Robots, abortions, tightropes, Sean Penn, and disappearing pencils—a great year in film. Kevin Nguyen discusses his favorite movies of 2008.
Tired of hearing about No Age and Bon Iver? Kevin Nguyen and Nick Martens ask music bloggers from around the country for their top local picks.
The Bureau Staff makes like John Cusack in High Fidelity and lists their ten favorite albums of the year.
The Bureau Staff picks the year’s most notable individuals.
Kevin Nguyen recognizes the growing trend of blog-to-book deals, hoping that publishers pursue more sites like BLDGBLOG and fewer sites like I Can Has Cheezburger.
Facebook means friends forever. When it comes to friend requests, David Tveite makes it very clear when you should just say no.
In an era when the iPod has encouraged us to download as many albums as possible, Tim Lehman confronts 34 gigabytes of music he has never listened to.
Unable to speak Polish in a room full of Poles, Locke McKenzie finds a three-year-old friend.
Subscribing to a site’s RSS feed is the most efficient way to keep up with new posts, but Brandon Lueken explains why it’s not the best way to read the web.
While the deadlocked senatorial race in Minnesota between Al Franken and Norm Coleman may seem like a battle between good and evil, David Tveite justifies his vote for third-party candidate Dean Barkley.
Japanese culture evokes a lot of stereotypes, and no one is more excited to experience them than Daniel Adler. But after his tour of the country’s major cities, he comes to understand the complexity of Japan’s identity.
Brandon Lueken defends his offensive love of pop music against the legions of his peers, who tell him he should know better.
After a devastating breakup, Eric Smith does the only sensible thing: he buys a full set of armor inspired by Halo.
In her final entry, Whitney Carpenter packs her life (and other knickknacks) into a U-Haul.
There’s poetry in everything, including the user comments of NYTimes.com’s most popular blogs. Darryl Campbell investigates the web’s unlikely poetry community.
The Bygone Bureau is an online magazine that publishes articles on culture and travel three times a week.
Nick Martens & Kevin Nguyen
Darryl Campbell
Hallie Bateman
Whitney Carpenter, Jonathan Gourlay, Jeff Merrion & Alice Stanley
Jordan Barber, Caitlin Boersma & Locke McKenzie
Sleepover, San Francisco