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A journal of arts and culture. Posts by editor-in-chief Ethan Warren
New today on the site: Isobel Cunningham asks, just who was Eve, anyway?

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Just Who Was Eve, Anyway? (Isobel Cunningham)
Peter Trimming (Wikimedia Commons) I have been a volunteer guide at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the oldest and most prestigious museum in the city, for almost 15 years. I’ve been surprised by…
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August 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On the podcast feed: another E Street Shuffle—in fact the first of TWO Born to Run episodes! Join Greg McGrath and @ethanwarrenauthor.com to discuss…the greatest album of all time? We’re just asking questions. Get it where you pod! (🎨: @vanessamckee.bsky.social!)

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August 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you’re waiting on a response to a pitch—just know we (Ethan) put that call out casually while on vacation, not really expecting this volume of amazing work to come in! We’ll get back to you next week.
August 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Today on the site: the first edition of the Broad Soundtrack, a new monthly rundown of great new songs, with writeups and accompanying playlist!

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The Broad Soundtrack (August 2025)
“Got a New Car” (Tyler Ballgame) — Tyler Ballgame is an explosively rising star in the indie world; having recently signed with Rough Trade, he’s spending this year performing on the same bill as a…
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August 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Today on the site: the first edition of the Broad Soundtrack, a new monthly rundown of great new songs, with writeups and accompanying playlist!

broadsoundmag.com/2025/08/05/t...
The Broad Soundtrack (August 2025)
“Got a New Car” (Tyler Ballgame) — Tyler Ballgame is an explosively rising star in the indie world; having recently signed with Rough Trade, he’s spending this year performing on the same bill as a…
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August 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Today sees the release of the first of two books celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run. Read @ethanwarrenauthor.com's review of both: broadsoundmag.com/2025/08/02/r...
Runaway American Dreams (Ethan Warren)
Art by Lydia Silver Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run Peter Ames Carlin Doubleday, August 5, 2025 Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run: 50 Years Sean Egan Quarto, September 23, 2025 The…
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August 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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If you’re diving into Vineland in the run-up to the PTA maybe-probably-sort-of-sure-why-not adaptation, why not read along with some smart cats (one of whom literally wrote a if not the book on PTA himself)? It’s fun!
New today on the podcast feed: @justinh94.bsky.social and @ethanwarrenauthor.com talk through chapters 4 and 5 of Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland! Search Broad Sound Podcast wherever you pod! www.buzzsprout.com/2389600/epis...
August 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Dear freelance writers: Broad Sound (a journal of arts and culture) is looking for new pitches to run at broadsoundmag.com beginning in November (queue’s full through then!) Pay is $100 per piece. Write us the essay of your dreams. Details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
BROAD SOUND: An Evergreen Call for Pitches
BROAD SOUND An Evergreen Call for Pitches As a freelancer, I wonder if you’ve had this thought: “I’d love to write about that, but there’s just no home for it.” It’s a pain I know too well. A topic...
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August 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hey #indiemusicians and #indiebands with #newmusic on #musiciansky! Broad Sound is launching a monthly spotlight on new songs featuring capsule write-ups and accompanying playlists of under-heard tracks we love. We hope you consider submitting a song!
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The Broad Soundtrack - Submission
Use this form to submit singles for consideration for Broad Sound's monthly digest of capsule reviews and Spotify playlists. It costs nothing to submit, and coverage is free. Because this is a labo...
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August 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The cure for male loneliness is to create your own journal of arts and culture but nobody talks about this
August 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
New today on the site: @ethanwarrenauthor.com reviews two new books celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run

broadsoundmag.com/2025/08/02/r...
Runaway American Dreams (Ethan Warren)
Art by Lydia Silver Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run Peter Ames Carlin Doubleday, August 5, 2025 Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run: 50 Years Sean Egan Quarto, September 23, 2025 The…
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August 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New today on the podcast feed: @justinh94.bsky.social and @ethanwarrenauthor.com talk through chapters 4 and 5 of Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland! Search Broad Sound Podcast wherever you pod! www.buzzsprout.com/2389600/epis...
August 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Coming soon: we made you a mix tape
August 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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My latest piece: On the particular dissonance of finding your hometown show up in a Don DeLillo novel
August 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New today on the site: @micahrickard.bsky.social makes his Broad Sound debut with a look at Don DeLillo’s Libra and the literary life of hometowns: broadsoundmag.com/2025/08/01/a...
An Aberration in the Heartland of the Real (Micah Rickard)
Photo by Clint Miller (Wikimedia Commons) A man stares at a county courthouse. It is a warm spring day—April 17th, 1963. Perhaps it is the warmth of the sun, or the mythic purpose he carries with h…
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August 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New today on the podcast feed: on the E Street Shuffle, @ethanwarrenauthor.com is joined by Morris Shamah to discuss The Wild the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. Search Broad Sound Podcast wherever you pod! www.buzzsprout.com/2389600/epis...
August 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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It is a privilege in so many ways to be part of the Broad Sound family. I’m proud of this one
July 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
New today on the site: another excerpt from our The Sunset Tree at 20 issue, it's @mr-e-motion.bsky.social on "Dinu Lipatti's Bones" and John Darnielle's falestto

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John Darnielle’s Falsetto (Danny Cohen)
John Darnielle sings most of “Dinu Lipatti’s Bones” in falsetto. “Falsetto” is one of those terms like “hip-hop” or “polyamory”; ask ten people to define it and you’ll hear ten definitions, all sta…
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July 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New today on the site: Sonia Sarkar says Singapore’s Hell’s Museum Is a Gruesome Reminder to “Do No Wrong” broadsoundmag.com/2025/07/25/s...
Singapore’s Hell’s Museum Is a Gruesome Reminder to “Do No Wrong” (Sonia Sarkar)
photograph courtesy of Hell’s Museum After losing someone very precious at the tender age of eight, a deep, subconscious fear of losing loved ones became ingrained in my mind. While I still s…
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July 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM