I know that Pitchfork is supposed to be the end-all-be-all of “indie” music, but sometimes they’re just plain wrong. Contra is not as great as they seem to think it is. Merriweather Post Pavilion was not the greatest album of the last year. Having said that, the Pitchfork list of the Top 100 Tracks of the 2009 […]

Magnetic Fields album draws you in
From the man who brought us 69 Love Songs, The Magnetic Fields’ Steven Merritt brings us another classic breakup album… just in time for Valentine’s Day. Here he continues the “no synth” trilogy, following i and Distortion, though the new album is starkly different from the latter. Realism, ironically, feels like […]

Most of you are probably familiar with the mainstream bounce song — and middle school classic — Juvenile’s “Back That Azz Up.” Bounce music, a derivative of traditional Hip Hop, began in the early 90s in New Orleans but has rarely reached mainstream airwaves. The songs prominently feature schoolyard call-and-response choruses and Mardi Gras Indian […]

With all the excitement over the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, it’s easy to forget that Haiti still desperately needs our help. What better way to give to a country still in shambles — and to recover from Fat Tuesday — than by a laid-back and fun-filled celebration of the arts? “Lambi A Rele,” a […]

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 […]

This year’s Valentine’s Day movie event is simply titled: “Valentine’s Day.” Director Gary Marshall (“The Princess Diaries,” “Pretty Woman”) presents a film that follows a series of intertwining love stories, or for some, unrequited love stories, during one Los Angeles V-Day. The film is adapted from a screenplay by Katherine Fugate with plot assistance from […]

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If you’re planning to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your lover in New Orleans, you should be prepared to do things a little differently. For one, you may want to postpone your romantic evening out for a week or so, just so that drunken fools and merrymakers don’t interrupt your intimate, candle-lit canoodling. Or, if quiet […]

Ever heard of MTV’s new hit series, “The Buried Life?” In case you have better things to do than watch subpar reality television all day, the show follows a group of guys on a quest to fulfill their 100-item bucket list.  Taking their lead, we have created a bucket list of our own that will […]

Date, n.[deyt]: Two people getting together for an activity when the possibility of romance between them has been broached but not ruled out.

I include this definition to quiet all the whiners who claim romance is dead and Tulane has no dating scene. The Boot fosters a perfect environment to get together and grind without the complication […]

There are few times better in New Orleans to address the topic of narcissism than right now, in the midst of Carnival season where we’re dressed in beads and ball gowns and parade through the streets like we own them. This Mardi Gras when Mister throws you something, remember this: You’re not quite as special […]

RJD2
RJD2 is coming to Tipitina’s, and if you haven’t already seen him, you have no excuse to miss this show. The producer/DJ graced the stage at the last Crawfest, where he flaunted his natural affinity for splicing indie rap verses between guitar riffs, eerie synth melodies and jubilant choruses of horns. Next Thursday, RJD2 will […]

Zulu
8 a.m. Feb. 16
Talk about Mardi Gras with any veteran parade attendee, and Zulu is destined to come up. It’s the most famous Mardi Gras day parade, beginning its route before many New Orleanians have recovered from the night before. But its early start time is part of its allure; making the beginning of Zulu proves […]

Y Not? There are so many reasons. For starters, you are filthy rich. You were a member of the most influential and beloved pop band of all time. There’s simply no way you’re going to escape the legacy of being the least-talented Beatle. What, you think you’re going to record another White Album? You would […]

Lil Wayne’s seventh studio album, Rebirth, is the popular rapper’s first foray into rock music. Though the album doesn’t completely abandon rap, Lil Wayne stays true to a rock theme through most of the disc.  Is this new direction for the critically acclaimed rapper a rewarding one?
The short answer is no.  While Weezy dedicated himself to […]