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Life and death at Balthazar

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Boom and echo

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Making babies

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Our new parlor game.

sends around a (very short) emoji questionnaire.


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The Way Of The Househusband

Tony Soprano, take note.

on how The Way Of The Househusband subverts the “wife guy” paradigm.

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

A loose theory about Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

on the sound that preceded downtown gentrification in the late aughts.

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Stomp, Clap, Hey

Fall Out Boy

Myspace Chemical Romance

on growing up emo in the Florida suburbs.

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Where is ur boy 2nite

Carter Chong, The Sopranos

I too have yelled, “Where the fuck is my iPod?” for attention.

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The face of Carter Chong

Sim(mortality)

The illusion of control.

on what The Sims can teach us about grieving.

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The Row Playlists

Mary-Kate and Ashley are the apex twins.

on The Row’s Spotify presence and aspirational listening.

Oatmeal cashmere for the ears

Billie Eilish

Billie, Taylor, and the rise of the home recording as big business.

explores the cozy new trend in music production.

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The bedroom pop revolution

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