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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s stories include techno, New Zealand, relationships, background music and doodles.
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On (the) Sublime
When we reach for our limits, what is it that we ultimately grasp?
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Who Can I Dance With?
“From sneaking into underground basements in Tehran to learning to dance with almost no words in Northern California, I had done everything I could.”
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A Notorious Pitchfork Reviewer Was My Biggest Musical Influence
“Pitchfork reviews have always been just as much about where and how music fits in the culture as they have been about the music itself.”
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Jazz Off the Record
“In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were playing the best music you’ve never heard.”
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Country Music’s Culture Wars and the Remaking of Nashville
“Tennessee’s government has turned hard red, but a new set of outlaw songwriters is challenging Music City’s conservative ways—and ruling bro-country sound.”
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The Rhythms of “Rock Creek Park”
“The Blackbyrds’ ode to DC inspired a new generation of artists.”
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Why Did This Guy Put a Song About Me on Spotify?
“The answer involves a remarkable — and lucrative, and ridiculous — scheme to game the way we find music today.”
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An Internet of Checkpoints
A mysterious YouTube video gave thousands of people a place to breathe. Then it vanished.
