‘Everything Is Now’ Digs Into NYC’s Avant-Garde Ferment
Everything Is Now expertly demonstrates how NYC’s varied avant-garde subcultures were birthed in cold-water lofts, coffeehouses, and tiny storefront galleries and theaters.
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Yoko Ono Bio Captures the Primal Scream
The Yoko Ono biography by David Sheff captures the artist’s primal scream but understands that she is a rare specimen who cannot be pinned down or easily classified.
Yoko Ono’s Controversial Work at Tate Modern
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind at Tate Modern is an engaging overview of the polarizing artist’s career, but her career didn’t end post-John Lennon and Fluxus.
The Latest Anthology on RuPaul’s Drag Race Is Gag-Worthy
The Cultural Impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race turns a fierce lewk without overriding any of the iconic moments served by its predecessors.
A Place for Us: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Legacy Captured in ‘Imagine John Yoko’
Imagine John Yoko is a beautifully curated recollection of a song, an album, successive films, and the legacy of peaceful idealism from the people who made it happen and carry on with the message.
On the Frontline with Yoko Ono’s ‘Warzone’
Yoko Ono has re-recorded sociopolitical songs from her past for new album Warzone, in which the questions it asks need to be asked.
Pussy Riot Advances Message of Resistance in Brooklyn
Through catchy punk and dance songs, Pussy Riot espouses pro-gender equality and an anti-Putin/Trump agenda.
In ‘Bobbi Jene’, a Dancer’s Artistic Vision Is Rooted in Personal Sacrifice
While Bobbi Jene often veers too closely to melodrama, seeing an emboldened woman artistically express her sexuality and earn effusive praise for it is inspirational.
Jackie Lynn: Jackie Lynn
Here's an intriguing concept album, a midwestern Western set to music.
The Brilliant Failure of Miranda July’s Social Media App ‘Somebody’
On its website, Miranda July’s social media app Somebody is described as the “antithesis of the utilitarian efficiency that tech promises”.