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  • Link Party: 10/29-11/20

    There hasn’t been much Link Partying around here lately. I need to fix that, and I promise to be more consistent in the last few weeks of 2016 and into 2017. Here’s a party to last you all week. Take your pick: 1. An interview with Frank Ocean. 2. Zadie Smith on the dancers that inspire…

  • Tune Time: August & September 2016

    Here’s what I’ve been listening to for the last two months: Frank Ocean’s Blonde. Let’s get the obvious out of the way — Frank Ocean’s Blonde is a masterpiece. It withstood all of the hype, and was the best way to cap off the summer. I was instantly hooked the moment I heard the first few seconds…

  • Link Party: 7/25-7/29

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. How apps speak to us like children. 2. Default settings rule the world. 3. Inside the world of house cat pageants and our relationships with our pets. 4. The backstories behind a few of Seinfeld‘s funniest episodes. 5. The origins of the Internet meaning of “garbage.” And a bonus: Hamilton…

  • Link Party: 3/7-3/11

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. These two professors programmed a computer to analyze the works of authors with and without MFAs, and when they looked at the data their results were Not Good. 2. When you listen to music, you’re never alone. 3. I relished in reading about Iris Apfel’s recent week in Paris.…

  • Link Party: 1/25-1/29

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. The performance of race, gender and identity on Vine. If you use or know of Vine, you should read this. 2. This story about the role of Facebook’s community standards for the Internet brings up some important questions about Facebook and the public. 3. The world of fake…