Let’s get this straight: Boyfriend takes her clothes off on stage but she’s not a stripper. As a matter of fact she’s not any kind of noun. She’s a verb. Boyfriend is a person for whom stripping is an activity much like other activities that one performs but doesn’t define you. Unless, perhaps, you’re…
Read MoreAccording to the reputable Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, right around twenty percent of the population of the United States is under 15. That’s a sizeable market. You don’t have to look very far to see the marketers of stuff that kids like trying to sell it to them. Mostly food and toys. Which demonstrates that we don’t…
Read MoreBeth Patterson is the only professional bouzouki player in New Orleans who finds meaning and fulfillment in the words and music of the Canadian ensemble Rush. Yes, Rush. There’s just something about Rush that speaks to Beth and somehow makes her feel less of a freaky outsider. And she really doesn’t have much to feel…
Read MoreFormer New Orleans Radio DJ (WZRH 106.1 The Zephyr) Ross Shields opens up about Bipolar Disorder, Cancer, Hurricane Katrina, and living with Don, his cat who has been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. Before getting to the Bipolar Disorder stuff, meet Ross Shields: Selling shoes isn’t easy in Louisiana. It might be the humidity or…
Read MoreIf you had to name the biggest fried chicken business in Louisiana, you probably wouldn’t have to think about it too long. You might take a bit longer to name the next biggest. And even then you might not come up with Krispy Krunchy. Krispy Krunchy has over 1,800 reatail locations in 36 states. It’s everywhere…
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