The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The generation that rose with smartphones and social media had a chance to look back this week.
Author: Sopan Deb
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Condé Nast Is Folding Pitchfork Into GQ, With Layoffs
The New York Times – Music:
Multiple employees at the storied music criticism site “will be leaving the company,” according to a memo from Anna Wintour.
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How ‘Insomniac’ Became an a Cappella Sensation
The New York Times – Music:
Few people were aware of the 1994 single “Insomniac” by the rock duo Billy Pilgrim, and it quickly sank into obscurity. But a cappella groups can’t stop singing it. We set out to find an explanation.
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Beatles Biographer Grapples With the ‘Paradox’ of George Harrison
The New York Times – Music:
Philip Norman, the author of books about Paul McCartney, John Lennon and the Beatles as a group, discovers that Harrison was, among other things, a puzzle.
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George Brown of Kool & the Gang Dies at 74
The New York Times – Music:
Mr. Brown kept time for a group that combined funk, disco, R&B and jazz to create some of the most memorable pop songs of the 1970s.
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What the Suburbs Did for Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen
The New York Times – Music:
A new book by the author Jim Cullen explores the uncanny parallels between the careers of these two musicians, and how they were products of their time and place.