re: Lava Cantina Perkins Rowe closing

It's an odd pairing. It's weird watching a rock show and having a waiter walk right next to you with a tray of sizzling fajitas. You're like "Who the hell's eating dinner at 11 o'clock at night?"

Not to name-drop but me and some friends are friendly with Ian Moore (not sure if it's a name-drop if nobody knows him) and last time he was in town we hung out and talked about the venue situation in Baton Rouge. I was too embarrassed to say that given his drawing level he might consider Lava Cantina as opposed to his recent acoustic/solo listening room gigs here. Like most people, he'll just stick to New Orleans if he even bothers with this area at all.