Vehicle Flips
This one is gonna be a long walk, so let’s get started: Back in the ’80s and ’90s, I loved zines. I loved reading them, I loved making them, I loved talking about how they were the antidote to mass … Continue reading
Author Archives: Neil deMause
Hazeldine
For most of the bands in my music collection, I have a clear memory of the first time I heard them, or heard of them, or decided they were someone I needed to know more about. Hazeldine is not one … Continue reading
Tall Dwarfs
I’m trying to remember how I first heard of Tall Dwarfs, and I’m drawing a complete blank. I remember when Tall Dwarfs co-founder Chris Knox suffered a debilitating stroke in 2009, and the subsequent benefit album, and the hilarious video … Continue reading
Philadelphia Has A Lot To Lose On The New 76ers Arena | Defector
Let’s get this out of the way: The video was weird. When Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced in late September she was setting aside her months-long equivocation and going all in on a proposed new 76ers arena on the edge of … Continue reading
How NYC Gave Hundreds of Millions to the Yankees and an Oil Baron Sheikh for the Willets Point Soccer Stadium—No Questions Asked | Hell Gate
On February 21, Queens City Councilmembers Robert Holden and Vickie Paladino sent a letter to the New York City Independent Budget Office about the proposed New York City FC soccer stadium in Willets Point, which was one piece of the … Continue reading
The Trypes
We’ve already covered the Feelies and how I fell in love with them following their return from a 16-year hiatus. But as I soon discovered, the Feelies’ road has been long and wandering, and has led down many side paths … Continue reading
On Campus Gaza Protests, Media Let Police Tell the Story—Even When They’re Wrong | FAIR
During the summer of protests that followed the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd in May 2020, journalists and readers alike began taking a hard look at how much news reporting relied on police sources. In particular, the standard use … Continue reading
‘Landlords Just Went Wild’: A Brief History of Vacancy Deregulation in New York | Hell Gate
New York City real estate interests are putting on a full-court press this year for what they’re calling “vacancy reset”: legislation allowing landlords to raise rents as much as they want on rent-regulated apartments that have been occupied for at least 10 … Continue reading
NYC’s Airbnb Law Has Thinned Out Listings. But Can It Bring Down Rents? | Hell Gate
The Great Airbnb War entered its latest chapter five months ago, when New York City enacted its crackdown on short-term vacation rentals, forcing anyone offering stays of less than 30 days to prove their legality by registering with the city. Airbnb hosts have … Continue reading
Jeffrey Lewis
It’s December 2018, and I’m waiting, as I have for the seven previous nights, for the doors to the Bowery Ballroom to open. After 12 years at Hoboken’s beloved Maxwell’s, Yo La Tengo’s annual Hanukkah benefit shows relaunched the previous … Continue reading