Monday, February 20, 2017

Kehinde Wiley

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“Everyone talks about my work as though it is just hip-hop meets classic painting and it is so frustrating,” Mr. Wiley said. “People re...
Thursday, July 07, 2016

RIP Abbas Kiarostami

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RIP Abbas Kiarostami. Realizing that this DVD review --written for Paste Magazine back in 2010-- didn't make it...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Dub Club

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"Reggae is the original remix culture: hip-hop has direct roots in reggae and Skrillex and dubstep come straight from Jamaican bass...

Brooklyn Gets Serious About Comedy

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"Comedians are like cockroaches," he said, "they'll just sneak in and set up a show where ever there's some light ...

The Story Collider

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" When we talk about science, we think of it as this thing that mysterious people who are nothing like us do in white lab coats,...

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"I t bursts like applause at the end of a Fellini film or a live album, celebrating the artifice of performance, the drama of a far...

"Get Lucky"

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"Get Lucky"'s real elegance lies in the hands of  Nile Rodgers , which is no doubt the Robots’ intent.  Pitchfork Media

The Wedding Singer

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Souleyman's voice is gruff and coarse, exuding a stoic strength. Yet for those who understand Arabic, his songs are plaintive, deali...

Masters of Puppets

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Propelled by pneumatic valves and nascent robotic technology, and programmed by early Apple computers, the band -- bassist Billy Bob Broc...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Kid Creole interview

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Back in the heat of the New York summer (remember when it was hot out? Me neither), I spoke via Skype with August Darnell, a/k/a Kid Creo...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Kid Creole

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Today in the Village Voice is my feature on the return of Kid Creole and the Coconuts . Such a pleasure to chat with the man (my full tra...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

“It was a strange year that year and it is a strange year this year. The blue of the sky looks rather black to the eye.”

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In a friend's water closet reading stack sits a book by William Cooper . I don't believe I have seen that name since 1991, the...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

school's back

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Nothing says welcome back to school like this series of photos from an Iggy and the Stooges gig at a high school, circa 1970.