Amanda Petrusich
@amandapetrusich
Staff Writer, @newyorker. Author of “Do Not Sell At Any Price,” a book about collectors of rare 78rpm records. Writer-in-Residence, @nyugallatin.
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http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/amanda-petrusich 10-02-2011 22:38:24
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'For years, I heard 'Light On' as about love doomed by bad timing—a person asking, earnestly, What if there was a way for us to hold and care for one another, beyond the sometimes impossible confines of a traditional relationship?' Great Amanda Petrusich:
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Man, Maggie Rogers is a real one — generous, smart, funny, a little wild at heart. Loved spending the last couple months talking art, writing, love, service, time, contentment, fame & more with her. Online now & in this week’s issue!
Vampire Weekend's fifth album is 'a treatise on inheritance, decay, generational dissonance, and the delicate idea of choosing optimism over defeatist grousing,' writes Amanda Petrusich
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Vampire Weekend has never made a bad album, but its latest, “Only God Was Above Us,” is one of its best, Amanda Petrusich writes. nyer.cm/tqQEeTX
ICYMI, watch our biography event 'Lou Reed: The King of New York - Will Hermes in Conversation with Amanda Petrusich' - now on YouTube! youtu.be/Y8zVTui-AlA Leon Levy Center for Biography Will Hermes Amanda Petrusich Kai Bird
Last night, Will Hermes, author of 'Lou Reed: The King of New York' & Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker staff writer, treated us to a fascinating conversation about Lou, the art of biography, and writing about rock icons. Video coming soon! (Photos: Paula Vlodkowsky)
Unmissable events...
Will Hermes and Amanda Petrusich talking Lou Reed at CUNY Grad Center for free next Weds 3/13.
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“Streaming is a convenient way to hear music, but it inevitably creates a gaping hole in your soul.”
True that, Amanda Petrusich
Noah Kahan, who was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys this year, is the rare figure who seems positioned to leverage viral success into something more like a traditional career, Amanda Petrusich writes. nyer.cm/dykXvH3