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

    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,…

  • Editor’s Letter – January 2026

    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 wiser…