A Knight Takes Up The Fight For Joy
Alexandra Hemrick10.04.12
Alexandra Hemrick lays down the weary burden of a 9-to-5 and takes up the fight for joy, drawing on the legacies of Beethoven, Klimt, and Spinal Tap. It is a noble crusade. Turn the speakers up to 11.
See Jayne Disdain
Jane Connor09.24.12
Meet the guys who never got a date with Jayne, in all the places they’re out lurking. With a sprinkling of sartorial advice and (wing) sauce. Art by Danny Jock.
Swans: the Seer
Thomas Moore09.16.12
Thomas Moore rides out the dark wave of Swans’ latest offering and sees where the current takes him.
Why Aaliyah Is More Than Enough
Christina Lee09.14.12
The first single off Aaliyah’s posthumous album drops eleven years after the singer’s death. Christina Lee takes a listen to what Drake is making of her legacy.
Tangents Relating to Death & Scott McClanahan, Maybe
Amy Herschleb09.11.12
This is not really about Scott McClanahan’s Collected Works Vol. 1. It’s more of a reading of a life that would be better in stories directly and kindly told by Scott. It’s looking into the pool of his work and saying “Change me.”
Robert Anasi’s The Last Bohemia
Michael Louie09.06.12
Michael Louie examines the parallels between Robert Anasi’s Brooklyn and his own––the rapid gentrification of an industrial landscape, the new life of the ol’ fishin’ hole, and what was lost in the transition into respectability.
In
Molly Brodak09.04.12
Molly Brodak on a meditative wander through the Carlos Museum, and what she avoided there. Art by Danny Jock.
Pinterest Rap
Christina Lee08.30.12
Yes, that’s what we said. Follow Christina Lee’s links through the labyrinth of Forbes, gun crucifixes, and Harajuku Barbie to the connection we all knew was there deep down in the heart of it: rap music and Pinterest. Rap songs made explicit in a way heretofore unimagined.
See Jayne Frankly
Jane Connor08.21.12
Jayne faces some important hurdles in her relationship with Chris: sexting, honest conversations, and (alleged) crackheads. See Jayne solicit advice from ex-flings. See Jayne at the pool. See Jayne just say no.
A Pilgrim’s Progress
James Greer08.14.12
James Greer takes the path of greatest resistance through Gideon Lewis-Kraus’s tale of traveling toward reconciliation, A Sense of Direction, and is reconciled himself with his high regard for the book.
