“Special Order Tulips are the only bulbs available for shipping during the early fall months.”—tulipworld.com Tomorrow morning 1 man’s brain puts a million…
A Talk with P.J. Sauerteig of Slow Dakota
Though PJ Sauerteig (CC ’15) just graduated a few weeks ago, he has already produced an impressive discography. Under the name Slow Dakota, Sauerteig has…
On Anthologies (Blog)
My greatest shame is that I own one song from a best-of-Willie-Nelson album. Don’t get me wrong — Willie Nelson is a lovely man, very…
Jorie Graham at Poets House: A Review (Blog)
This past Tuesday, April 16th, the poet Jorie Graham shared selected poems from her new collection From the New World at Poets House in Tribeca.…
The Sonnet is Not Dead (Blog)
Sonnet 154 The little Love-god lying once asleep, Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand, Whilst many nymphs that vowed chaste life to keep…
“The Woman in Gold” at the Neue Galerie: A Review (Blog)
Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” is certainly beautiful. It features a doe-eyed woman surrounded by and enclosed in gold, her hands clasped together awkwardly…
Junkspace: What The Mall Might Teach Us (Blog)
Rem Koolhaas’ luminescent essay Junkspace decries the mall as the slagheap of America. Gleaming and gaudy, the ill-conceived child of consumerism and commercial architecture, malls across…
A Casual Review of In the Studio: Paintings at the Chelsea Gagosian Gallery (Blog)
Let me start with what first drew me to this exhibition in particular. In part it was the artists being exhibited (Richard Diebenkorn and Robert…
The Morgan Library and Museum: A Review (Blog)
Perhaps it’s because I made a personal blood oath many years ago to distance myself from everything having to do with finance, but I only…
DOA: Defense of Autotune (Blog)
In my younger and more vulnerable years (namely NSOP), I offended a recently acquired acquaintance by stating that one of my favorite Kanye West albums…