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This week's Milk Run looks at what to do this week in New Orleans, including a tribute to Johnny Thunders, stand-up comedy, Anthony Hamilton and a benefit for Jimmy's.

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[Updated] On a recent episode of Mar

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"Come up with a cool name like Hand Bomb, Water Park, The Language. These would also be cool band names."

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[Updated] Last year, a cold rain took the edge off of the debut of Gleason Gras.

On Sunday night, stand-up comedian Wanda Sykes will perform Sunday night at the

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This week includes a Big Sun reunion, Off!'s punk purism, The Walkmen, Lewis Black and the Rising Tide conference.

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One of the advantages of being Harry Shearer? If you want to play music with somebody, there’s a good chance you can make it happen.

As guest writer Michael Patrick Welch reports, sooner or later everybody took their shots from Joan Rivers, and her desire to push the boundaries still gives her power at age 78.

“I’m an expert at the sport of air sex,” Chris Trew announced by way of introduction when he appeared earlier this summer on