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Roxy Music: Glamour, Experiment, and the Art of Seduction

When Roxy Music appeared in 1972, they seemed less like a band than a cultural apparition. Emerging from Britain’s art school ferment, they fused glam rock’s theatricality with avant-garde experimentation, crafting a vision of music as both spectacle and intellectual provocation. Bryan Ferry, the band’s frontman, did not simply sing—he crooned with a studied detachment,Continue reading “Roxy Music: Glamour, Experiment, and the Art of Seduction”

Editor’s Letter – January 2026

I began the year on an unusually peaceful note, and without any discernible New Year’s resolutions. For once, I didn’t feel the need to reinvent myself in any way. I was already on the right path: I gave up smoking in 2024, wrote a novel and lost weight in 2025 , and it felt wiserContinue reading “Editor’s Letter – January 2026”