This week, nostalgia hit me like a semitruck — kind of like that hazy dusk a few days ago (What was that?). Anyway, to alleviate this melancholic mood, I'm going with a throwback theme for this edition.I’ve rounded up a few stories that channel that feeling in unexpected ways — nostalgia for experimental music, forgotten pastimes, family rituals and a classic terwi2a. Grab a granny-square blanket and curl up for a scroll down memory lane. 🍳 Last week's BiB Lynchian excursion, Lebanon's last tarboosh maker and a drag queen's tell-all Soap Kills alumna Yasmine Hamdan begins new eraAn icon of the Lebanese underground music scene since the late ‘90s, the singer is renowned for blending electronic beats with Arabic tarab/folk textures to create a distinctive, hypnotic pop sound. Read L’Orient-Le Jour’s interview with Hamdan, where...
This week, nostalgia hit me like a semitruck — kind of like that hazy dusk a few days ago (What was that?). Anyway, to alleviate this melancholic mood, I'm going with a throwback theme for this edition.I’ve rounded up a few stories that channel that feeling in unexpected ways — nostalgia for experimental music, forgotten pastimes, family rituals and a classic terwi2a. Grab a granny-square blanket and curl up for a scroll down memory lane. 🍳 Last week's BiB Lynchian excursion, Lebanon's last tarboosh maker and a drag queen's tell-all Soap Kills alumna Yasmine Hamdan begins new eraAn icon of the Lebanese underground music scene since the late ‘90s, the singer is renowned for blending electronic beats with Arabic tarab/folk textures to create a distinctive, hypnotic pop sound. Read L’Orient-Le Jour’s interview with...
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