“I showed Daft Punk to the rock kids,” said James Murphy, on his first and arguably best single, “Losing My Edge.” He’s not lying — and that action changed the sound of a decade. The true credit, however, belongs to Daft Punk.

I was six or seven when all of this was going down, but I can […]

What makes a pop star? What makes an artist? I don’t have the answers to these questions, but think about them you see Japayork at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday on the steps of the Lavin-Bernick Center.
We don’t cover pop music a lot here, at least not seriously, but opinions on staff on Japayork ranged from “it sounds […]

Sometimes I ask myself, “Jeffrey, do the Japanese look at Chinese food the way we look at Mexican food? And, if yes, are there Japanese people who, like I do, prefer their neighbor’s delicacies more than their own?” Put simply, are there Japanese people who like Chinese food as much as I like Mexican food? […]

Much of Lady Gaga’s music revolves around the idea of (flawed) human relationships. Herein we explore some of her ideas concerning male/female relations. Naturally, you take her advice at your own risk.
Can’t read my, can’t read my // No he can’t read my poker face // (She’s got to love nobody)
Explanation: On the battlefield of love, Stefani […]

I’ve always been a bit insecure since Pitchfork gave my favorite artist a 2.8.  My love lockdown with Bassnectar, a man known as Lorin Ashton, is a long, torrid affair. With phrases like “you just have to see him live!” and “he’s the greatest DJ, his production is just good!” I’ve had to defend my […]

The bread and butter of holier-than-thou “activists” is to guilt trip you into thinking you aren’t doing enough to stop crimes against humanity. I think the reason why I, personally, find it annoying is that, well, they’re right.  – Jeff Silberman, Views Editor

“When we got there we were in an ambush, the rebels were attacking where […]

The Hullabaloo ran an article last week claiming that Tulane’s Army ROTC program used cardboard cutouts of men who appeared to be Muslim for target practice. The Tulane Muslim Students Association and other students reported that they were offended by the exercise and then, feeling slandered, members of the AROTC program reported that they were […]

There’s something about the word “Techno.” It’s probably the dirtiest thing you can say to someone who cares a lot about the semantics of music — as opposed to, you know, someone who just likes listening to it. If you, the average Tulane student, said something about some cool new Techno you just found, be […]

The Fleshlight is the ugly duckling of our sex-based consumer culture. The Fleshlight is not embarrassed by capitalism. While marketing normally consists of tricking consumers into viewing a commodity as something other than a mere tool to produce endorphins, the Fleshlight doesn’t waste time selling you meaning in a meaningless world; it provides the fuel […]

Seduction is an often-overlooked component of social status. It’s usually — and wrongly — reduced to conversations about sex and promiscuity. It’s better, however, to look at it the other way.
Exciting the passions and desires of an object of your affection is no simple task. Our arsenals contain multiple kinds of feints, misdirects, taunts and p-p-p-poker […]

“Avatar” made me want to do a lot of things, like become an eco-terrorist. Perhaps I’m not the best standard with which to judge how the highest-grossing film in history affected most viewers, but it turns out many Americans, and not just the LSD-casualties, found themselves longing after the lush world of Pandora and […]

Evolutionary Psychology is both hilarious and heartbreaking. On one hand, it’s been used to justify sexism, racism and every other inequality, but on the other, it’s just too easy to mock, because despite its intriguing name, the field has very little to do with either sound evolutionary theory or psychology. In fact, B.F Skinner […]

Lil’ Jon is the first Dirty South feminist. How do I know this? Well, I know a lot about feminist theory, and I’ve heard a couple of Lil’ Jon samples in my dubstep mixes. That’s good enough for me. So anyway, Lil’ Jon is the first Dirrrrrty South feminist.
Now, critics constantly slam rap as misogynist. With […]

When the Hunger and Homelessness Action Team decided to take action on homelessness, they tried to sleep in boxes they foraged from dumpsters around New Orleans. I guess it was supposed to raise “awareness.” During the event, however, drunk kids — out of either genuine anger or juvenile vanity — thought it necessary to […]

It’s a very popular notion that dating in college (and high school) is a social faux pas. That’s probably right, but I can never help myself, and I’ve given up trying.
I’ve been in relationships that lasted years, and relationships that lasted weeks. I’ve dated a girl who was practically homeless, an heiress and a […]