All the Distant Mirrors
Compartmentalization is better than the production of work that is half-hearted.
Live from New York!
SNL’s contemporary standing as an established institution has somewhat obscures its initial trailblazing daring.
The Creative Mind in Captive Times
Posted on February 4, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration/Shutterstock.
The times may be captive, but the thinking has to remain free.
What To Do When Management Won’t Take Your Side—Or Even When It Does
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on January 28, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: Illustration by Natalya Kosarevich/Shutterstock.
“Getting management to take your side” is the almost inevitable strategy, the natural default, for people who disdain the work of persuasion.
A Phenomenology of Spotify and Vinyl
by
Dolan Kay
Posted on January 23, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration/Oleksandr Yashchuk, Shutterstock.
The vinyl record signifies a larger world of which the audible dimension of music is only one part.
From Machiavelli’s Study to Joe Rogan’s Studio
by
Andrew Hui
Posted on January 14, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration; Machiavelli/Wikipedia public domain, CC0; Rogan/Variety.
The unlikely connection between podcast studios, Renaissance libraries and man-caves.
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