David Kamp

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Deporting Lorne Michaels Might Just Bring Attention to Trump's Immigration Atrocities

1 week ago | airmail.news | David Kamp

This was going to be a somber editorial expressing fury and exasperation that we have not taken to the streets to demand that our elected representatives and judiciary hold the Trump administration accountable for its deportation to Honduras of a two-year-old U.S. citizen.
The Luminous Photography of Yorgos Lanthimos

2 weeks ago | sothebys.com | David Kamp

The May/June cover of Sotheby's Magazine. If you’ve seen the films of Yorgos Lanthimos—perhaps “Poor Things” (2023), for which Emma Stone won the Oscar for best actress, or “The Favourite” (2018), for which Olivia Colman did the same—you are familiar with his rich visual vocabulary. The fish-eye-lens shots that signal mental dislocation. The super-wide establishing shots that help the director do his loopy world-building. The soberly framed silly dancing.
"Sesame Street" Meets the Streaming Era

Jan 10, 2025 | airmail.news | David Kamp

“A prime piece of TV real estate is hitting the open market: new episodes of Sesame Street. The long-running children’s series is looking for a new home for its original episodes, after Warner Bros. Discovery opted not to renew the Sesame output deal with HBO and Max…. Sesame Street will get a new look, dropping the ‘magazine’-style format it has had for years, and leaning into longer narrative-led segments.” —The Hollywood Reporter A24Season 56 centers on the duo Safdie and Bert.
Paul Morrissey's Archives Hint at the Man Behind Warhol's Factory

Nov 22, 2024 | airmail.news | David Kamp

In my small, suburban hometown of Highland Park, New Jersey, there was one family that was not like the other families. They lived in a large, six-bedroom house with clapboard siding painted hot pink. There were 10 of them: a mom and a dad, three boys, and five girls. All of the children were uncommonly beautiful. Even their surname was eccentric: Indri.
January 6, 2025

Nov 12, 2024 | newyorker.com | David Kamp

The Capitol Police and the National Guard assume tactical positions on the Capitol grounds, having been alerted by the F.B.I. to increased chatter on the decentralized social-media platforms Bluesky and Mastodon (“Wear cozy woollens”; “Anyone got a # for Peter Sagal?”; “If u have a supply of waste veggie oil near D.C., I got a converted diesel R.V. that sleeps six”) and a significant uptick in tasteful Airbnb rentals in Adams Morgan and Ivy City.
Meet the First Gen-X-tleman

Aug 23, 2024 | newyorker.com | David Kamp

I don’t know about you, but it was when Doug Emhoff recounted watching Evel Knievel’s failed Snake River Canyon jump while wearing a Mark Spitz youth Speedo and eating Freakies cereal as the Bay City Rollers’ “Saturday Night” played on the radio that he brought a tear to this Gen X-er’s eye.
Interview with the Head of U.C.A.S. (Urban Cyclists Against Stopping)

May 22, 2024 | newyorker.com | David Kamp

Let’s begin with an explanation of who you are. Sure thing. I’m the head of an organization called Urban Cyclists Against Stopping, or U.C.A.S. We maintain that it is the unalienable right of every New York City cyclist, in the course of riding from point A to point B, not to stop. But what if you’re up against a red light? Will you stop? What if a pedestrian has the right of way? Will you stop? What if a small child, clutching her caregiver’s hand, is directly in your path? Will you stop?
"In the Know," Peacock's First Adult Animated Comedy, Skewers the NPR Set

Jan 26, 2024 | airmail.news | David Kamp

If the pivot to streaming services is going to atomize television into a zillion little bijou programs with 30,000 viewers apiece, let them be as funny and diverting as In the Know. The first original adult animated series to run on Peacock, the show, which premiered this week, is willfully, aggressively niche: a send-up of NPR and the chamomile-infusion-sipping beta cucks who work in public radio.
An Homage to the Brilliant, Charming, and Totally Unreliable Bob Mack

Nov 17, 2023 | airmail.news | David Kamp

In “The Skills to Pay the Bills,” a 1992 song by the Beastie Boys, Mike D announces, “I’m on a crazy mission to wax Bob Mack.” Mack, an affable young gonzo journalist, had just spent the better part of a year harassing the Beasties for a Spin-magazine cover story, driving them to distraction. I witnessed this firsthand over the partition that separated our cubicles at Spy magazine, where Bob worked as a reporter—that is, when he wasn’t flagrantly freelancing on company time or failing to show up.
"Kingdom Quarterback," on Patrick Mahomes & Kansas City: Book Review

Aug 18, 2023 | airmail.news | David Kamp

Kingdom Quarterback: Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs, and How a Once Swingin’ Cow Town Chased the Ultimate Comeback by Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd Fresh off his second Super Bowl victory, Patrick Mahomes is a sports phenomenon still in a state of becoming. Sure, he’s ubiquitous in those State Farm ads and has twice won the N.F.L.’s Most Valuable Player Award.