Culture
Essays, Conversations, Field Notes, Interviews, Reviews
Essays
Featured longform writing on culture, history, and memory
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The Invisible Front
Two friends, on social media, argue over Ukraine and arms: one sees the eternal American imperialist, the other the tyranny that attacks in the east. Both are right about the…
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Carrying Water in a Sieve
On 14 September 2026 the Italian Senate redraws an electoral district in Bolzano, shrinking it to secure a seat for the Italian group. It looks like local technicality; it is…
Conversations
Dialogues on power, culture, dissent and contemporary life
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Table Talk #15: The Generation That Woke Up
We called them the zzz generation. Now they are in the streets from Nepal to Reims, and the same press…
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Vesti la Giubba #7: The Bath and the Crown
A century of World Cups, thirty-six appearances between them, and a single meeting in all their history at the tournament:…
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Vesti la Giubba #6: The God and the Holy Water
Six World Cup meetings in sixty-four years, three English wins, one Argentine win worth more than all the rest combined:…
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Vesti la Giubba #5: The Son They Never Had
Only four official meetings, the last one thirty-three years ago. In a thousand years of shared history, underneath the football…
Field Notes
Short observations and insights from the field
Interviews
Conversations with musicians, thinkers, and practitioners, recorded on location.
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Tim Rutili (Califone) – Backstage Interview | Optimal, Munich 2026
A backstage conversation with Tim Rutili of Califone, recorded at Optimal record store concert in Munich, May 2026.
Reviews
Compact archive of music reviews
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heavensouls – “cantu” of the Sower
A twenty-year-old Nigerian based in Texas builds six long tracks of maximalist…
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Boards of Canada – Inferno
The masters return after thirteen years of silence, eighteen tracks of rarefied…
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Nigéria Futebol Clube – Ambiente Jazz
Rambling, especially at the start, where almost nothing happens. A São Paulo…
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Rafael Anton Irisarri – Points of Inaccessibility
Deeply relaxing and calming, at times ethereal and often dark in hue.…
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Important Hair – I love you ; I’ve always loved you ; This is Heaven where I can scream
An hour of recorded noise, not a single note, released on Valentine’s…