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Chris NorrisSly culture critique from Chris Norris—Spin, New York, NYer, NYT Mag, Film Comment, Rolling Stone, co-author RZA’s The Tao of Wu. Flashbacks, jumpcuts, cheap heat.
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A Fan's Notes
I’m not going to ruin my day writing about Sonny Rollins. He wouldn’t want that. Sonny wouldn’t want me to spend my afternoon scouring the recordings, interviews, articles, trawling for the telling passage, the illuminating aperçu, the late...
"Obsession" and the Horror of Modern Dating
The below piece ran originally (and appropriately) on Playboy.com, and may make you value your committed relationship or celibacy afresh.
“For questions about love charms that go horrifically wrong, press 1—now” (l-r) Inde Navarrette as N...
Ha! Got Your Human Rights!
Yeah, yeah, ok, a scorpion—I get it, I get it!: Two Children Teasing a Cat (1587–1588) by Annibale Carracci
For the past two weeks I’ve been flashing back to a fraught, creepy transaction from childhood, that bizarrely enduring bit of...
Are We Ready For a School Shooter “Comedy”?
This piece originally appeared on Playboy.com, under POLITICS, on May 14, 2026, in very nearly identical form.
Last month’s White House Correspondents Dinner broadcast to the world an impression of America as a rogue and narcissistic...
Not Everyone's A Critic
A spirited debate: discourse at an NYC dog run (c. 2016)
Man, there sure has been some spirited discourse about music critics the past two weeks, apparently triggered by the New York Times’ (triggering) feature on “The 30 Greatest Liv...
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New York City-based critic, journalist, author. The NYer, New York, NYT Mag, Rolling Stone, Film Comment, SPIN, NPR's "All Things Considered," et al) Co-author Tao of Wu with RZA (no, I don't have his digits).
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