How wrong must your life have gone to end up in Power Slap matches?

Teddy Swims - Mr. Know It All - Live at Coachella 2026 YouTube video by Coachella

On Sunday, May 3, #TeddySwims will play #JazzFest in New Orleans in front of Trombone Shorty. Here's a preview from his set at Coachella last weekend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOui...

It’s not bad enough that Trump blundered us into a war. He also has to look like an idiot doing it, threatening to blockade the strait Iran already blockades.

Coming to New Orleans on Apr 23.

I'm reading "Frank Zappa's America" & am not sure the author's not a little kind to Frank, but it has made me go back to "Absolutely Free" and "Only in it for the Money." This Frank is so much more interesting than what he would become.

I'm going to be on @wwlradio.bsky.social today after 2 to talk about the ghost of Checkpoint Charlie in #NewOrleans with @ianhoch.bsky.social

Death-defying Hardy Boyz return to New Orleans for 2 televised wrestling shows Wrestlers Matt and Jeff Hardy have made memories in New Orleans. In 2009, Jeff won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a daring ladder match that almost broke his shoulder, and his brother led f...

On Fri & Sat, @tnawrestling.bsky.social will be in New Orleans for Sacrifice & an Impact taping. Recently I talked to @matthardy.bsky.social about returning to #TNA & how trying to work smarter led to Broken Matt Hardy.

Yep. Or decide to speed the line by pulling Latinos out of it.

Pictures and video of ICE at the New Orleans airport show them doing nothing to speed the lines & patrolling them instead.

MY SPILT MILK - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Folk AI Commercials during the Super Bowl presented one vision of artificial intelligence (AI). The Genspark ad gave us AI as a tool that could speed up the cubicle warriors’ productivity so they coul...

Questions musicians might want to think about as they rage about #AI. @antigravitymag.bsky.social
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MY SPILT MILK - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Folk AI Commercials during the Super Bowl presented one vision of artificial intelligence (AI). The Genspark ad gave us AI as a tool that could speed up the cubicle warriors’ productivity so they coul...

A panel at this year's Folk Alliance on #AI made me think we need to think about its relationship to music in a more granular way, starting with our assumptions about audiences and musicians. Thanks @antigravitymag.bsky.social for giving me room to riff.

Tonight!

Legendary WWE wrestler Mick Foley brings one-man show to New Orleans His signature match is 1998’s “Hell in a Cell,” when he faced The Undertaker in a match with the ring enclosed inside a large, chain-link cage.

“I remember the match I had with Shane Douglas in front of 26 fans in Poca, West Virginia, in 1986 almost as well as I remember winning the WWE from Dwayne Johnson” - #MickFoley, who’ll be in New Orleans at Southport Hall on Monday night.
www.nola.com/entertainmen...

This is just raw, uncut id. Whatever comes into his pumpkin has to come out, and none of it is incoherent or contradictory to him because he lives in an endless present. There's no past to deal with or future to consider, just a present where he imagines most excellent outcomes.

Legendary WWE wrestler Mick Foley brings one-man show to New Orleans His signature match is 1998’s “Hell in a Cell,” when he faced The Undertaker in a match with the ring enclosed inside a large, chain-link cage.

I talked to #MickFoley about storytelling & the lingering affects of a life in wrestling before he comes to Southport Hall in New Orleans to tell stories & answer questions on Monday night. @mickfoley.bsky.social
www.nola.com/entertainmen...

Ugh. Watching the predictable punditry asserting the question will be whether Democrats want a fighter or a moderate. That’s not fair to Talarico or Crockett & oversimplifies the question. How about an authentic candidate that speaks to & for their electorate? #duh

Tonight, I tried to vote. So did a lot of other people. The state of Texas had other ideas.

A good first-hand account of the voting mess in Texas yesterday, one coming to many of us in November. timnapalmstegall.substack.com/p/tonight-i-...

Just saw a beautifully, endearingly amateurish opening band. Not a song I can remember, never more than 5 strings in tune, and songs all moved in the same way from verse to chorus. And it was so sincere that I’m glad I saw it.

"Asalto Navideño" with Miguel Zenón, and the Ray Conniff Singers — Twelve Songs of Christmas Grammy winner Miguel Zenón drops by the Christmas music podcast to talk about the salsa Christmas classic "Asalto Navideñao," and music industry vets Jonathan McHugh and Tamara Conniff talk about thei...

Today Willie Colòn died. Glad I got a chance to have @miguelzenon.bsky.social pay tribute to him and help me appreciate "Asalte Navideño" in December for my "Twelve Songs of Christmas" podcast.

I loved them, but I don’t know if that love is memory-aided.

It was fun to go back & chew on NO's entry in the post-rock moment, Jai Alai and the reissue of their 2000 "Division" on @strangedaisy.bsky.social. It's more concise and measured than many of the post-rock bands whose reputations have endured.

Gotta eat fast food fast. It's not made for an hour later, much less the next day.

From the NYT: "Senator John Curtis, Republican of Utah, said in a statement that the ruling affirms 'despite all the noise of the moment, that the founders’ system of checks and balances remains strong nearly 250 years later.'”

Yes, after Congress abandoned its role in that system.

They’re playing Carrollton Station on Friday, Feb. 27.

The band from Simmons College in Kentucky’s tripping on Tucks throws. #WhyILoveMardiGras

For those concerned about waste during Mardi Gras, think about the fact that 3 parades collectively had more than 100 floats today. What could anyone throw in the last 50 that people hadn’t already caught 10 of?

Amy Rigby Remembers Personal, Musical Wilderness in "Girl to Country" — My Spilt Milk In her second memoir, singer/songwriter Amy Rigby remembers her Nashville years, trying to be a rock 'n' roll mom and Nashville songwriter. Things don't go as planned.

On Thurs, singer/songwriter @amyrigby.bsky.social will be at NOLA 'Nacular in New Orleans, singing & reading from her recent memoir, Girl to Country, which focuses on her Nashville years. Her storytelling and songwriting share impeccable balance. www.myspiltmilk.com/articles/amy...

On Saturday night, #LasCafeteras finished their set at #FolkAlliance by revving up and updating Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind" for 2026. Nervy, but I'm there for anyone who adds, "How many people do you have to deport / before you feel safe in your bed?"

Comic Artist Peter Bagge Goes from "Hate" to History at Fan Expo — My Spilt Milk Comic book artist Peter Bagge's work is very different from the others at Fan Expo New Orleans, as are the stories he tells. Instead of superheroes, Bagge focuses on distinctive individuals, whether s...

I’m a big fan of comic artist #PeterBagge & am glad I got a chance to talk to him about “Hate” & his historical comics before he appears this weekend at #FanExpoNewOrleans. www.myspiltmilk.com/articles/com...

Am I understanding Rubio correctly & Trump plans to passive/aggressively control Venezuela, not telling it what to do but blocking oil exports until it does the “right” thing?