“Examining the 20-year history of the Storyville district provides us with a lens into a time and place that was experiencing rapid and dramatic change,” Storyville curator Eric Seiferth told Hyperallergic. Arceneaux, THNOC senior librarian and rare books curator, is the first contemporary study of these pocket-sized guides. The exhibition features rare examples of the “blue books” which acted as directories for the sex workers, a display of which complements THNOC’s recent publication, Guidebooks to Sin: The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans. The book by Pamela D. Storyville: Madams and Music, now at the Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC), explores this complex history through photographs, maps, manuscripts, and architectural remnants, like the transom that once announced the name of madam Lulu White in red glass above the entrance to the plush Mahogany Hall. Having firmly established themselves with their highly acclaimed debut ‘Gone For a While’, THE AMSTERDAM RED LIGHT DISTRICT are set to further raise the bar with sophomore album Sapere Aude. With a notable touring record having performed across Europe with the likes of Refused, Anti-Flag and Slayer, TARLD show no sign of slowing in 2018 with many dates to be announced soon.Photograph of Rita Walker from Blue Book (1913-15) (courtesy the Historic New Orleans Collection) They just want the brand new thing, to be “in-vogue”. “We are surrounded by brands and their marketing strategy and it is just impossible to avoid it. Our computers are made to be dead after 6 or 7 years of using, 3 or 4 years for our cell phones. Ultimately, it is sad to see that people obsessively buy things that are of little value to them.
‘Need’ presents a rebellious yet creative outlook on today’s social landscape. The band have also made the track available free for download from today: Ī song and video influenced by philosopher Immanuel Kant’s work encompassing the concept of enlightenment, ‘Need’ combines post-hardcore instrumentation with strong, thought-provoking lyrics.īy highlighting the consequences of consumerism, TARLD combine video clips from today’s and previous generations to emphasise the similarities of different behaviours to materialism, and how dangerous it can be to human intuition and reasoning. Premiered on Metal Injection, check it out here below. To celebrate the band have released new single ‘Need’.
THE AMSTERDAM RED LIGHT DISTRICT (TARLD) have announced new album Sapere Aude, set for release on March 1st 2018 via Red Light Records.
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