Tag: legends

• The Poesis of Mimesis in Les Maîtres Fous: Looking Back at the Conspiratorial Ethnography of Jean Rouch

  January 3, 2019

  While on a surface level the film recounts an African possession ritual which critically burlesques colonialism, many viewers found it to have a colonialist perspective, exoticising “primitive” practices and reinforcing… more ›

• Tunisian techno, Xitsongan rap and Satanic doo-wop: the best new music of 2019

  December 28, 2018

  Tunisian techno, Xitsongan rap and Satanic doo-wop: the best new music of 2019 She has already sung backing vocals for Chance the Rapper, guested on Sam Smith’s last album and… more ›

• The Last Curious Man

  December 16, 2018

  The Last Curious Man Chris Bourdain is searching for a word that he cannot quite find. We’re sitting together in a small café in Grand Central Terminal, drinking table wine… more ›

• A Pickpocket’s Tale

  November 30, 2018

  A Pickpocket’s Tale A few years ago, at a Las Vegas convention for magicians, Penn Jillette, of the act Penn and Teller, was introduced to a soft-spoken young man named… more ›

• Secrets of the Magus

  November 26, 2018

  Secrets of the Magus Ricky Jay, who is perhaps the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive, was performing magic with a deck of cards. Also present was a friend of Mamet… more ›

• Anderson .Paak

  November 18, 2018

  Anderson .Paak With its languid pace and sunstruck mix of hedonism and tragedy, Los Angeles has always had a powerful and enduring relationship with funk music. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/anderson-paak-oxnard/ more ›

• Why ODB Would Be a Star in 2018

  November 12, 2018

  Why ODB Would Be a Star in 2018 The November, 1993 release of Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) transported listeners into a discordant world of martial arts samples,… more ›

• The Gospel According to Kendrick Lamar

  November 9, 2018

  The Gospel According to Kendrick Lamar Memorial day, Peter Luger Steak House, Brooklyn: Kendrick Lamar orders salmon. He is wearing a black baseball cap, white t-shirt, and gray-and-blue pants, and… more ›

• 36 Artists Give Advice to Young Creators: Wim Wenders, Jonathan Franzen, Lydia Davis, Patti Smith, David Byrne, Umberto Eco & More

  November 2, 2018

  36 Artists Give Advice to Young Creators: Wim Wenders, Jonathan Franzen, Lydia Davis, Patti Smith, David Byrne, Umberto Eco & More “Whatever you do, nobody else can do that better… more ›

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  May 1, 2018

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