“Steely Dan conjured a sealed-in-amber studio perfection—a sound that could alienate listeners as easily as seduce them.”
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Bang the Drumstick Slowly
“About 26 billion chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is industrial farming.”
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A Total Breakdown of All the Easter Eggs
“Major film studios embracing AI, newspapers announcing the death of moviegoing, critics devoid of values: all of this can instill a great sense of defeat. We have to write against it.”
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Where the Dogs Run
“Along the Yukon River, declining salmon populations threaten the future of the region’s sled dogs—and the communities that rely on them.”
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Poisonous Objects
“Two exhibitions in Los Angeles respond to the racist monuments to Confederate soldiers that have been erected all over the United States.”
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A Nation Deranged
“Matt Eich’s photobook series, ‘The Invisible Yoke,’ is an exorcism of the country’s demons.”
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Phorm Energy Screamin’ Freedom
“Whatever else it might be, a military parade is always a reminder of how readily the armed forces can be deployed both at home and abroad.”
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‘A Moment of Pleasant Indecision’
“A new exhibition focuses on the labor behind the lobsters, caviar, and martinis that helped define early-twentieth-century travel.”
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The Docteur Is In
“The Congolese rumba pioneer Docteur Nico helped define the sound of African decolonization—and became one of the great visionaries of the electric guitar.”
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Spaghetti Underground
“The MTA’s new redesign of the New York City subway map is the latest of many attempts to capture the sprawling network on paper.”
