MINOR AT HEART
Listening and links: Wayne Shorter, Danceteria, more
Links! Tom Moon on Wayne Shorter, a Vanity Fair oral history of Danceteria, and more.
Tim Lane’s “Abolish ICE” poster
Illustrator Tim Lane was following news coverage of ICE’s occupation of American cities when he posted Abolish ICE for Liberty’s Sake to Instagram in February.
Milton Glaser’s psychedelic art for The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
In the late 1960s, the legendary artist created an appropriately effervescent illustration for Tom Wolfe's reporting on LSD.
John Coltrane’s modal jazz and The Grateful Dead
The early 1960s-era work of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane had an important impact on the Grateful Dead.
Ray Bradbury’s The Autumn People and its classic EC horror comics
In October of 1965, eight EC horror comics based on stories by the Fahrenheit 451 author were collected in a paperback called The Autumn People.
Behind the hip hop flyers of the 1970s: Art Deco, comics, and more
JSTOR Daily looks at how Art Deco influenced the young graffiti artists and graphic designers of New York and their flyers for pivotal proto-hip hop parties in ‘70s-era Bronx.
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Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Get in touch.