., Le Carnival, Dungeon): Ratty Scurvics may be a one-man band, but this demented organ grinder runs with a sideshow cast of thousands (well, dozens)—all of them decked in mad rags by the Mojo behind the scenes, Howlpop’s Mo Lappin. Last year it was red-pantied hula hoopers and the Ratty Scurvics Marching Band, a 24-piece menagerie clad in deconstructed evening wear infested with red metallic spiders. This year, Mo’s conjuring a... |
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Voodoo festival charms music lovers in City Park |
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Monday, 15 October 2007 18:00 |
Times Picayune
"I like it because it's a younger, edgier crowd," she said. Edgier and at least as off-the-wall. Kelly Israel took his usual spot under the Spanish moss-draped live oaks and in front of the hyper-alternative Mortuary Haunted House/Noomoon Stage with his 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood hearse.
The vehicle glittered with matchbox cars, Casio watches, jewelry, pins, stained glass, coins, marbles and any other items that would make it sparkle. Its hood was adorned with... |
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