André 3000 Is At Peace (For Now)It is difficult to discern whether the sidewalk was once occupied by a person adorned in a costume of holiness, or evil.
How DMX Met the Devil in God’s CountryIn the late 2000s, the rapper went to the Arizona desert to make an album he hoped could save him. Then Sheriff Joe Arpaio — and his own demons — got in the way.
The Early 2000s Fashion Trends Making A Comeback The early aughts and Y2K fashion made a return in 2022 and early 2023. From trucker hats, bedazzled tops, gradient sunglasses, velour tracksuits, and lowrise jeans, Y2K aesthetics were taking over.
“We Were Not That Band”—But What Was Sonic Youth?In spring 1996, in the first flush of my serious Sonic Youth fandom, I recall excitedly talking to a friend in Algebra II about “Schizophrenia,” the first song on Sonic Youth’s 1987 album Sister.
The Madly Captivating Urban Sprawl of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis”The subject of “Megalopolis,” Francis Ford Coppola’s first feature in thirteen years, is time. The movie begins with an image of a large city clock, and Coppola repeatedly invokes time’s relentless forward march.
Some hands-on iPad event impressionsApple declared Tuesday as the biggest date in iPad history since the launch of the product in 2010. I’m not sure I’d go that far.
The Three Biggest Takeaways From the ‘X-Men ’97’ Season 1 Finale‘X-Men ’97’ successfully built on the legacy of ‘X-Men: The Animated Series,’ setting up Season 2 while potentially laying the groundwork for future animated revivals Through the first few episodes of X-Men ’97, the revival appeared to be a worthy successor to X-Men: The Animated Series,
Griffin Dunne Recalls the Tragedy That Reshaped His FamilyAt 3 a.m., during the early hours of Halloween 1982, Detective Harold Johnston of the West Hollywood homicide division rang the doorbell of my mother’s house in the flats of Beverly Hills. Marina, her live-in housekeeper, woke to the sound and let the detective in.
Why Normal Music Reviews No Longer Make Sense for Taylor SwiftAsk music critics what they think of Taylor Swift’s eleventh studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” and those who aren’t afraid of getting doxed might say something about the interminable length, the repetitive synth overlays, or the uninspired lyrics.
Does color E Ink actually matter, or is a black-and-white screen good enough?Color E ink tablets allow users to read graphic novels, magazines, PDFs, and more with acceptable refresh rates. Vibrant colors have finally intersected the e-reading world, all without the in-your-face glare of some of the best Android tablets.
Local RAG From ScratchHigh-level abstractions offered by libraries like llama-index and Langchain have simplified the development of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems.
Removing Dead Bodies from Mount Everest Is Dangerous and Expensive. Here’s Why.Heading out the door? Read this article on the Outside app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app.
Remembering Steve AlbiniWhen Pitchfork broke the news last Wednesday morning that Steve Albini had died, it hit the Chicago scene like a thunderclap. Both as a recording engineer and as a musician, Albini had seemed like a permanent fixture, too thoroughly woven into the fabric of underground rock to leave it.
Ranking the Best Jokes From the Tom Brady RoastWho had the best set in the Netflix roast of the GOAT? Which lines landed, and which flopped? How did Brady himself fare? These are the definitive post-roast rankings.
Miranda July Turns the Lights OnMiranda July is good at plot. Stories will come to her fully formed, like a gift from the gods; all she has to do is unwrap them.