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March 19, 2010

Head Over Heels 

Goldfrapp sure gets restless. Each of the duo’s albums has pulled a 180. From the Lynchian ambience of their debut Felt Mountain to the electronic cabaret of Black Cherry, then the glammy disco of Supernature followed by the folksiness of ... more
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Empire State of Mind


Only a publication that celebrates NYC in all its minutiae — that would be New York magazine — could produce My First New York: Early Adventures in the Big City (out March 23), a book that, well, celebrates NYC in all its minutiae. What began as ... more

Tattoo You 


There was a time when Swedish imports were shiny, happy, vowel-heavy things like ABBA, Saabs and Ikea. Then came Steig Larsson’s posthumous best-selling novel The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo (opens Friday in select cities), the first of ... more

Mid-March Music Video 3Way


We made it through the ides of March, so let's celebrate with some of the best videos of March. Vitalic: "Second Lives"
This bouncy, rave-y instrumental from the French-born Italian Vitalic features a public restroom camera catching people ... more

Out of the Box


With the economy these days and our subsequent tendency to clamp down on a job (any job) like a Kardashian's thighs around a stray pro athlete, we seem to have forgotten a key tenet of American life: work sucks. Jack Simon (creator Michael ... more