Non-English singing, orchestrally driven, howling, post-rock giants are rarely considered for the whole “hits of the summer” racket so inevitable in news media this time of year, but I think I’ve found one that should be. Sigur Rós’s new single “Gobbledigook,” from their forthcoming Með Suð
Unstoppable artist, scenester, and icon of music David Byrne has just revealed his new art project, a building that is an instrument you can play. Of course to him it’s the most obvious commentary on the music industry, as its days are clearly numbered. I just dare him to
A look back to the dot-com boom years when money grew on trees, dreams were cast, and happiness could be delivered via Urbanfetch.
Will she concede? Won't she concede? Obama clinches! Hillary might consider veeping! McEwan: Fascination with the day of judgment just might bring it about. The Copenhagen Consensus delineates how to solve the world's 10 biggest problems. On dark matter: "Nobody claims to understand why it
After today's primaries, Obama could snag the nomination; Clinton may pull out, or she might suspend her campaign. Obama campaign targets key Clinton advisors and supporters, hoping they can all play nice together. The task here at the Office of the Postulator of the Cause for Beatification and
Kennedy doctor says surgery was a success; Post article includes creepy image of senator's brain and head. Op: Mbeki and Mugabe belong to a generation... who seem incapable of seeing the world through any lens beyond that of anti-colonial struggle. Photos of YSL's models, suits,
In May, things got messy. Really messy. Garbage everywhere, and cities and states struggled to figure out a place to stow the trash.
Though Clinton grabs Puerto Rico, Obama is ready to clinch the nomination--a look at all the ways this thing could play out. "I have no future here, I can't marry, there is no girl." A clandestine interview with one of Iraq's seven or
Amy Bloom responds to my query about her current reading: I’m trying to read books by living people but because I’m in the midst of writing I incline toward the dead (they may be better than me but… they’re dead!). So, Jane Eyre, which is so good
I suspect that Don Winslow will never write a book that grabbed me as much as his epic thriller The Power of the Dog, but that won’t stop me from reading his stuff with hope in my heart. His newest tome (not to be confused with the 1941 Howard
