Ultimately, Divers, is about things lost with age and progress — wisdom, beauty, innocence, love, mystery. Yet this music always seems to look ahead. Unless your definition includes marxophones, clavichords, guitarets, electric harpsichords and various vintage synthesizers, it’s hardly Luddite folk revivalism. The set ends with “Time, As A Symptom,” where the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra plays an arrangement by Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth that flickers like a roomful of votive candles. Yet the song’s pleasures are basic, like the birdsong samples that punctuate it, a call to transcendence that keeps returning to the word “joy,” with some of Newsom’s least mannered singing and a funky beat on the outro that begs for a remix. Questlove, Kanye, Kendrick and all other curators of hyper-literate avant-pop: Ball’s in your court. … [Read more...] about Divers
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The King & I
Back in Brooklyn, my father and Larry spent much of their time at 86th Street and Bay Parkway, the Corner, beneath the West End elevated subway. They hung out there the way wise guys hung out on the corners of Brownsville, only without the killing. There was Sandy Koufax, who went on to pitch for the Dodgers; Asher Dann, according to Larry the best-looking kid in Brooklyn, who later starred in September Storm, a B movie, as a Spanish cabin boy; Bernard Horowitz, who once, when asked a question, said, “Who?” and when the question was repeated, said, “Ha?” and was ever after known as Who-Ha; Sid Young, a terrific basketball player; Sam DeLuca, a football star who later, as a member of professional football’s New York Jets, blocked for Joe Namath; Herbie Cohen, who started trouble for the same reason scientists mix chemicals — to study the results; and Larry Zeiger, known as Zeke-the-Creek-the-Mouthpiece. Even … [Read more...] about The King & I
Trailers of the Week: ‘Boogie,’ ‘They Ready,’ ‘The Violent Heart’ and More
Fake Famous The new HBO documentary has an experiment to test out: Can three regular people fake their way into social media fame – with real payoffs? From buying hundreds of fake followers to staging luxurious “spa” photos that are really just backyard kiddie pools filled with rose petals, the film tests the limits of influencer culture. Will brands be duped into partnering with influencers whose on-screen lives are fake? The (unsurprising) answer is yes. (February 2nd) … [Read more...] about Trailers of the Week: ‘Boogie,’ ‘They Ready,’ ‘The Violent Heart’ and More