Culture

scammers 1/8/2020

Is This the Most Bizarre Influencer Scam Yet? Is this TikTok star pretending (very poorly) to be his own, non-famous teen doppelgänger?

By Bridget Read

from the archives 1/8/2020

Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Best Essays for New York From her 1990 column “Sounds” to her more recent pieces about growing up and “living with intent.”

sounds 1/8/2020

Shocked Value “… Though Michelle Shocked’s been through fringe movements from New York to Amsterdam, her songs are never preachy …”

By Elizabeth Wurtzel

sounds 1/8/2020

The Garden of Edie On Ghost of a Dog, the New Bohemians sound completely loose and relaxed, as if they were playing a live show.

By Elizabeth Wurtzel

sounds 1/8/2020

Hot Air But 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

sounds 1/8/2020

Heavy Breathing On Madonna’s Dick Tracy-inspired album, she sings, “I just like things a little rough, and you better not disagree.”

By Elizabeth Wurtzel

sounds 1/8/2020

Backyard Party Combining bluegrass, Middle Eastern, zydeco, and folk, Poi Dog Pondering hangs on to every last bit of fun in the sun.

By Elizabeth Wurtzel

sounds 1/8/2020

Fragile Innocence Intense Sinéad O’Connor, who seems to be striving for a vision of the Virgin Mary, can at times become self-referential.

By Elizabeth Wurtzel

Of Course the Vanderpump Cast Has Matching Houses The uncanny valley of black-and-white homes.

By Sarah Spellings

Madame Tussauds Does It Again The museum has unveiled yet another unsettling wax celebrity.

By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz