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Jann Wenner vs. Tokenism September 21, 2023
The long-time cultural partisanship of Rolling Stone magazine was confirmed by its founder Jann Wenner’s recent assertions of race and gender bias. To promote his latest memoir, The Masters, Wenner gave an interview to fawning New York Times writer D...
Olivia Rodrigo Is So Over Heartbreak September 20, 2023
O h, my God — look!” Olivia Rodrigo says. “I just parallel parked for you!”We’re sitting in Rodrigo’s black Range Rover in L.A.’s Highland Park, stopped outside her producer Dan Nigro’s home studio. Rodrigo has a killer late-July outfit on — short, s...
Jann Wenner and the Problem with Poptimism September 19, 2023
Jann Wenner, the bilious Rolling Stone founder, is sure he knows genius when he sees it. His new book is a collection of interviews he conducted with seven gods of rock, all of them white and male. To promote this book, Wenner gave a lengthy intervie...
The Rolling Stones Redefine Political Anger September 18, 2023
The new single from the Rolling Stones is titled “Angry” because it’s the legendary band’s latest expression of the zeitgeist. Our ruling class never confesses its motives, yet rage and discord characterize today’s regime (as in “Dark Brandon” moment...
She Invented Being an Influencer September 15, 2023
Almost no figure from the early days of the internet was more misunderstood and maligned than Julia Allison. In the mid-2000s, Allison dominated the online world as one of the first multi-platform content creators. But practically no one recognized h...
Matt Taibbi Is Still an Outsider April 07, 2023
If you happened to be in Manhattan’s Financial District on December 12, 2011, you would have witnessed a herd of giant squid floating toward West Street. The papier-mâché puppets, complete with white canvas tentacles and bulbous, golden heads, and up...
The Shallow Depths of Lana Del Rey April 03, 2023
After a brief false start to her career under her given name of Lizzy Grant, the pop chanteuse Lana Del Rey emerged fully formed with her 2012 debut Born to Die. Her music — self-consciously retro, Xanax-glazed, minor-key balladry laden with Twitter-...
No Stone Unturned September 26, 2022
There are so many examples of narcissism-on-steroids that litter Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner’s memoir that it’s difficult to point out just one. But the following is typical: in 2001, Wenner was invited to a recording session for his f...
‘Like a Rolling Stone’ Review: Rock ’n’ Roll Confidential September 22, 2022
The odyssey of Jann Wenner, co-founder, publisher and editor of Rolling Stone magazine, who rode the psychedelic wave of the rock era....
The Steven Spielberg Movie We’ve Been Waiting For September 19, 2022
THE LITTLE BOY is scared. There’s such a large crowd outside the theater. He has no idea what will happen when he walks through the doors and into the room filled with dozens of seats, all facing a large blank square. Plus it’s in the dark. He’s been...
Jann Wenner Memoir 'Like a Rolling Stone' September 15, 2022
The Rolling Stone founder has been spewing a lot of doozies....
Jann Wenner Wants to Reveal It All September 13, 2022
The Rolling Stone founder talks about LSD, not reading the magazine anymore and how the Stones now look like “Lord of the Rings” characters onstage....
