The Fake Carls aren’t fake, they’re a real band whose friend (not Carl) plays the Handpan. The central nervous system of the Fake Carls are (not) a couple of Loyola music business students, Julie Wischan and Steve Panacek. Julie and Steve knock us out with two tunes – the first song they ever wrote and…
Read MoreSelf styled “Emperor of the Universe” entertainer Ernie K-Doe used to say that besides New Orleans being the birthplace of jazz, he was pretty sure everything came from New Orleans. When you tell people that grocery giant Whole Foods started here in New Orleans – on Esplanade Avenue – you generally get the same response…
Read MoreHoled up in his room at night after teaching high school math all day, Agasthya Pradhan-Shenoy tinkered around with his computer, making music. When he’d compiled a bunch of tracks he called himself Swelo and put out a record he called Escalator Music. It became an instant internet hit, blowing up first with the the…
Read MoreThe vacuum created when NASA left the Michoud facility in New Orleans East has been filled by a range of new, innovative aero-space and robotic manufacturers. Among them, Crescent Unmanned Systems and NVision Solutions. Charles Easterling, co-founder and CEO of Crescent Unmanned Sytems, came to lunch with his Google Glass. While you’re doing whatever it is you do…
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