Hits: 4 The ability to get behind the wheel of a car for the first time and go anywhere is a distinct American rite of passage. For many young people, their first car grants them a freedom to explore their …
The Year in Micro News
Hits: 4 You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet in 2022. Here are some reminders. Plenty of big news happened in 2022. Frightening, fascinating, devastating and inspiring news with global implications. You …
Emo Fans Were Not OK
Hits: 7 The When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas brought emo fans from all over the world to one destination. But when weather got in the way, they mourned together. LAS VEGAS — The lobby of the Sahara …
How Online Ceramics Keeps Its Cool
Hits: 6 Shortly after John Mayer started performing with Dead & Company, the current iteration of the rock band the Grateful Dead that features some of its surviving members, fans began sending him T-shirts. “These really thoughtful packages,” he recalled …
Belle, Sebastian and Me
Hits: 12 Following the world’s twee-est band down the Pacific Coast after a divorce and the death of a parent. May 31, 2022, Seattle, Paramount Theater My favorite band is on the road and I’m putting on a mask and …
The Viral Spiral
Hits: 14 Artists and civilians alike chafe at the pressures of presenting themselves online. In a TikTok post last month, the singer Halsey shared a message with fans: “basically i have a song that i love that i want to …
Beyoncé Said Quit Your 9-5
Hits: 20 Photography courtesy of Getty ImagesRelease the stress! By Jillian Morgan Date June 21, 2022 Facebook Twitter I tumbled out of bed this morning, poured myself a cup of ambition (à la Dolly Parton) and hit play on the …
Amorphous D.J.’d His Way Through 2020
Hits: 19 Jimir Reece Davis’s 2020 wasn’t going well even before the pandemic hit. In January, he found himself homeless in Los Angeles after his living situation became untenable. Then his mother, who has epilepsy, had a bad seizure and …
Meet Bill Butler, the Godfather of Roller Disco
Hits: 63 When Grace Jones was strutting around Studio 54 and Donna Summer records were playing at New York clubs, Empire Rollerdrome was hitting its stride in Brooklyn. It was the end of the 1970s, disco fever was in full …
Manitoba Singer Faouzia on Working with John Legend, Kelly Clarkson and More
Hits: 30photo by Jess Spohr“John is lovely and such a pleasure to work with… I feel so honoured that he’s on the song,” says the Moroccan-Canadian singer. By Pahull Bains Date December 18, 2020 Facebook Twitter Growing up in Carman, …