music
Michael Doshier on the origins of "Olly Alexander"
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music
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film & tv
An open letter to Michael Myers and Jay Roach
radio
Jazz and easy listening from coastal Japan
Day Soda
An objective exercise
Day Soda
"Titanic II was called the ship of anti-woke politics. And it was. It really was."
Night Water Cooler
Late night sartorial vibes
books
Five decades later, the ending of The Monster at The End of This Book continues to vex readers
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Rethinking the infinite scroll
Plus: A weirder surprise in your inbox
Who will take home the top prize?
Plus: Faux gras
Plus: cultivating desert power
Plus: A song for the road
A quantitative look at the third year of this newsletter
Japanese city pop is back, but its revival isn’t only about posh romantic tunes—the genre’s popularity can be traced to our political mess and the need to escape it
A victim of capitalism and bagel man fratricide
One vegan’s search for a decent vegan fast food option in London
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A Veganuary investigation of the venerable food-on-the-go chain