What Was the Hipster?
If I speak of the degeneration of our most visible recent subculture, the hipster, it’s an awkward occasion. Someone will point out that hipsters are not dead, they still breathe, they live on my block. Yet it is evident that we have reached the end of an epoch in the life of the type.
Newsboy
Looking for one last turn in the spotlight, 92 year old Sidney Harman paid his dollar for Newsweek. And Tina Brown was all set to dance. So why did it fall apart?
Chasing Fox
The loud, cartoonish blood sport that’s engorged MSNBC, exhausted CNN — and is making our body politic delirious.
The Vulture Transcript: David Sedaris
So about seven years ago I wrote a story about a cat in a bad mood. And then the next fall another one. So I tried to write a few every year, but for every one that worked, there were two that didn’t. And then, obviously, I stepped it up over the past year and a half, once I got the actual deadline. I set up a few rules for myself. I didn’t want any animal to have a name. If you say that a rabbit’s name was, oh I don’t know, sometimes someone will have a cat, and you ask, “What’s your cat’s name?” And they say, “Critter!” And you think, Oh, I hate your cat. And they say, “Diane.” And you think, I like your cat.
Ready to Be Rich
David Tepper, whose hedge fund made a killing during the crash by betting the government wouldn’t let the big banks fail, is coming out of the billionaire closet.
The Demon Blogger of Fleet Street
Nick Denton cast himself as a media outsider. That’s how he made it inside.
The Man Who Fell to Shore
Reid Stowe spent 1,152 days on the open sea, the longest continuous journey ever undertaken by one person. He came back to a brand-new family, but not exactly a hero’s welcome.
America Is a Joke
The worst of times for politics and media has been the best of times for The Daily Show’s host‚ and unfortunately things are getting even funnier
Skin
The lampshade emerged from the wreckage of Katrina. But was it really what it appeared to be — a Buchenwald artifact made of human remains? A Holocaust detective story.
The Billionaire and the Book Lover
Are Barnes & Noble founder Len Riggio and his nemesis Ron Burkle the only people in America who still want to own a mega-bookstore?