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The Blue Note style was largely carried out by Reid Miles, a graphic designer turned art director. His ability to create bold typographic layouts was world-class, and he used the session photography of Francis Wolff, Blue Note’s
A family saying has come down through the generations: for free, even vinegar would taste sweet. Its proof can be found on Netflix, in the form of “Bird Box.” Sandra Bullock stars as Malorie, a woman who is first seen…
That it isn’t really about movies is the first surprise. Binx Bolling, the novel’s main character, is only an occasional moviegoer, both by the standards of postwar America (when Martin Scorsese would see a movie a day) and those of…
1. They Also Wrote We may be living in the great age of “rediscovered” authors. Younger readers want to talk to me, all the time, about Shirley Jackson and John Williams and, of course, Philip K. Dick, who’s become so…
Calls for the withdrawal of the high-denomination banknote from circulation have been heard for years, with the bills becoming associated with cash-based crimes, including tax evasion, money laundering and the drugs trade. By the end of January, only the German and…
President Joseph Kabila’s chosen successor was believed to have been trailing behind businessman and political newcomer Martin Fayulu, who campaigned against widespread corruption. The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has shut down the country’s internet to avert a “popular uprising” as tensions rise…
