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On the Road with Tony Clifton

A Filmmaker's Life and Work with the Drunken, Racist, and Probably Fictitious Lounge Singer

Tony Clifton is a piece of performance art who has outlived his creator, legendary comic Andy Kaufman, by two decades. He's having a comeback of sorts, thanks at least in part to Jeremy Johnson, a filmmaker who has been working for Clifton—and his alter ego Bob Zmuda—for five strange years. Full story

Neither Big nor Easy

3D Na'Tee Brings Real Rap to New Orleans's Jazz Fest

Rap godfather Chuck D has said that he never likes to watch anyone on stage and think to himself, 'I could do that.' When 3D Na’Tee takes the mic, no one thinks that. Her words are so plentiful they often crowd out any hope for a chorus, and her quick lyrical twists and turns wou… Full story

Neither Big nor Easy

The Birth of NOizeFest, New Orleans's Freakiest, Smallest Festival

For eight years, I've been holding this gathering of artists/weirdos in my backyard; the first one we ever held involved my pet goat, a bad acid trip, musicians nearly fighting one another over overzealous jamming, and a bunch of broken mirrors. Full story

Neither Big nor Easy

New Orleans's War on Music

Louisiana’s Department of Tourism recently launched a new ad campaign that declared, “No America We Will Not ‘Turn That Music Down.’” But on the ground, the authorities in New Orleans have been trying to quiet the city’s famously vibrant music scene. Full story

Neither Big nor Easy

Someone Stole My Students’ Music Writing

Last Tuesday, my car was robbed. I don't care about my old laptop or anything else that was in there, only the pages and pages of handwritten essays my young students had penned about Katy Perry, local New Orleans musicians, and themselves. They didn't deserve that. Full story

Clean Zones and Cabbies: How the Super Bowl Screws New Orleans Part 2

A recent lawsuit has resulted in free speech being restored in the giant "Clean Zone" around the Superdome, but the Super Bowl is still causing hardship for many, including food truck owners and cabbies. Full story

How the Super Bowl Screws New Orleans

For the pleasure of the assholes who will flood New Orleans for the Super Bowl, the city’s working overtime and even dissing Mardi Gras, its oldest tradition and most reliable financial benefactor. Per usual, what the New Orleans government won’t do for its citizenry it gladly do… Full story

The New Orleans Murder Wall Won't Stop Growing

While New Orleans is traditionally thought of as the city of jazz, Mardi Gras, and semi-functional alcoholics, it's also the city with the highest murder rate in the country. A local priest is trying to bring greater awareness to the problem by writing the names of the city's mur… Full story

The Creators Project

The Making of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'

We spoke with the film's director and special effects guy about what it takes to make a phenomenal film with little more than raw skill and determination. Watch our behind-the-scenes video and read an exclusive interview about how they made of those hyper-realistic beasts. Full story

Fuck Katrina

DJ Chicken Does Dallas

Hurricane Katrina was a total disaster and everything but for some of the people of New Orleans' projects, who are used to dodging bullets while slanging yay and shocking out to jittery 808 beats and O.T.T. synth-driven hip-hop, Katrina was nothing. Full story