Will Schlesinger
Will Schlesinger
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David Halperin: Interdisciplinarian, groundbreaker, Brudner Prize winner
David Halperin, the W.H. Auden Distinguished University Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality at the University of Michigan, has been credited with establishing the field of queer theory, though his relationship to the discipline is more complicated than you might think.
Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance": Craziest. Video. Ever.
Lady Gaga released a new video this week. And scene was inspired to respond.
Let Tegan and Sara love you
The spring of my junior year of high school was the time when my musical sensibilities began to take shape. I started attending noise shows, downloading album upon album of math rock and ambient drone and exhibiting a condescending lack of interest anytime my friends tried to talk to me about music.
Indie Declines & O Goes “Wild”
When I heard early last year that “Where the Wild Things Are” was being adapted into a film, I didn’t really care. When I saw the first few clips in the preview, I still didn’t really care. When “Wake Up” by the Arcade Fire started to play, though, I cared.
“True Grime”
“True Grime.” Printed in 2005, this was the title of the first Sasha Frere-Jones article I ever read.
Enter the geriatric chambers
Despite the fact that Toad’s Place is barely a minute’s walk from the gates of Old Campus, the club/venue/cesspool is a culture unto itself. I’ve seen a solid variety of venues in my concert-going history — from sport stadiums to rock clubs to basements — but never have I experienced the bizarre pastiche that is Toad’s. The architect must have designed a few roller rinks and chain Mexican restaurants prior to plopping this awkward structure in New Haven.
Jay-Z’s Blooperprint
Whether you know him as Young Hova, Jigga Man, Mr. Knowles or Jay-Z, Shawn Carter is a hip-hop mogul. Jay broke into the game as a free-styling youngster in the Marcy Projects of Brooklyn, and after dropping countless hit releases (“Brooklyn’s Finest,” the singles off “Blueprint”) featuring the rap scene’s hottest rising stars, ascended to “boss hog” status. As the founder of Rock-a-Fella Records, Mr. Carter released Kanye West’s debut album, “The College Dropout,” and represented big names such as former Wu-Tang Clan member Ol’ Dirty Bastard and pink Range Rover-driving Cam’Ron.