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Yesterday, I made my Pitchfork debut writing about one of my biggest passions in life: BRITPOP. Please read :-)

Britpop Is Dead: Why Blur's "Comeback" Isn't One

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here's a short interview w/ me from HRDCVR.

We welcome Kristen Yoonsoo Kim to HRDCVR as Content Fellow!

site: kristenyoonsoo.tumblr.com | tweets: @kristenyoonsoo | born: Daejeon, South Korea | live: Brooklyn, NY | school: New York University

  Why HRDCVR?

  HRDCVR walked into my life at the perfect time. When I joined in mid-October, I was on the editorial team at Myspace and going through a lot of changes at work (I had just lost my boss, who is now fellow HRDCVR team member, Benjamin Meadows-Ingram—hi Ben!). I missed having Ben as an editor and mentor, but more than that, I felt like I wasn’t being challenged enough at my job. Don’t get me wrong: Myspace has been one of the best experiences of my life, and I’ve probably learned more there than anywhere else. But I just came to a point where I was like, ‘What next?’ HRDCVR was that what next for me. This stuff is really challenging at times—mostly because we’re all figuring out new things on our own—but I love working with such a supportive staff of people who are all so smart and passionate.

  How would you define HRDCVR?

  Quite literally it’s a hardcover magazine, but it means so much more: It’s a time capsule, a yearbook, a conversation, and a diverse collection of different voices and stories.

  You’ve worked at Myspace, Vice, Sad Girls Guide, which are almost all exclusively on the Internet. Why make the jump to print with something like HRDCVR?

  I’ve always been in love with print. I like reading physical books and magazines (sorry, no Kindle switchover for me in the near future). As cheesy as it sounds, print is sexy. But I think more than ‘I want to work in print’ (which I do!), it was more about the actual content. I come from a music writer background, so I was interested in doing different forms of storytelling that I’ve never done before.

  What is that print can offer audiences better than Internet and vice versa?

  Print offers tangibility, intimacy, and a certain essence, or presence, that doesn’t hold with the Internet. The Internet, on the other hand, gives a platform for more voices and makes sharing a lot easier. 

  If you had one goal at HRDCVR, what would it be?

  To make something that I’m proud of and would want to keep forever.

  Describe your creative style.

  Getting stuff done between sporadic dance breaks!

  Big lesson you’ve learned working in journalism/writing?

  The importance of ledes.

  Book or podcast you’re reading or listening to right now?

  Just read Something Wicked This Way Comes (by Ray Bradbury) while slowly but surely getting through Moby Dick.

  Any advice for young journalists/writers starting out?

  I still consider myself a young writer starting out, actually. So from young writer to young writer, I’d say that it helped me a lot to just email or ask out other journalists for coffee, hear their story, and heed any advice. Some things I’ve learned: Carve yourself a beat, but show others you’re capable of doing a lot of things. The other thing is to never waste a good opportunity—if you’re interning at a publication, get your byline out! Do extra work outside of your hours. Get noticed.   

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Potent minimalist art sends a strong message about police and vigilante brutality in America

Journalist and artist Shirin Barghi has created a gripping, thought-provoking series of graphics that not only examines racial prejudice in today’s America, but also captures the sense of humanity that often gets lost in news coverage. Titled “Last Words,” the graphics illustrate the last recorded words by Brown and other young black people — Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant and others — who have been killed by police and vigilantes in recent years.

Let us not forget their voices

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HRD AT WORK! check out http://www.hrdcvr.com/ for more on what we've been working on...

At the #HRDCVR HQ.

@elliottwilson @kristenyoonsoo im-an via @thesmithian

#HRDwork

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SHAMIR, YVETTE, MISTER SMALL @ BABY'S ALL RIGHT 11/20

this is us on the regular so you know

(HOT MESS)

beer model matty

beer model jared

man of the hour

MISTER SMALL

YVETTE - Noah raising the roof

work it

And then just a series of Adam photobombs/breaking up the party...

SHAMIR - possessed by the music gods

Chase the moody bb

---PHONE PIX---

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PHOTOS FROM THE BIRTHDAY PARTY 11/15

JARED, ADAM and I celebrated our collective 89th birthday at HAPPYFUN HIDEAWAY in bushwick on saturday night. there was pie, dancing, a girl with a ween tattoo... anyway, here are some pics!!!

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what

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BEST MYSPACE MESSAGES

I deleted my Myspace account today but these messages I'll keep forever.

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getting ready pics from bowieball a couple weeks ago

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LOOK AT THIS AMAZING ILLUSTRATION OF TAYLOR SWIFT.

Comparing Taylor Swift's '1989' to World Events + Pop Culture From 1989

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Freddy Kreuger wearing Junya Watanabe

Hannibal Lecter wearing Walter Van Beirendonck

+ more villains x high fashion crossovers

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ok ok ok so i'm back on this thing. imagine i just posted the gif set of the 'surprise bitch' meme.

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STAFF PICKS: The Best Music Videos of 2013

See which ones caught my eye!

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I TOO BROKE DOWN MY TOP 10 ALBUMS AND SONGS OF 2013.

Along with some members from our edit staff, I broke down my top 10 albums and songs of 2013. Yeezus ahead.

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ate vegan food with ELLIPHANT before she jetted off to L.A. to record her new album with Dr. Luke.

READ ABOUT IT HERE

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THIS LAST FRAME BEING MY LITERAL FAVE THING EVER

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100 BEST DEEP CUTS OF 2013

wrote about some favorite non-single tracks with 50 other amazing writers, all w/ very diverse tastes. it was super fun! (mine: "hannah hunt" by vampire weekend, "we sink" by chvrches and "white teeth teens" by lorde)