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the design, the art, the writing, the classified postings in the back... I became a bit obsessed a few years back and starting searching ebay far and wide to collect issues
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I discovered this physical publication when I was a freshman in college and it's one of my favorite magazines by far. It has so many interesting essays ranging from tech, linguistics, to personal memoirs-- one of my favorite essays was one about the significance of Italian-American slang in understanding immigrant cultural identity across generations.
It's honestly worth subscribing to (or at least checking out from your local library!).
Nov 18, 2024
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I mean it still covers literature and pop culture and comics and art in thoughtful ways. And they're back under their old publishers now.
Nov 21, 2024
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Believer rising from the ashes back to near the height of its power is amazing. Artforum still is generally good, tho I'll prob pivot to a different mag once my subscription is up.
Jan 16, 2025
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Jan 28, 2024
Dude walked e-v-e-r-y street in NYC over the course of years. Did little increments each day. Wrote about all sorts of random things relating to the city as he went along.
There's a great segment about his obsession with barbershops/salons incorporating the letter "z" into the name of their shop eg Royal Cutz VIP
Mar 3, 2024
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I can't remember the last time I didn't have something checked out from the public library. I got books on books on books in rotation, all with their slips popping out. Damn if they don't have like every film in the Criterion Collection. The people watching off the charts too... Need i say more? Get ya sum!
Jan 26, 2024