We bring you good tidings! There might be an Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, and George Santos is being freed from political persecution in an American hoosegow.
music
I can’t exactly recall when I watched my last movie on VHS, but the cassette tape once defined my childhood. For kids of the 1980s and 1990s, videotapes were currency—expensive objects that you treasured, rewound, and wore out.
In this week’s best-of roundup, we think about Rainer Maria Rilke, the ontology of God, and Italian pop music from the 1970s.
I chose back in June to make sure I remained present and engaged with this inglorious moment by listening exclusively to newly released music. Here is an overview of 2025’s Summer vibes.
You’re a Marxist rap-metal band and you’re doing a cover of Springsteen’s “Ghost of Tom Joad”? WTF is even happening?
It is Saturday night, and El Monte’s atmosphere is buzzing with a youthful glow. As the parking lot and the surrounding streets began to fill with vehicles from the American golden age of automotive design with names like Galaxie and Mercury, the space became saturated with cosmic energy.
To borrow from our millennial friends, it is very on brand for the Tropics of Meta crew—composed mainly of Gen X Nirvana-loving kids who eat hot Cheetos and drink cold beer—to drop new books in a global pandemic.
“Where Were You When We Were Getting High?”: English Football, Politics, and Culture Since Euro 1996
It’s a long time since the vaporous heyday of Cool Britannia, and both the UK and European football look much different than they did in 1996.