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Ended up being a really good show, we got the real Anton experience in person too. He had a fan in the front row tossed out for yelling "Happy Halloween" one too many times in between songs....

Brian Jonestown Massacre Tonight?

Posted by bard_of_brew on 10/31/23 at 10:41 am
Hitting the sold out BJM show at the Toulouse Theatre in the Quarter tonight. This will be my first time seeing them live. Anyone going?...

re: Billy Strings

Posted by bard_of_brew on 4/12/23 at 2:19 pm
I am hitting both nights for my 5th and 6th shows, super fired up. Leaving NOLA on Friday afternoon and zooming over there. I think there are a ton of afterparties going on in MobTown too for late night debauchery. It should be a grand ole time getting Strung Out. :violin:...

Best LSU Football Podcasts?

Posted by bard_of_brew on 8/25/21 at 12:28 pm
Looking for some (at least) weekly pods for the upcoming season...

re: Best debut albums

Posted by bard_of_brew on 1/18/21 at 4:44 pm
Love this record...

re: Jack Straw

Posted by bard_of_brew on 7/23/20 at 1:27 pm
[quote]1/11/79[/quote] absolutely melting performance, easy favorite for me as well...
[quote]Allman Brothers Band - Firing Line[/quote] any Allman Brothers tune, but especially a live-version of Blue Sky...

Vincent's, New Orleans

Posted by bard_of_brew on 6/17/20 at 10:04 am
I am hitting highly-esteemed uptown Italian joint, Vincent's for the first time tonight. What do I need to order? What can't I leave without trying. I have been hearing a lot of about the cannelloni and the crab/corn bisque bread bowl....
Wild Wild Life from David Byrne's 1986 film, [i]True Stories[/i]. John Goodman even has a role in the flick. Directed by David Bryne and soundtracked by Talking Heads, it's a bizarre hour and a half full of catchy tunes. [link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=616-QGQyx-I)]Wild Wild Life[/link]...
[link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl7p0CwoUFI)]Heal Me, I'm Heartsick - No Vacancy[/link] No brainer. No Vacancy from 2003 blockbuster hit, School of Rock....

re: Good albums with horn sections

Posted by bard_of_brew on 3/31/20 at 4:11 pm
The Specials' self-titled debut album is chock-full of mad brassy ska. [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Specials_uk_front.jpg[/img]...
Van Morrison Grateful Dead Talking Heads James Brown Sam Cooke James Taylor Paul Simon Little Feat The Cure The Allman Brothers Band The Band Stevie Wonder Parliament/Funkadelic Toots & The Maytals Peter Tosh Taj Mahal Marvin Gaye The Smashing Pumpkins Joni Mitchell Janis Joplin...
[link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYsMjEeEg4g)]Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta[/link] I'm not sick, but i'm not well....
Really digging this playlist so far, kudos! ...

re: Best Tacos in Baton Rouge

Posted by bard_of_brew on 3/5/20 at 2:13 pm
The carne asada tacos at Honduran joint, La Salvadoreña on Nicholson are bonkers. As is everything on their menu. ...
Some of my favorites (no particular order): Dr. John Allen Toussaint Any of the Neville family Doug & Rusty Kershaw James Booker (I HIGHLY recommend checking him out) Professor Longhair Irma Thomas Lee Dorsey Louis Prima...
[quote]In the grand scheme of things Byrne is vastly underrated as a "great" one.[/quote] I couldn't agree more. Byrne has proven time and time again to be one of the most electric frontmen with limitless talent and ability....

re: Layla and Other Love Songs

Posted by bard_of_brew on 3/3/20 at 3:10 pm
Keep on Growing, Anyday and I Looked Away all feel criminally underrated. Killer record....

re: Favorite "new" country songs

Posted by bard_of_brew on 3/3/20 at 3:07 pm
Anything and everything released by Tyler Childers or Sturgill Simpson....

North Broad Seafood/The Blue Store

Posted by bard_of_brew on 2/27/20 at 4:11 pm
Just read a writeup (linked below) on NOLA lauding this joint. This is the first I am hearing about it, but I am excited to try it. Does anyone have any tips or recommendations? I am fiending. [link=(https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/article_7ed0a372-5324-11ea-aaf9-4bfab9ac7f4c.ht...