Culture 11 Is Dead
By Matt Zeitlin - Jan 29th, 2009 at 3:28 pmOne of the big advantages liberals have in the culture at large is that most writers and journalists–even if they’re not political writers per se–are…
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Music NOT to Look Forward To in 2009
By Saxon Baird - Dec 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pmHoobastank
Making list of releases to come out the following year is stupid. Think about it: the biggest new band of 2009 is someone you…
Welcome To Another Episode of “Willfully Ignorant Old Guys Rail Against Cultural Phenemona They Don’t Understand”
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 8th, 2008 at 9:30 amJazz critic Stanley Crouch pens another curmudgeonly missive against hip-hop, this time making the breathtakingly idiotic argument that Barack Obama’s election will somehow “greatly diminish the…
I’m A Black Nerd and So Can You
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 25th, 2008 at 2:30 pmTa-Nehisi Coates repudiates John McWhorter’s claim that Barack Obama creates a role model that black nerds everywhere can look up to and feel encouraged by.…
“Hipster” is Dead
By Bradley Portnoy - Nov 25th, 2008 at 12:11 pmI’ve been reluctant to do this, and I really didn’t think the time has come. But it has. Oh, it has. The word “hipster” just…
