Jack Denton
@jackwdenton.bsky.social
Epistemologist @ NYmag
Writing in NYmag, Pitchfork, Harpers, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Noisey, FADER, Outline, Pacific Standard, Mother Jones, New York Times, etc.
Co-author of 3x3, an occasional music newsletter: https://threexthree.substack.com/
Writing in NYmag, Pitchfork, Harpers, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Noisey, FADER, Outline, Pacific Standard, Mother Jones, New York Times, etc.
Co-author of 3x3, an occasional music newsletter: https://threexthree.substack.com/
I also found a lab willing to test some of our city's notable dishes for sodium content, and with my colleague Alan Sytsma, procured the dishes, and shipped them (cold-packs and everything) to the University of Nebraska
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July 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I also found a lab willing to test some of our city's notable dishes for sodium content, and with my colleague Alan Sytsma, procured the dishes, and shipped them (cold-packs and everything) to the University of Nebraska
bsky.app/profile/nyma...
bsky.app/profile/nyma...
April 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
the real freaks were the people listening to WFMU over the phone. forget AM sound quality, imagine how bad the audio probably sounded
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jacobin.com/2025/04/wfmu...
April 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
the real freaks were the people listening to WFMU over the phone. forget AM sound quality, imagine how bad the audio probably sounded
jacobin.com/2025/04/wfmu...
jacobin.com/2025/04/wfmu...
One thing not based in reality? The Times' commitment to this completely made up definition of "based"
April 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
One thing not based in reality? The Times' commitment to this completely made up definition of "based"
really good wikipedia malapropism
February 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
really good wikipedia malapropism
Beautiful and impressively candid essay on family from @britinacheng.bsky.social in NYmag's My Week in NY newsletter today:
link.nymag.com/view/62056a3...
link.nymag.com/view/62056a3...
February 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Beautiful and impressively candid essay on family from @britinacheng.bsky.social in NYmag's My Week in NY newsletter today:
link.nymag.com/view/62056a3...
link.nymag.com/view/62056a3...
Perhaps Republicans will squander their power by being too cringe
February 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Perhaps Republicans will squander their power by being too cringe
"Join my Polycrisis?"
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Join my Polycrisis?"
Reminded me of this bit from Hua Hsu’s great Nathaniel Mackey profile:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
February 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reminded me of this bit from Hua Hsu’s great Nathaniel Mackey profile:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Really enjoyed this piece, which reminded me of a wonderful Cecil Taylor quote, on being unafraid to embrace his wide-ranging influences: “Everything I’ve lived, I am.”
February 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Really enjoyed this piece, which reminded me of a wonderful Cecil Taylor quote, on being unafraid to embrace his wide-ranging influences: “Everything I’ve lived, I am.”
I return to this 2018 Deadspin post every few months. The [tersely] in particular is perfect
deadspin.com/malcolm-glad...
deadspin.com/malcolm-glad...
February 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I return to this 2018 Deadspin post every few months. The [tersely] in particular is perfect
deadspin.com/malcolm-glad...
deadspin.com/malcolm-glad...
This 2005 essay on Houston by the late, great Susan Alcorn is filled with incredible stuff like this, something out of Denis Johnson
www.counterpunch.org/2005/12/17/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2005/12/17/t...
February 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This 2005 essay on Houston by the late, great Susan Alcorn is filled with incredible stuff like this, something out of Denis Johnson
www.counterpunch.org/2005/12/17/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2005/12/17/t...
97% of @nymagunion.bsky.social members just signed a pledge to walk out of work if we don’t get a fair contract from @voxmedia.bsky.social. If you love @nymag.com and the work we do, sign our solidarity pledge to support us in the event of a walkout: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge
January 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
97% of @nymagunion.bsky.social members just signed a pledge to walk out of work if we don’t get a fair contract from @voxmedia.bsky.social. If you love @nymag.com and the work we do, sign our solidarity pledge to support us in the event of a walkout: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge
This attitude is a recipe for knee-jerk takes and many of the worst aspects of content churn
January 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This attitude is a recipe for knee-jerk takes and many of the worst aspects of content churn
oh yeah...totally...and much like the Romantics, broadly susceptible to fascism
thepointmag.com/politics/las...
thepointmag.com/politics/las...
January 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
oh yeah...totally...and much like the Romantics, broadly susceptible to fascism
thepointmag.com/politics/las...
thepointmag.com/politics/las...
Hang on, we can't just move on from this...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/d...
January 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hang on, we can't just move on from this...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/d...
T.J. Clark stares into the abyss, and punches it in the face: “Not derision but tactics.”
January 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
T.J. Clark stares into the abyss, and punches it in the face: “Not derision but tactics.”
David Lynch, poet of mid-century Philadelphia
January 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
David Lynch, poet of mid-century Philadelphia
The physical descriptions in this piece approach the sublime
scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/comed...
scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/comed...
January 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The physical descriptions in this piece approach the sublime
scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/comed...
scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/comed...
Can’t get over this, from a great James Agee essay on silent film comedians. It’s like a fever dream combined with that one I Think You Should Leave sketch that was memed to death
January 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Can’t get over this, from a great James Agee essay on silent film comedians. It’s like a fever dream combined with that one I Think You Should Leave sketch that was memed to death
I love this description of McCoy Tyner's sound, and was fascinated by the mentioned spiritualist justifications for going fusion
January 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I love this description of McCoy Tyner's sound, and was fascinated by the mentioned spiritualist justifications for going fusion
I noticed an interesting little edit to Tony Tulathimutte's "The Feminist" between the original story published shortly before the pandemic and the version in his recent collection Rejection. The previously clear implication of "pulling on his mask" while entering a restaurant has definitely shifted
January 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I noticed an interesting little edit to Tony Tulathimutte's "The Feminist" between the original story published shortly before the pandemic and the version in his recent collection Rejection. The previously clear implication of "pulling on his mask" while entering a restaurant has definitely shifted
This strange, personal book I’m reviewing? Actually it should be more like the journalistic criticism you can read in any mainstream publication
www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/becc...
www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/becc...
December 11, 2024 at 3:46 PM
This strange, personal book I’m reviewing? Actually it should be more like the journalistic criticism you can read in any mainstream publication
www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/becc...
www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/becc...
the New York Times: "Stop snitchin"
December 10, 2024 at 7:40 PM
the New York Times: "Stop snitchin"