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Dead Kennedys in Bossa Nova (and Why It Works)
What happens when Joy Division, Bauhaus, and the Dead Kennedys are rebuilt as quiet café music?
Newsletter
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The Strangest Roundabout I’ve Ever Seen in France
Late-70s disco optimism meets a pastry-themed space roundabout decades later
Table & Foraging
That Patch of Wood Sorrel in the Lawn (Yes, You Can Eat It)
Wood sorrel, the easiest wild plant to recognize—and the one that turns grass into food & has a long French history
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David Bowie in Berlin, in French, in the rain
The same Bowie song, three languages, and the strange way a place can get inside the music.
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How Persian Music Keeps Reappearing in Jazz
An old Iranian melody travels from Tehran to Paris to the algorithm
Newsletter
What Changes When You Leave/Find Home
On adaptation, slow roots, and the invisible work of belonging abroad
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When the Band, Song, and Album All Have the Same Name
The Catchy Hubris of the Triple Titled Band, Song, Album combo
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I’d Be Happy to Be Jackie, O
Jackie O, Human Sexual Response, Boston, 1980
Table & Foraging
The €50 Pâté Incident
The real difference between pâté, terrine, and rillettes — plus why good charcuterie costs what it does (and how to make it yourself for €12).
culture
Lyon, 1850–1910: Doors, Industry, and an Unsettled Republic
Stability, Industry, and Memory in Late 19th-Century Lyon
Table & Foraging
Who Is the Mâchon For Now?
Tripe recipes, traditions and when worker food becomes marketing heritage
culture
Living Between Two Flooding Rivers in Lyon
Flood season in Lyon, signs of recovery, and the sound of early non-Paris French punk