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2 weeks ago | 
4columns.org | Sasha Frere-Jones
To Hell With Poverty! Sasha Frere-Jones
In a memoir by Jon King, the Gang of Four frontman looks back on the post-punk band’s formation amid the class struggles of a different era.
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3 weeks ago | 
4columns.org | Sasha Frere-Jones
Everybody’s Head Is Open to Sound Sasha Frere-Jones
A new book on the late Tom Wilson, the uncelebrated producer of John Coltrane, Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, the Velvet Underground, and more.
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2 months ago | 
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Run the Song Sasha Frere-Jones Sounds to run by: in his fifth book, Ben Ratliff triangulates the rhythms of music, the mind, and the moving body. Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening, by Ben Ratliff, Graywolf Press, 237 pages, $18• • •How do we escape the prison house of language? Music does it, much of the time, and sometimes, dialectically, language disables itself, which critic Ben Ratliff knows.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
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The World After Gaza Sasha Frere-Jones The mistitling of Pankaj Mishra’s new book. The World After Gaza: A History, by Pankaj Mishra, Penguin Press, 292 pages, $28• • •Israel is death. To say anything else is frosting.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
4columns.org | Sasha Frere-Jones
Mood Machine Sasha Frere-Jones Music for nothing and your chill playlists for free: a new book by Liz Pelly on the horror story of Spotify.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
documentjournal.com | Sasha Frere-Jones
In her newest music video, premiering on Document, Allan traces the seductions of romantic descent In “Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter,” Joni Mitchell sings that “the eagle and the serpent are at war in me / the serpent fighting for blind desire / the eagle for clarity.” How hard does the serpent fight?
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
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Able Noise Sasha Frere-Jones Scraps of sound, stoned marching around: the experimental duo’s debut is an inviting blend of chaos and intimacy. High Tide, by Able Noise, World of Echo• • •Able Noise formed in The Hague—a place that should be busier than it is—and call themselves an “experimental baritone guitar and drum duo,” though there are many more instruments than that on their utterly glorious (yes—please put that on a sticker and wave it at your nan) debut album, High Tide.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
4columns.org | Sasha Frere-Jones
Monumental Graffiti Sasha Frere-Jones Art by and for the people vs. architecture in the service of empire.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
4columns.org | Sasha Frere-Jones
The Intellectual Situation Sasha Frere-Jones An eclectic and rewarding mix of delightful, unpredictable writing from n+1’s second decade. The Intellectual Situation: The Best of n+1’s Second Decade, edited by Mark Krotov, Nikil Saval, and Dayna Tortorici, n+1 Foundation, 525 pages, $20• • •The Intellectual Situation: The Best of n+1’s Second Decade is a ball whose bounce depends on the target.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
substack.sashafrerejones.com | Sasha Frere-Jones
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