Archive - Everything Is Broken

Cultural Diary, 7.10.25

Pam Tanowitz at Bard; Alison Larkin's tragicomedy; Nicola Walker's legal/family drama, and more....

Jul 10 •

June 2025

Top 10: June 30, 1973

Three years after their split, the Beatles still weighed heavy on the pop charts

Jun 27 •

Revisiting the Sad Genius of Brian Wilson

'Pet Sounds’ was a symphonic rock rendering of a nervous breakdown

Jun 12 •

May 2025

Mamet, Shepard, Bogosian

A month of play-going in New York City affirms the enduring power of this trio of late-20th century American playwrights

May 17 •

April 2025

Top 10: April 24, 1965

By spring 1965, the British Invasion was in full effect, with seven of the Top 10 songs in the U.S. by British artists, including the Kinks, Herman's…

Apr 24 •

Top 10: April 11, 1970

At the turn of the decade, just as they were breaking up, the Beatles still ruled the pop charts, with the Jackson 5, Badfinger, and Simon & Garfunkel…

Apr 10 •

March 2025

The absurdity of becoming a senior citizen

Mar 29 •

February 2025

George Harrison’s very first song for the Beatles was an introvert’s manifesto

Feb 25 •

Interruptions Are the Stuff of Life

Rather than fighting distractions, learn to embrace them

Feb 21 •

January 2025

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