Shirou Aoyama (Wikimedia Commons) The ghost of Yukio Mishima sits atThe back of the Imperial, 1972,Two years after his ritual seppuku and failed coup,To take in Pippin’s opening night on Broadway.T…

Peter Trimming (Wikimedia Commons) I have been a volunteer guide at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the oldest and most prestigious museum in the city, for almost 15 years. I’ve been surprised by…

“Got a New Car” (Tyler Ballgame) — Tyler Ballgame is an explosively rising star in the indie world; having recently signed with Rough Trade, he’s spending this year performing on the same bill as a…

“Got a New Car” (Tyler Ballgame) — Tyler Ballgame is an explosively rising star in the indie world; having recently signed with Rough Trade, he’s spending this year performing on the same bill as a…

Art by Lydia Silver Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run Peter Ames Carlin Doubleday, August 5, 2025 Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run: 50 Years Sean Egan Quarto, September 23, 2025 The…

BROAD SOUND An Evergreen Call for Pitches As a freelancer, I wonder if you’ve had this thought: “I’d love to write about that, but there’s just no home for it.” It’s a pain I know too well. A topic...

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Art by Lydia Silver Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run Peter Ames Carlin Doubleday, August 5, 2025 Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run: 50 Years Sean Egan Quarto, September 23, 2025 The…

Photo by Clint Miller (Wikimedia Commons) A man stares at a county courthouse. It is a warm spring day—April 17th, 1963. Perhaps it is the warmth of the sun, or the mythic purpose he carries with h…

John Darnielle sings most of “Dinu Lipatti’s Bones” in falsetto. “Falsetto” is one of those terms like “hip-hop” or “polyamory”; ask ten people to define it and you’ll hear ten definitions, all sta…

photograph courtesy of Hell’s Museum After losing someone very precious at the tender age of eight, a deep, subconscious fear of losing loved ones became ingrained in my mind. While I still s…

The reception’s gotten fuzzy I’m dreaming about you the way I have all summer, the way a thirsty man dreams about water, the way a drowning man dreams about solid ground. I didn’t know what a firm …

The reception’s gotten fuzzy I’m dreaming about you the way I have all summer, the way a thirsty man dreams about water, the way a drowning man dreams about solid ground. I didn’t know what a firm …

Rachel Crawford (photo courtesy of the subject) “When there’s federal freezes, tariffs, and the stock market is crashing, the first thing people will do is stop buying books. They don’t need books;…

Wikimedia Commons (Gage Skidmore) Director Quentin Tarantino seems to have put quite a weight on his shoulders through his long-held and self-imposed rule to make no more than ten films. He chose t…

John Darnielle in New Orleans, 2008 (Wikimedia Commons – Tobin) John Darnielle never checked into a bargain-price room on La Cienega—or if he did, he didn’t write a song about it. One online …

John Darnielle in New Orleans, 2008 (Wikimedia Commons – Tobin) John Darnielle never checked into a bargain-price room on La Cienega—or if he did, he didn’t write a song about it. One online …

A24 If it feels impossible to write about a painting movie without using the obvious metaphorical palette, try writing about The Brutalist without comparing it to its subject’s subject. Everything …

A24 If it feels impossible to write about a painting movie without using the obvious metaphorical palette, try writing about The Brutalist without comparing it to its subject’s subject. Everything …