Articles from September, 2009

The Twelfth Man in Indiana

Darryl Campbell expresses his undying affection for the Seattle Seahawks, a love that’s as passionate as it is tantalizing.

Staying Human: An Interview with Phoenix

Tim Lehman talks with Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars about the band’s most recent album, being French, and dancing to Michael Jackson.

The Rambling American: A Lost Generation in Berlin

Locke McKenzie confronts the idyllic concept of the “starving artist.”

Australia: Hello From the Kimbo

Bowman Leigh spends two and a half weeks in Kimberly, one of the few places on Earth that remains untouched by modern development.

Turn It into Music: An Interview with Robert Ashley

Nick Martens chats up Robert Ashley, creator of A Life Well Wasted, the web’s best audio programming about videogame players and culture.

Keywords: House and Home

Remember that scene in Garden State when Zach Braff and Natalie Portman talk about how “home is no longer home”? This article is nothing like that. Darryl Campbell rethinks the concept of home.

The Inconvenience Threshold

Jordan Barber introduces his concept of the inconvenience threshold, the point at which a person is so annoyed that it actually impels him/her to do something about it.

The Life Pursuit: An Interview with Maira Kalman

Kevin Nguyen speaks with author and illustrator Maira Kalman about her New York Times column, artwork for The Elements of Style (Illustrated), and “how to live and how to die.”

The Rambling American: Shiver Me Timbers, We’re Pirates!

Locke McKenzie examines the legitimacy of modern piracy — both on the high seas and on the internet.

Staff List: The Best Songs of the Decade

Not to be outdone by Pitchfork’s Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s, the Bureau Staff presents the Best 10,000 Songs of the Decade.