“Well, Daring, I Can’t Go—”
Joanna Newsom must be the most enigmatically fascinating figure in indie music today. Though she’s shrouded in a barely-tangible sense of cultured innocence—her closeness with her astrophysicist and musician siblings, her compositions and lyricism refined by academia yet bejeweled with joy—she’s ended up working with some of the most formidably famous people in the business […]
Getting In, Selling Out
Since the turn of the twentieth century, admission into America’s most elite colleges has always been a straightforward matter of selling out. The days when pure wit garnered fresh high school graduates passage into the academic aristocracy have faded like an aged daguerreotype. Our places of higher learning say they have spotted something past the […]
“But You May Stay Here, With Me”
Oscar Hyde having provided you, in his nefariously multifarious style, with all the juicy historical context you could possibly desire [see prior article], I find myself relieved of the standard duty to explain that “Newsom has two parents” and “Newsom plays the harp,” and in rather the unique and enviable position of being able to […]
Dorm Life 101
This past summer, before even stepping foot on Nassau Street, saying bye to my parents, or buying my twin extra-long dorm sheets at Bed Bath and Beyond, I got my first peek into to college life. This peek was through the eyes of Ruth Weistheimer, a.k.a. Dr. Ruth or the sex doctor. (She’s an awesome […]
The New Jersey Dream
In Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1998 novel _American Pastoral_, his protagonist, a Jew named Seymour Levov who goes by the nickname “the Swede,” sees his life turned upside down when his daughter turns terrorist and blows up a post office. Before that, the Swede was living the American Dream in economically robust Newark, New Jersey. […]
On “Girl Pain”
Almost four years ago I attended a symposium featuring rapper Talib Kweli that focused on hip-hop’s responsibility to the community at large. What sticks out in my mind is a joke told by Mr. Talib (lyrics stick to your ribs). When asked about his thoughts on Cam’ron’s “Suck it or Not” and whether he found […]
R.I.P. Hummer
It is with tremendous sadness that I report on the passing of a great American hero. On February 26, 2010, the Hummer passed away in Sichuan Tengzheng’s botched attempt to purchase the brand from General Motors.
Letter from the Editors 3/4
In celebration of the arrival of March, we’re bringing you a standard issue of the Nassau Weekly.
The Reconcilables
Late last month, WPRB News sat down with General David Petraeus, commander of United States Central Command and recent recipient of Princeton’s James Madison Medal, to discuss military issues in the Middle East, from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to drones and cybersecurity. Nick Tagher, Naomi Nix and Aaron Smargon hosted the episode, and […]
