The New York Times
Warhol-mania: Why the Famed Pop Artist Is Everywhere Again
5 min read · Mar 25th · Andy Warhol is currently the subject of a Netflix documentary series, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and multiple theatrical works.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Paul Stanley: I Am Finally Ready to Embrace 'Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park’
5 min read · Feb 25th · The Foo Fighters' new flick 'Studio 666' follows in the footsteps of the glittery rockers' TV movie debut, which the guitarist says he at last accepts "like an ugly child."
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SFGATE
The rise and fall of San Francisco’s coolest clothing brand
~11 min read · Jan 17th · In the 1980s, Esprit defined fashion and the clothing industry. How, exactly, did it fall...
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The New York Times
Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.
7 min read · 2021-12-09 · Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren’t Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about.
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Slate
Here’s What Happened to Get Back’s Non-Beatle Characters
8 min read · 2021-12-08 · One was shot by the police. One started a cocktail podcast.
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HYPEBEAST
G-SHOCK Drops Virtual Blue GA-2100 Casi-Oak
1 min read · 2021-12-05 · The new style uses turquoise, pink and purple accents.
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Boing Boing
This scenic, backyard 30-foot-high Hot Wheels course is an amazing ride
2021-11-30 · This impressive “Treetop Express” is a Hot Wheels scenic track through a backyard that includes jumps, loop-de-loops, tunnels, gliding between tree branches, zipping over water, and eve…
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The New York Times
Fashion Fans in Line, for a ‘Hack’
8 min read · 2021-11-19 · Die-hards and confused pedestrians alike vied for a first look at Gucci and Balenciaga’s “hacker” project.
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The Verge
That ‘real’ Disney lightsaber? You’ll never get to touch it
3 min read · 2021-11-18 · Sorry, Star Wars fans.
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Gizmodo
Taika Waititi's Next Comic Book Project Is Sci-Fi Masterpiece The Incal
2 min read · 2021-11-04 · The perpetually busy director's next comic book adaptation venture tackles a legendary sci-fi collaboration between Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius.
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BBC News (World)
The Shark Is Broken: Jaws feud was 'legendary'
7 min read · 2021-10-06 · A new play about the on-set tensions of Jaws is hitting the West End after a successful Edinburgh run.
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BBC News (World)
The films that defined Generation X
2021-09-20 · Twenty-five years after the release of Reality Bites, Clare Thorp looks at the movies that capture the spirit of a pre-millennial generation.
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Elemental
The Costs of Selling Covid Fear
2021-08-04 · Covid vaccines are incredibly effective. The media’s overhyping of new research from the CDC is making people think otherwise.
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Comic Book Resources
Calvin and Hobbes Is Officially Part of Bloom County Continuity
2 min read · 2021-07-02 · Berkeley Breathed has brought Hobbes from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes into the world of Bloom County for an extended crossover.
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BBC News (World)
The Office at 20: The hit TV show that couldn’t be made now
10 min read · 2021-07-09 · Twenty years since the original UK version of The Office first aired, its co-creator Stephen Merchant talks to Clare Thorp about its legacy.
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faroutmagazine.co.uk
Frank Zappa's hilarious interview with Grace Slick
2 min read · 2021-06-29 · Zappa in full Zappa mode
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