I am so excited about Video Village—a new newsletter from the great @davidlsims.bsky.social, who has seen everything and always has the most fascinating observations about film:
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Spencer Kornhaber
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@adriennelaf.bsky.socialReposted by @skornhaber.bsky.social@skornhaber.bsky.socialI spoke with Damien Jalet, the choreographer of the mind-blowing "Storm" dance, to understand what the video's saying about masculinity, what he thinks about the AI parodies, and what it all has to do with Madonna. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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@evanmcmurry.theatlantic.comReposted by @skornhaber.bsky.socialSmart piece from @skornhaber.bsky.social asking whether Taylor Swift calibrated her music for the kiddult moment that was already flying by.
@skornhaber.bsky.socialOn the Benjamin Button-ing of Taylor Swift—
(I didn't WANT to pile on... but I did want to write about this kidult era of culture and how we all are getting sick of it)
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@theatlantic.comReposted by @skornhaber.bsky.socialEd Sheeran and Macklemore have offered a perfect test case for the debate about whether popular music is expected to change the world or distract from it, writes @skornhaber.bsky.social:
@theatlantic.comReposted by @skornhaber.bsky.socialNeil Young’s new album is a late-career landmark—and a moving reckoning with mortality, @skornhaber.bsky.social writes:
@skornhaber.bsky.socialDaisy Chain Fields was patterned after Lillith Fair, but I thought a lot about Woodstock—the promise of a generational awakening, and the question of whether girlypop could ever be anything like counterculture. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
@skornhaber.bsky.socialThe first listen to the Phoebe Bridgers's new album blew me away—but the closer I got, the more frustrated I felt.
theatlantic.comA Perfect Album for a Frustrating DecadePhoebe Bridgers’s new record is heavy with post-pandemic disappointment.