Music
The Self-Indulgence of Jay-Z and Kanye’s New Album
Spotify: Access Without Objects
Spotify: Access Without Objects
Past-Tense Pop
WHO WANTS YESTERDAY’S papers?” sang Mick Jagger in 1967. “Who wants yesterday’s girl?” The answer, in the Swinging 60s, was obvious: “Nobody in the world.” That was then. Now we seem to want nothing more than to read yesterday’s papers and carry on with yesterday’s girl. Popular culture has become obsessed with the past—with recycling it, rehashing it, replaying it. Though we live in a fast-forward age, we cannot take our finger off the rewind button. READ MORE >>
Bjork’s ‘Stunning’ Retro-Tech ‘Crystalline’
A Spell Deferred
Let’s say you have a daughter named Adele, and she is one of the most celebrated young singers in the world. Reporters ask you about her musical education, and you tell them that you raised her right, exposing her early to the work of four musicians: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Dylan, and Nina Simone. READ MORE >>
