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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Review of David Lee Roth Concert (Ink19. 1999).
Dear Mr. Roth (Ink19, 1999) Earlier in the month, when the David Lee Roth concert was announced, I tried to arrange an interview with the man. When I called Roth’s manager, Louie, he was very short with me. Louie had … Continue reading
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Unpublished interview with cartoonist Walt Handlesman (2014.).
So tell me how you ended up in New Orleans. AH: I am originally from Baltimore. I got a job here with Picayune in 1989 and left in 2001. I had an opportunity to work at Newsday in New York … Continue reading
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As If Hell Were A Real Place – first chapter of The Donkey Show (McSweeney’s. 2001).
This week I started working a busboy job on world-famous Bourbon Street. It’s the first time I’ve worked since three and a half months ago, when I quit my job at the newspaper in Tampa, sold my truck and took … Continue reading
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Fishing with Bill Davis of Dash Rip Rock (Louisiana Sportsman. 2013)
Roughly 15 hours of every day of my childhood were spent fishing in Southwest Florida. In my late teens, I put aside the rod after picking up the guitar. For the rest of my life, all my friends would be … Continue reading
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Interview with Russell Simmons (Gambit. April, 2011).
Def Jam Recordings co-founder, one of the Godfathers of hip-hop, and 54-year-old multi-millionaire Russell Simmons is sometimes called the male Oprah Winfrey. He recently released Super Rich: A Guide To Having It All (Gotham), an advice book emanating not from his career … Continue reading
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Interview with Dio and Yngwei Malmsteen (St Petersburg Times. 2000.)
Don’t dump growling metal singer Ronnie James Dio nor Swedish guitar hero Yngwie Malmsteen onto the bandwagon of ’80s metal bands making the arena rounds these days. Dio, 51, is the vocally talented legend who helped bring Black Sabbath back … Continue reading
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On Painting Flooded Mardi Gras Floats in the Year After Katrina (Newsweek. 2006).
They don’t hire just anyone to paint Mardi Gras floats. These jobs have always been coveted, the den bosses picky. This year, Katrina interrupted production for two months, and some artists never returned. So our den’s new desperation crew consisted … Continue reading
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New Orleans: the Underground Guide 