Mike Hogan

New York, Sag Harbor

Executive digital director @vanityfair. Dad, musician, incorrigible contrarian. The owls are not what they seem.

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How to grow a thriving crop of potatoes no matter where you live

2 weeks ago | ca.style.yahoo.com | Mike Hogan

Potatoes are one of the most versatile and popular vegetables eaten throughout the world. A crop failure of this vegetable caused by a pathogen in just one country in the mid-1800s was responsible for one of the greatest human migrations in history. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) likely originated in the Peruvian highlands more than 6,000 years ago and was introduced to Europe in the 16th century by the Spanish.
As ‘Twin Peaks’ Turns 35, the Mystery Is Still the Message for a World of Fans

1 month ago | vanityfair.com | Mike Hogan

On the morning of January 16, Kyle MacLachlan was working out in his home gym high in the hills above Los Angeles when his wife came to the door and said, “I have some terrible news.” David Lynch, the director who discovered MacLachlan and made him a star, was dead. “I didn’t collapse,” MacLachlan says, “but everything went right out of me.”Everyone knew Lynch was battling emphysema, but MacLachlan didn’t think he was dying.
On ‘Twin Peaks’ Day, Fans and Friends Try to Make Sense of a World Without David Lynch

2 months ago | vanityfair.com | Mike Hogan

In the pilot episode of Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch and directed by Lynch, we first meet agent Dale Cooper of the FBI (Kyle MacLachlan) as he’s driving into town. “Diane, 11:30 AM, February 24th,” he says into his tape recorder. “Entering the town of Twin Peaks, five miles south of the Canadian border, twelve miles west of the state line.
Please Don’t Ask Horsegirl to Rescue Indie Rock From Oblivion

Feb 5, 2025 | vanityfair.com | Mike Hogan

When she was in high school, which was not very long ago, Horsegirl’s Nora Cheng chose a Lou Reed quip as her yearbook quote: “One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz.”“You could start a band off of that quote,” says her bandmate and NYU classmate Penelope Lowenstein. “You could start many bands off of that quote,” says Cheng. “But we know only 1,000 people bought the quote,” drummer Gigi Reece adds, riffing along with the joke.
What to Watch Instead of Trump’s Second Inauguration

Jan 19, 2025 | vanityfair.com | Mike Hogan |Savannah Walsh |Chris Murphy |David Canfield |Hillary Busis |Caitlin Brody | +3 more
Hommage à David Lynch, réalisateur de génie passé maître dans l'art de nous intéresser à des choses que nous ne comprenons pas

Jan 16, 2025 | vanityfair.fr | Mike Hogan

Dans un monde qui semble de plus en plus dominé par des rabat-joie et des abrutis performants, l'annonce de David Lynch confirmant qu'il luttait contre l'emphysème avait quelque chose de magnifiquement, de rafraîchissant et d'honnête. « Je dois dire que j'aimais beaucoup fumer, et j'aime le tabac - son odeur, allumer des cigarettes, les fumer, écrivait-il l'été dernier, sans détour. Je suis comblé de bonheur et je ne prendrai jamais ma retraite.
David Lynch Saw the Nightmare Beneath the American Dream

Jan 16, 2025 | vanityfair.com | Mike Hogan

In a world that seems ever more dominated by priggish killjoys and performative jerks, there was something beautifully, refreshingly honest about David Lynch’s announcement confirming that he was battling emphysema.
Are Google Chromebooks Right for Your Small Business?

Nov 7, 2024 | biztechmagazine.com | Mike Hogan |David Garcia

Nov 07 2024 Digital Workspace Mobile and cloud-friendly, these devices differ from traditional notebook computers in key ways. As IT leaders think about how to supply workers with the right technology, the most basic piece of equipment used by employees daily — their laptop or similar workstation — often fails to get the attention it deserves. After all, the thinking goes, aren’t all laptops within a given price point the same, more or less?
Two More Long-Time WWE Employees Depart Company This Month

Sep 3, 2024 | ewrestling.com | Mike Hogan

— WWE’s long-time lead production designer Jason Robinson is leaving the company, according to a report by pwinsiderelite.com. He is said to be either imminently finishing up or has already departed as of this past weekend’s Bash in Berlin PLE. Robinson was “highly thought of” and considered extremely talented by those people that he worked with.
Watch Joe Keery and Jason Schwartzman Butt Heads in an Exclusive Clip from ‘Pavements’

Sep 3, 2024 | vanityfair.com | Mike Hogan

“For kids who felt like everything was stupid and everything sucked, they were your band.” It’s hard to top that summation of Pavement’s appeal from comedian and musician Tim Heidecker. Wildly inventive, weirdly catchy, and perversely self-defeating, the seminal indie-rock group of the 1990s enraptured critics, flummoxed the mainstream record industry, and annoyed the grunge crowd, with one group of moshing goons in West Virginia going so far as to pelt them with mud during a Lollapalooza set.