Singing Without a Chaperone
A German singalong, British indirection, and Mass together show that stated purpose alone doesn't produce sincerity.
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End of Summer
Linen while the weather still allows it. Black layers coming back in.
The Trojan Horse of Rhythm
Two songs use the same danceable trick to carry opposite cargo.
The House Brand
A look at how a franchise's founding rupture; cruelty, reinvention, strangeness, turns into the formula it once broke.
Culture on Demand
A culture that only delivers what you already know how to ask for gets faster. It does not, in any obvious sense, get larger.
The Brief
On building a personal vocabulary for dress — and why the trend model can't afford to know you.
Filed Under Comedy
The funny one survives.