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  • Played Out
    Sports have become easier to follow, but harder to love, By Allan Barra
    The ultimate expression of nostalgia is a line in Louis Malle’s 1980 film, Atlantic City. As Robert Joy’s punk drug dealer strolls the boardwalk with Burt Lancaster’s old-time mob flunky, Burt relates stories of the good old days when Bugsy Siegel and his cronies frequented A.C. “Well,” says... More >>
  • In Praise of the Hype Machine (3 Comments)
    What’s thrilling, and irritating, about NYC’s music scene, By Rob Harvilla
    Consider the plight of the local-music enthusiast in a small or even decent-sized American city—totally at random, let’s say Columbus, Ohio. Fairly sizable, fairly robust, biggest university in the country, etc. (Although the Buckeyes can’t beat anybody outside the Big Ten, alas.) Myriad... More >>

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