Picture New Orleans A gallery of images from photographer Tema Stauffer showing aspects of New Orleans—abandoned lives, startling ruin, subtle beauty—you can’t catch on CNN.

The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star: Getting the Band Together, Part I In his sixth dispatch for TMN, aspiring rock star Gary Benchley begins to make his dreams come true: time to assemble the band. But the gap between buying a guitar and playing one proves wider than expected, and it may only be Depeche Mode who can save the day.

Walking the Rx Red Carpet Where do you get the scoop on the drug industry’s hot new products? Why, at the Rx spring show, that’s where! Tobias Seamon makes nice with the celebrated followers of pharmaceuticals.

Clear Cut Press Editor Matthew Stadler and publisher Richard Jensen talk about turning books they love into beautiful publications, finding inspiration from distant sources, and how to recognize pomposity.