A villanelle is not a small cottage in the French countryside. It’s a kind of poem where you can make the same point – for example, making out with a bartender at The Maple Leaf – in a number of chorus-like ways. That’s about the only literary fact you’ll learn from Louisiana’s ex Poet Laureate…

If you’ve ever looked at something in a store and weren’t sure whether to buy it or not, apparently the question you are subconsciously trying to answer is, “Is this me?” According to artist Rebecca Rebouche, that’s the central question in all of our lives in the way we relate to art. How that art…

When Cornell roboticist and biolocomotion expert Andy Ruina decided to come to New Orleans for a physics conference he didn’t plan on walking into a bar to prepare for his lecture on the physics of the self-propelled bicycle and end up being suckered into a podcast conversation with a bunch of yahoos. But thanks to the…

The first thing you notice about  A F The Naysayer is that he is totally mucus free. Okay, you might notice that he’s tall and striking, with a head of dreadlocks but you’ll find out in this conversation why he looks so healthy and how he lost somewhere between 8 and 80 pounds. Closer to…

If you ever wondered what happened to Karina Nathan she’s now Kevin Simons. And Karen Regis. And Krystal Sedona. And Chi Chi the lead singer of the Girl Dawgs, who is actually a dog. Katrina Brees sheds some light on this fantastic array of personalities, and their wardrobes. Tank from Tank and the Bangas has…