Monthly Archives: January 2014

JUDGE NADINE RAMSEY Do you believe that New Orleans’s sound ordinances need to be updated? As it currently stands, yes. I feel that the citizens that the soundscape plan got from the consultants was something everyone can work with, however the … Continue reading →

INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL BAGNERIS How do you feel about this sound ordinance stuff? I am not quite sure about the provisions of the noise oridinance…. [gives him some info on the rules]. But before we get to that, do you think the … Continue reading →

Joseph Makkos lives in a modest, second-floor studio in a light-industrial area of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, where his living space competes with his passion for printing. His bed is stuffed in a nook beside three different turn-of-the-century printing presses, … Continue reading →

This year I joined the ranks of New Orleanians who have seen a dead body in the street. It was in February, outside a car parts store in the section of town that real estate agents these days pass off as … Continue reading →