Adrian Younge and ALA.NI bring the soul, Matthew Shipp and William Parker join the shoppin’ list, and Mike Ladd brings more heat. In between: economic surveys, Trump’s priorities, and a question for Justin Blinder’s Ground Truth—can Citi Bike art make the rent crisis feel real?
Read More Tano — Oct 31, 2026What do displaced families get when their neighborhood becomes a cultural tribute? This week’s Tano takes on Lincoln Center’s San Juan Hill festival, Bo’s Bagels in Harlem, and McKinsey’s AI interview pilot—with a Halloween movie gripe up front and DAMOYEE on repeat.
Read More Tano — Oct 24, 2026Five thoughts on Black sci-fi streaming, the U.S.–Russia diesel deal, AI’s Manhattan office leases, a looming jobs gap in developing countries, and June McDoom’s Follow the Light. Plus Dinah Washington’s “Drinking Again,” is the song currently stuck in my head.
Read More Tano — Oct 17, 2026How did Cuban migrants go from a privileged Cold War welcome to third-country deportations? Three movements trace the policy changes, electoral politics, and fine print of American belonging.
Read More Exceptional to Demoted to Deported — A Cuban Tragedy in Three MovementsFive thoughts about Grammy hopes, Iran, workers seeking change at the Obama Foundation, clingy businesses, and School Days at 50. one. never been a big grammy fan buti’d rawk with members ofextreme and living colour any daymilitia vox and corey glover coverbryan adams and tina turner’s“it’s only love”with nuno bettencourt and vernon reidholdin’ it down […]
Read More Tano — Oct 10, 2026Tano, October 3, 2026: Adult DVD’s debut, Jamilah Lemieux’s post, Cornell allegations, fading American habits, and Once Upon a Time in Harlem.
Read More Tano — October 3, 2026Five thoughts about historic art, modern wartime performance art, real estate, and an unsung star. one. experiment in starting a fight today12th–18th century ife and benin sculpturesset for nigerian ownershipand a renewable 25-year loan to the metindigenous art justice remixed or sumpn else? two. speakin’ of i dunnonyc acted like a private landlordchashama’s losing half […]
Read More Tano — Sep 27, 2026five quick takes on music, politics, and ai — plus a song stuck in my head. one. interpol’s this mirror weighs a ton ain’t hittin’ like 2002they just sound like any other decent alternative band nowno shade two. lauren boebert denies the staff-affair allegationsher anti-lgbtqia record ain’t a rumorfamily values sho’ stay busyminding eybody else’s […]
Read More Tano — Sep 20, 2026The United States is producing record amounts of oil. So why can a war thousands of miles away still make Americans pay more for gasoline? Fair question — especially since Team Trump’s had this oil-independence flex on loop for a while. There are three really simple answers. Here’s the simplest one: oil independence doesn’t mean […]
Read More Trump Says America Produces the Most Oil. So Why Are Gas Prices Still Too Damn High?Another example of a perfect song. The algorithm deities just gifted me with MOIPEI singing an a cappella version of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence”. More than 60 years later, you can do damn-near anything to this song, and it continues to live well. With or without instruments, sped up or slowed down, […]
Read More A Perfect Song: MOIPEI Sings “The Sound of Silence”