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On September 9, 1963, a small classroom-size crowd of abstract artists, Off Broadway actors, and miscellaneous beatniks gathered at the Pocket Theatre—a former vaudeville house on Third Avenue and Thi
Lindsay Ellis is an idiosyncratic film critic who has fun with everything from the cinematography of Cocteau to the semiotics of the Transformer franchise. Lindsay Ellis is just about ready to start s
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Carl Stone, live performance “Amaterasu’s Dance,” Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles Gina Koppel American composer Carl Stone performed computer music live before just about anyone else thought t
An in-depth history of the most important pop innovation of the last 20 years, from Cher’s “Believe” to Kanye West to Migos Illustrations by Ella Trujillo It happened exactly 36 seconds into the song—
Zeno Rogue May 1, 2019 · 14 min read The term “non-Euclidean” is often used by gamers (game developers, journalists, etc.) to mean any kind of game where the space does not work exactly as in our worl
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I n 1987, Nigel Gilmartin was working as a mobile DJ in Blackburn: weddings, engagements and birthdays at community halls; the shirt-and-tie scene at weekends. That summer, he fell under the spell of
‘The sound was appalling and their performance was messy. And yet nobody cared’ ... the Stone Roses performing at Spike Island.Photograph: Andre Csillag / Rex Features H istory tells me that the Stone
Ideas President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear. October 3, 2018 Adam Serwer Staff writer at The Atlantic Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The
The Dr Who theme tune is the most famous piece from the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop. Andrew Harrison looks at how the team created groundbreaking electronic music. I In a venue called, appropriately en
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Low Culture is a new series where tQ writers use lockdown time to pull some of their favourite music, films, games and books off the shelves in order to tackle an idea that's been bugging them for a l
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