June 2010
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The Matt & Jack Podvast, Episode #011
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The Rusty Nail is Worth Finding — GoNOLA.com →
Here is my latest GoNola.com piece, a write-up of The Rusty Nail, one of the hardest-to-find bars in the New Orleans Metro Area. A sample:
Good luck finding The Rusty Nail on your first attempt. Seriously. This place is less than five minutes from my apartment and it took me at least 10 tries over my first six months down here before I successfully made it there when actually looking...
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Watch“Everybody Hurts” - R.E.M.
Back in my day, bands routinely made short films to accompany some of their more popular songs. These short films were called “music videos,” and there were entire television stations devoted to playing nothing but these short films - music videos, that is - all day long. Some music videos were little more than footage of a band performing...
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Circle Bar… The Biggest Little Rock Club in New... →
Here is my first piece for GoNola.com, a site that calls itself “The Official ‘What’s Going On In New Orleans’ blog.” I’ll be periodically writing about some of my favorite places to see live music, and I had to start with the all-time great Circle Bar, ground zero for the independent rock side of New Orleans Music (and contender for smallest bar in the...
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“Unlike other regional promotions of the day that dreamed of greatness but were...”
– Dead Wrestling Company Of The Week: Extreme Championship Wrestling
All of Deadspin’s “Dead Wrestler of The Week” articles bring back some awesome childhood memories, but this particular feature on the now-defunct ECW really hit home. When the outfit formerly known as Eastern... 