The Times-Picayune is seeking a reporter to cover New Orleans' criminal justice system and a deputy-metro editor to help energize our daily news report. Help provide compelling, public-service journalism to N.O and Louisiana. lnkd.in/gVDmgq6G lnkd.in/gCyrmMDh

Thanks so much to GQ for publishing my liner notes for the new Replacements 'Let It Be' boxset, out on Friday. Extra special thanks to Jessica Hopper, Patterson Hood and Brian Paulson for their extraordinary insights. What an absolute joy this project has been to work on. www.gq.com/story/when-t...

Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra with The MC5 - Wayne State University, Detroit. June 18 1967

Shamit’s coverage of the Pelicans is the best reporting I’ve ever seen on the business side of the organization, up there with any coverage of private business in New Orleans.

There are a lot of big ideas in the Office of Nighttime Economy's strategic plan to support nighttime businesses, but its failure to address equity of opportunity is a notable absence. www.nola.com/gambit/music...

When ICE gets to New Orleans

I have to say, Stevie Wonder's Spanish Version, "Un Lugar En El Sol", for "A Place In The Sun" slaps harder. And the adlib is in Spanish. He is really killing it, the r's and everything. Andrew backing vocalists too! 🩷🎶🔥 #LangSky #BlackSky

ICYMI, the new podcast by Slow Burn, One Year, and Hang Up & Listen co-creator/host Josh Levin

RIP Jeff Hannusch, who spent the 1980s talking to musicians in New Orleans who'd changed the world in the 1940s-60s, and left us books that are still essential to understanding their stories.

I get dunking on this, but: she’s been the highest profile supporter of C Murder, who’s desperate for a review of a non-unanimous jury verdict that’s keeping him locked up. Maybe passing the bar helps her advocate for him.

Potentially of interest to those concerned with the ties between Carnival krewes and white supremacy in New Orleans

RIP Guitar Lightnin Lee. Son of the 9th Ward, student of Boogie Bill Webb, survivor of a shipwreck with Rockie Charles, hater of pizza, lover of good times, one of a kind. youtu.be/kfn2jc5UFjM

Thank you to Gwilym Mumford of @theguardian.com for this shout-out for Replay Booth. Listen now! pod.link/1462685560/e...

New Orleans writers, photographers, and other friends. We are so delighted to host Teju Cole for the 2025 Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture this Thursday, 11/6 at 6 pm, in Freeman Auditorium (use Newcomb Art Museum for directions then follow signs).

You guys I get to talk to the one and only KAREN RUSSELL tonight at Tulane. Details here, you don't want to miss this. events.tulane.edu/content/kare...

So excited for this!

Undercover passion on the run!

I have a few quibbles here, but glad LRB is reviewing this, and looking forward to reading the book.

my favorite week of the year on lower Decatur Street, when i get to play "is that a Halloween costume or not?"

Bernie Cook at Georgetown has done valuable scholarship on Katrina and steered attention and resources to New Orleans since shortly after the flood. Glad he’s still at it.

Monk deserves this and more, happy the City did it. But curious why this corner and not one closer to his house, especially because Valence and Magnolia is also closely associated with Birdman and BG, who grew up on that block.

These lineups for the Pelicans and Grizzlies feature the matchup of Coward vs Fears.

If the City of New Orleans is having to take out a $100 million line of credit because, in part, FEMA reimbursements have slowed or stopped, @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social might want to ask Sewerage & Water Board how their FEMA reimbursements are going (1/x) bsky.app/profile/wwlt...

Robert Rauschenberg with his pet turtle Rocky in 1966

I wrote a lil history of the Dixie Taverne, a home base for New Orleans' metal and punk scenes before Katrina, and, decades earlier, for Latin music and modern jazz. Especially pleased to include this photo of King Louie Bankston and Broadway Joe by Gary LoVerde. acloserwalknola.com/places/dixie...

M.C. Price & D.J. Double Trouble - The Price Is Right (US - Golden Age Hip Hop) [1991] Great Meters sample + scratching https://redd.it/plvmiu https://youtu.be/yS71awVVgxw

Predominantly white New Orleans unwilling to go to a once predominantly Black, currently gentrifying part of town to oppose authoritarianism

#OneHitHistory A day to remember New Orleans R&B singer/saxophonist Robert Parker, #BOTD in 1930. Parker earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1966 when his self-penned “Barefootin’” spent 9 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40 at #34, peaking at #7. #RobertParker #Barefootin #OneHitWondered

A new collaboration with the City of New Orleans could help improve the sound quality in New Orleans music venues while providing real-world training for students at Loyola.

My new book, UNABRIDGED, published by @groveatlantic.bsky.social, is out! It took a long time to report and write and I'm proud of it and would be grateful if you bought it and would love to see people when I'm traveling to promote it. Consider this an official book thread

Germ Proof Cleaners, Rogers Park, Chicago (1987) Photo: Robert W. Krueger / Chicago Public Library

“The court’s ruling that residential STRs…can be owned by both individuals and companies could undermine the ordinance’s one STR per owner limit, since people could just start a new LLC for each of their rental properties.”

On his first major headlining tour, the Baton Rouge rapper NBA YoungBoy is the calmest person in the room. “There is something miraculous about his ability to make rap lyrics feel like spiritual testimony,” Kelefa Sanneh writes.

To spell this out: Duncan spent 28 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. Gets exonerated, runs for Clerk of Court to help others access potentially exculpatory records. Opposing candidate puts out a video saying Duncan killed an innocent man.

Once more, for the Sunday readers.

Percy Humphrey, leader of the Eureka Brass Band and, later, member of the Perservation Hall Jazz Band, provided musical accompaniment for two appearances by Ferdinand the Bull in 1944. "Ride him if you wish."

So, now Pableaux’s boots, cleaned up and gleaming, are on display just inside Terminal C. Stop by, tip your hat, say hi to Wayne (and get a shine), whenever you’re coming or going. I'll be hoping it’s more of the former.

MY LATEST: Caitlin Carney calls herself the Lady Monger. Her business, Porgy’s Seafood Market, has a mission: to reconnect New Orleanians with Gulf seafood. Our interview is Week 7 of "Still Here," a series about the people who are working to preserve Louisiana and its fragile coastline and culture.

There's a lot of good attention being paid to the mayoral race. But might I suggest you turn your attention down ballot to another critical citywide race, the assessor's race? My latest feature for @veritenews.org – veritenews.org/2025/09/26/n...

Our @jakeclapp.bsky.social talked with Flag Boy Giz, Nate Cameron and other New Orleans culture barers about what they need from city government, and then asked candidates for the city council and mayor for what they'll do. The story includes their full responses www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

Also notable: the Supreme Court ruled this unconstitutional just a few years later, so Baltimore found other means to impose segregation (restrictive covenants, "slum" clearance, etc.), which were quite effective.

Benefit Tuesday for beloved Mardi Gras Indian Big Chief Darryl Montana, who is facing the costs of a cancer crisis

Good news, but another “affordable” complex for tenants earning up to $50K, while most Black New Orleanians earn less than that. www.nola.com/news/busines...

Ace Records are delighted to reissue Irma Thomas’ classic debut album “Wish Someone Would Care” on 31.10.2025. 🔥

Went to a science fair under the I-610 today.

Alison McCrary has been doing vital social justice work in New Orleans for a long time. Now she needs help paying for cancer treatment. gofund.me/76d08db0b

Explaining why the Pythian is “historic,” this piece mentions a few of the offices it used to house, but says nothing about it being a center of Black business and culture in the early 1900s. Louis Armstrong used to play on the roof! www.nola.com/news/busines...

Early jazz star Leon Roppolo (Benny Goodman's idol) had a mental breakdown and was sent to the same institution as jazz progenitor Buddy Bolden. The place was segregated, but they could have played in its band together--both had horns inside. Hopefully Roppolo paid his respects and they got to jam.

Join us tomorrow at 2:00 pm at the New Orleans Jazz Museum or on streaming. ellanola.org/upcoming/igj...