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Sounds
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Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Best Essays for New YorkFrom her 1990 column “Sounds” to her more recent pieces about growing up and “living with intent.”
By the Cut
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Shocked Value“… Though Michelle Shocked’s been through fringe movements from New York to Amsterdam, her songs are never preachy …”
By Elizabeth Wurtzel
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The Garden of EdieOn Ghost of a Dog, the New Bohemians sound completely loose and relaxed, as if they were playing a live show.
By Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Hot AirBut Seriously is full of the Big issues — homelessness, racism, and the other causes du jour that Phil Collins makes sound so trite.
By Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Heavy BreathingOn Madonna’s Dick Tracy-inspired album, she sings, “I just like things a little rough, and you better not disagree.”
By Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Backyard PartyCombining bluegrass, Middle Eastern, zydeco, and folk, Poi Dog Pondering hangs on to every last bit of fun in the sun.
By Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Fragile InnocenceIntense Sinéad O’Connor, who seems to be striving for a vision of the Virgin Mary, can at times become self-referential.
By Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Brand-new Cafés, Striving to Look Old-fashionedAs nondescript glass skyscrapers sprout across the five boroughs, designing with an eye to the city’s history is more important than ever.
By Emma Orlow
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neighborhood news
By Chris Rovzar