One Very, Very Indie Band “For ‘Neon Bible,’ we met with a lot of dudes, but honestly it wasn’t that interesting,” Win says. “Merge is like the labels used to be, based on someone’s tastes and interest in music —” “—instead of statistics and marketing,” Régine says. “If you look at the Web sites of […]
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Why Fashion Keeps Tripping Over Race
Why Fashion Keeps Tripping Over Race They were cheering the black women, but not because they had performed dramatic runway pyrotechnics. They were cheering the women for the great accomplishment of simply being black, which, one might argue, in an industry that remains stubbornly homogeneous in many respects, is a feat worth getting excited about. […]
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Why Fashion Keeps Tripping Over Race
Why Fashion Keeps Tripping Over Race They were cheering the black women, but not because they had performed dramatic runway pyrotechnics. They were cheering the women for the great accomplishment of simply being black, which, one might argue, in an industry that remains stubbornly homogeneous in many respects, is a feat worth getting excited about. […]
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The Lisa Simpson Book Club: Lisa's Longreads
The Lisa Simpson Book Club: Lisa’s Longreads lisasimpsonbookclub: 1. A Convesation With Gore Vidal (The Atlantic) Gore Vidal may have kissed more boys than Lisa, that didn’t stop her from enjoying The City and the Pillar. For a quicker (let more substantive) taste of the Ambrosia Vidal, read this 2009 interview with John Meroney in […]
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The Complete Oral History of 'Party Down'
The Complete Oral History of ‘Party Down’ “Let’s put it this way: We were asked by the network, and not in an offensive way, to explore premium content, and part of that was some nudity if it was possible. It made us all flinch a little bit. Porn awards [‘Sin Say Shun Awards Afterparty’] was […]
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The Complete Oral History of 'Party Down'
The Complete Oral History of ‘Party Down’ “Let’s put it this way: We were asked by the network, and not in an offensive way, to explore premium content, and part of that was some nudity if it was possible. It made us all flinch a little bit. Porn awards [‘Sin Say Shun Awards Afterparty’] was […]
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Consumed
Consumed To be a kayaker in Africa is to be constantly warned that the rivers are too dangerous—too many lethal rapids, too many angry hippos, too many hungry crocodiles. Like John Goddard and others before them, Hendrik Coetzee, Ben Stookesberry, and Chris Korbulic had simply come to terms with the risks. The new team did, […]
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Consumed
Consumed To be a kayaker in Africa is to be constantly warned that the rivers are too dangerous—too many lethal rapids, too many angry hippos, too many hungry crocodiles. Like John Goddard and others before them, Hendrik Coetzee, Ben Stookesberry, and Chris Korbulic had simply come to terms with the risks. The new team did, […]
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The Fresh Air Interview: Church of Scientology, Fact-Checked
The Fresh Air Interview: Church of Scientology, Fact-Checked GROSS: There was a meeting that you refer to in your article about Scientology, where people from the New Yorker staff met with representatives from Scientology. What was this meeting about? Mr. WRIGHT: That was one of the most amazing days of my life. I had been […]
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What Was He Thinking?
What Was He Thinking? Jake Plummer never went to Tampa Bay, of course, just as he never offered his services to any other NFL team. Upon retiring in March 2007, he held a press conference at the Denver Athletic Club. Grasping a lectern, he told a crowd of reporters that he was “running away from […]