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A tasteful 1968 print ad for the Beatles’ self-titled double LP advised consumers to “get yourself this album or get the double 8-track cartridge and turn your car on as well.” The portable music revolution is often credited to Sony’s cassette-playing Walkman, introduced in 1979. But it was the humble 8-track cartridge from 1964 which really gave people the power to take their tunes with them… provided they had a vehicle, that is.
There’s no denying that it’s been a brutal summer movie season for women. Only nine wide-release films out this summer feature an actress in a starring role (instead of a less-important co-starring role), and only two of those — two! — have thus far been released: The Heat and Pacific Rim. The former was quietly revolutionary in the way it reinvented a buddy-cop genre with two women, and I had high hopes that Pacific Rim would be just as progressive; after all, director Guillermo del Toro has given us strong female protagonists before in films like Pan’s Labyrinth and Mimic, and the premise of Pacific Rim — two pilots (Charlie Hunnam and Oscar-nominated actress Rinko Kikuchi) each control one half of a monster-fighting giant robot — seemed to inherently promise the sort of gender equality you don’t always get from a giant action movie.
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While she might be reluctant to use the word, Tig Notaro is the happiest she’s ever been. At 45, she has a flourishing career, a marriage to “the love of [her] life” Stephanie Allynne, twin babies, and her health. “I’m just in awe every day,” Notaro told me at the Crosby Hotel during a press junket, looking cool and comfortable in shorts and a madras button-down. “I hate to be braggadocious, but it’s really even better than anyone could imagine.
Tom Verlaine, an iconic punk guitarist known as the front man for the band Television, has died at the age of 73, according to Patti Smith’s daughter, Jesse Paris Smith. She later confirmed in a press release that Verlaine died peacefully “after a brief illness” while surrounded by close friends in New York City. Born Thomas Miller, he created the stage name Tom Verlaine when he moved to New York, inspired by French symbolist poet Paul Verlaine.
Top Chef Chaos Cuisine Season 21 Episode 6 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Top Chef Chaos Cuisine Season 21 Episode 6 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » I sympathized with Michelle this week. I’ve seen The Bear, I love The Bear, and I have and will continue to watch Matty Matheson and Ebon Moss-Bachrach heckle each other in the show and celebratorily kiss each other in real life for many, many minutes of my life.
Nice try. Tyler, the Creator’s career has been fraught with controversy over his problematic lyrics. He’s been accused of negligently tossing around rape jokes, casually using homophobic slurs, and, as one writer summed it up, “inciting hatred.” In the past, Tyler has defended his use of the other F-word, telling NME in 2011, “I’m not homophobic. I just think ‘faggot’ hits and hurts people. It hits. And ‘gay’ just means you’re stupid.
Taylor Swift in the “cardigan” music video. When I was in college, back in two-thousand-*cough,* I fell down a rabbit hole of internet romance fic. I would spend hours reading plaintext HTML pages detailing the love lives of fictional teenagers in minute, melodramatic detail. If I had to guess, I’d say I was escaping a drab, uneventful life chapter by immersing myself in a fantasy of a past that I’d never experienced.
Usama Siddiquee (@UsamaBinLaughin) is a stand-up comedian based in New York. He’s appeared on BET, Showtime’s Desus & Mero, and at Just For Laughs festival. He also hosts a podcast called Mango Bae.
This week, Usama and I talked Osama bin Laden puns, immigrant parents, and bombing for three months straight.
What made you pursue a comedy career?
I was always funny with my friends. Never dared to think Hey, maybe I could do this as a career.