Episode 17: Peter Hook, Joy Division, New Order, Control

This week on Mr. Nola Nerd Couple’s music podcast, I review a concert by Peter Hook and Light at the Republic in New Orleans.  Mr. Hook played all of New Order’s Substance as well as Joy Division’s album of the same name.  It was a great night of music and…

Episode 16: Trouble Boys, The I Don't Cares, and Leonard Cohen

During my hiatus, I finished reading Bob Mehr’s book on the Replacements, Trouble Boys.  Considering they are my favorite band, I read this book with both excitement and trepidation.  Will my heroes live up to the legends I have in my hand?  I also discuss Wild Stab by The I…

Episode 5: Wizard World Philly, Weezer, DC Rebirth and Harley Quinn, and Star Wars ComicsPodcasting

The weekly podcast from Nola Nerd Couple recaps Wizard World Philly plus our regular features on music, reading, and Star Wars. In music, we discuss Weezer’s upcoming tour. In reading, we focus on DC especially Rebirth and Harley Quinn. For Star Wars, we stay with comic books with special attention…

Lost Episode: Wizard World Philadelphia and Star Wars Variants

On this weeks podcast, we are broadcasting from Philadelphia. We are here to attend Wizard Word, so that Mrs. Nola Nerd Couple can meet Tom Hiddleston. In what have been reading and watching, we discuss DC Rebirth, Civil War II, and Harley Quinn. In this week in Star Wars, we…

Episode 4: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Nola Nerd Couple presents “Watching: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Cristina and Kurt share their views of the new DC movie, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. They share what they liked, and debate what they didn’t. Warning: Spoilers. Intro and Exit Music: Lady of the Punks by Martijn…

Episode 3: Disintegration by the Cure

This podcast discusses George Martin’s influence on how I listen to music and how I apply that to teaching, our On the Shelf album Disintegration by the Cure, our Want on the Shelf album Is the Is Are by DIIV, and our recommendations for things to do in New Orleans…

Episode 2: Sun Kil Moon

We are going to try to do a podcast every Sunday, following the themes that we have set on our blog.  This week is Listening: Sun Kil Moon. In this podcast, I talk about Sun Kil Moon’s 2014 release Benji, and his 2o16 release, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon.  At the end…

Episode 1: All Shook Down by The Replacements

I’m trying something new: podcasting.  A podcast is basically an audio blog for our readers who don’t ever listen to them.  This one is about an album and a band that changed my life.  Also, you can definitely​ hear my cajun accent on this especially on the word “connection.”  Hopefully,…