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A Weak Signal at WBAI 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
WBAI is still on the air, but recent layoffs have badly shaken the alternative radio station and the community that supports it.
Foraging for Type 27 Aug 2013 | 01:49 am
Badge Hunting is one of a number of idiosyncratic online showrooms of typography sourced from objects in the real world.
Different Drum: The Power of Linda Ronstadt’s Voice 26 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
An appreciation of the invincible musical spirit of an artist who can no longer sing.
Book News: New Salinger Books, Tracking Pynchon 26 Aug 2013 | 05:12 pm
According to the upcoming J. D. Salinger documentary and related biography, at least five more books by Salinger may be put out by his estate. “He doesn’t just challenge his fans; he pranks them,...
Reeves Wiedeman: Roger Federer, young at heart. 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Sometime last month, on a losing streak and looking for answers, Roger Federer decided that what he needed was a new tennis racquet. Having won sixteen Grand Slam tennis tournaments in his twenties, m...
Richard Brody: “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” at Film Forum. 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Like the philosopher who was so busy gazing at the stars that he tripped into a well, the oft-ridiculed director Ed Wood stared so fixedly at his own grandiose designs that he stumbled upon the stuff ...
Robert Coover: “The Colonel’s Daughter.” 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
The conspirators sit smoking thoughtfully, sipping brandy, around the fire in the Colonel’s den. The decision has been made. They have each entered here in uncertain pursuit of some vague enthusiasm a...
Samanth Subramanian: Can Arvind Kejriwal’s anti-corruption party change India? 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
One evening last February, Arvind Kejriwal, India’s most vocal crusader against corruption, fidgeted in an S.U.V. passenger seat, bound for a rally in west Delhi. He wore a white Gandhi cap printed in...
Sasha Frere-Jones: The cinematic vision of Julia Holter’s “Loud City Song.” 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Musicians love to use the word “cinematic” when describing their music. It usually comes across as vague, or as a reminder that they hired a string section. But Julia Holter is different: her new albu...
This Week in Fiction: Robert Coover 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Robert Coover on his story “The Colonel’s Daughter.”
