Tag: Nostalgia
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My journey to the heart of the forgotten internet
Slowly but surely, huge swaths of the internet are vanishing. But the artefacts of the early web are still out there, and they have lessons for the future.
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Hello Kitty’s owner is purring contentedly
Sanrio is becoming a powerhouse of licensing intellectual property
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I’m 22 and I Just Watched the Original Gossip Girl for the First Time. Here Were My Thoughts
Connivery, thievery, treachery, infidelity, romance, deceit. Are all of these…the characteristics of a Shakespearean play? Perhaps a soap opera? Not quite—try a mid-aughts show about a group of preppy high schoolers whose favorite accessories are thousand-dollar designer shoes and candy-colored leggings. I’m talking, of course, about the original Gossip Girl.
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The Painter of the Right
Thomas Kinkade’s paintings show conservatives a world they have already won.
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Story Update: “The Lost Prince of Yacht Rock” Finally Gets His Encore
In 1978 he was music’s next big thing. Then his album bombed, he began a long slide into obscurity, and a bizarre fraud sent him to prison. Dane Donohue’s second act has been 47 years in the making.
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‘Actually romantic and actually funny’: why When Harry Met Sally is my feelgood movie
The latest comfort movie recommendation in an ongoing series is a reminder of Nora Ephron and Rob Reiner’s landmark romantic comedy
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I’m Obsessed with Other People’s Spotify Playlists
From frenemies to crushes, I learn more from their taste in music than on Facebook or Instagram