TRANSCENDING TRADITION: AN INTERVIEW WITH HUMEYSHA’S ZAIN ALAM
Lindsay Maharry06.09.16
Brooklyn’s Humeysha blends the cinematic feel of a Bollywood soundtrack with the dream-glaze of Deerhunter and My Bloody Valentine. Lindsay Maharry caught up with frontman Zain Alam to investigate the origin and becoming of their sound.
In The Dream House
Katy Mongeau06.07.16
Katy Mongeau enters La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela’s Dream House in NYC and reports back on the eternity of light and sound.
Why I Named All My Standard Poodles “Fuck”
Fortunato Salazar05.31.16
Why did former model/actress and ex-pro bullfighter Bette Ford name all of her pet poodles profanely? And btw, why did she once take a swing at Norman Mailer? She and Fortunato Salazar met up to discuss.
In A Deadzone: On Damon Packard
Matthew O'Shannessy05.23.16
We go close up inside the work and life of filmmaker Damon Packard, an offbeat character and underground fixture in Los Angeles whose films feature pastiches of classic Hollywood films, wild and paranoid plots, and a bizarre sense of humor.
Seen Through To: Radiohead’s “True Love Waits”
Weston Cutter05.19.16
Radiohead’s “True Love Waits” is a twenty year-old ballad that just got dressed up in radically new clothes for its first studio version, which Weston Cutter argues is a big deal.
The End Zone Profanations of Chad Ochocinco
Gregg Murray05.17.16
Gregg Murray takes a look at how end zone celebrations in the NFL bizarrely transgress the violent spectacle that is the modern NFL, though the lens of one of the phenomenon’s greatest provocateurs, Chad Ochocinco.
Various Algorithms: An Interview with Chris Abrahams of The Necks
Bobby Power05.16.16
Bobby Power in conversation with Chris Abrahams of seminal Australian experimental jazz trio the Necks about his thirty years of musical exploration and improv, including the premiere of a new Abrahams song, “Clung Eloquent.”
Melissa Broder’s World is Small and Pathetic: A Conversation With So Sad Today
Jordan Castro05.03.16
Jordan Castro g-chats with Melissa Broder of So Sad Today about addiction, internet persona, crystals, depression, and her debut book of essays.
Boss Bitch
Travis Nichols05.02.16
Travis Nichols considers the smothering landscape of American creativity in the wake of the final performance of one of its most vibrant icons, Prince.
12 STEPS (OR: HOW TO BE THE SON OF AN ADDICT)
Devin Kelly04.28.16
Devin Kelly on addiction, rehab, family, faith, and growing up in the church as the son of an addict.
