What’s this – a TV-themed New Yorker? Cancel my subscription. Just kidding. I’ll get over it.
TV isn’t the only subject covered in this week’s issue, thank God. “Goings On
About Town” brims with wonderful items. For example: “cinched whirlpools of
deconstructed menswear and gingham frocks deformed by asymmetrical humps”
(“Art: Metropolitan Museum: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between”); “drumbeats soft and clipping, synths modulated into shivers, with
vocals sneaking acid-dream motifs in through the fuzz” (“Night Life: Neon Indian”); “malab iyo malawax, sweet crepes soaked in honey and dusted
with cinnamon, and a mug of steaming qaxwo, pungent black coffee spiked
with ginger” (Nicolas Niarchos, “Tables For Two: Safari”).
I also enjoyed the two book reviews – Adam Kirsch’s “Voices from the Void” and Dan Chiasson’s “Merry War.” Kirsch’s piece is illustrated with an exquisite Riccardo Vecchio portrait of Fernando Pessoa that went straight into my personal anthology of great New Yorker artwork.
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