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What’ve we been up to at metromag.co.nz? Wouldn’t you like to know. Alright, alright, here’s a sneak peek: NEW OPENINGS 2020 has kicked off with a spate of new openings around Auckland, and we’ve been there to see them all, from new Italian joint Romulus and Remus in WestLynn, to the addition of cafe Percy out by the airport in Mangere, to the Instagram-favourite the Hyderabad Hotel on the Grey Lynn/ Ponsonby cusp. Check out our first looks and sweet pics in the food section of our website. BEST OF THE BEST Metro’s Top 50s are arguably what we’re most readily known for, but sometimes you just don’t feel like scrolling endlessly through 50 options to figure out what to eat tonight. So, we’ve started putting more curated lists of…

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If you haven’t noticed, Metro loves lists. And we’re known for them — Top 50 Restaurants, Auckland’s Best Schools, Cheap Eats, Top 50 Cafes. But to begin the year, we wanted to celebrate Auckland in a way Metro hasn’t for a few years: by making a list of the people shaping Auckland and making it the city we love, ranking them among their peers, and crowning an Aucklander of the Year. Choosing 100 people from 1.7 million or so (50, we quickly realised, wasn’t going to be enough) and, from them, championing a single person as somehow representing something special about this city was a difficult, some might say impossible, task. But choosing is what we do. Whether it’s the best story to run, or the best restaurant in the…

Got issues with work, love, sex, family, friendships, money or the crushing existential angst of modern life? Each week on metromag.co.nz, our Metro advice columnist answers a reader’s query and solves all their problems. Dear Metro, My downstairs neighbour smokes incessantly and the smoke wafts into my apartment, upsetting me. So far I’ve tried such passive aggressive tactics as sighing loudly, saying “omg, smoking again” while on my balcony, “watering” my plants, ie pouring water on my deck in the hope it trickles down below and gets him, and stomping about loudly in a bid to ruin his life. It hasn’t worked. What else could I do? From, Smoking, Not Our Future Dear Smoking, This is a tricky one because I both hate the smell of ciggies and detest being…

01-What’s riskier, Covid-19, or sneezing in public while Asian? 02-Remember how we were all going to “Give nothing to racism”? 03-“Cruise ships a nightmare of discomfort, claustrophobia and potential infection” - so, no change there, then? 04-Some of us have been self-isolating for years, haven’t we? 05-Was pneumonia a natural consequence of Elton leaving his candle out in the wind? 06-Helping with the drought by nobly forgoing shaving your legs for the rest of the summer? 07-Anyone suggested to Duncan Garner he could do his bit by decreasing the amount of hot air he’s emitting? 08-How long until someone uses one of Air New Zealand’s “Economy Skynests” to join the mile high club?? 09-Will the government ask to use them for emergency housing? 10-Started calling your rumpty old sleepout a…

OBJECTIFYING HISTORY

This elaborate artificial flower arrangement is thought to have been made by sisters Mary Jane and Charlotte Milne, who started a drapery shop in central Auckland in 1867. Milne & Choyce went on to become one of the largest and most successful department stores in 20th century Auckland. Making ornaments by hand was popular among young women in the mid-1800s, using materials like feathers, shells, wool, beads and wax. The flowers and foliage in this arrangement were made by wrapping colourful woollen yarn around wire shapes. AUCKLAND MUSEUM COLLECTION: COL.0737…

OBJECTIFYING HISTORY

MONSTER VALLEY: THE RELAUNCH EVENT— Monster Valley THE LEGEND OF BARON TO’A FILM PREMIERE— Hoyts Sylvia Park…

FESTIVALS AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL 11-29 March This year the Arts Festival have introduced special under-30 tickets which are cheaper than the adult prices (by about 20-30%) for a portion of their shows. Thanks, AAF! Some of our highlights from those events: First Nations and Maori comedy Black Ties, class-war Scottish play Mouthpiece and circus-cabaret Limbo Unhinged. Turn to page 96 for a preview of our other picks. Various locations, aaf.co.nz BEACON FESTIVAL 14 March Friendly Potential host an open-air electronic festival by the water, with sets by Richie Hawtin, Nina Kraviz and Job Jobse among others, plus kai from Bar Celeste and burger pop-up Five Boroughs. Sounds cool. Queens Wharf, beaconfestival.co.nz PASIFIKA FESTIVAL 14-15 March After a cancellation in 2019, the Pasifika Festival is set to return and celebrate the…

PICTURE PERFECT

Bo is a six-month-old cavoodle puppy with an adorable caramel-coloured shagpile coat and big brown eyes. He’s a tiny ball of energy and irresistible Instagram bait. He belongs to 14-year-old Cruz Erdmann, an award-winning photographer who has never taken Bo’s picture. In fact, Erdmann, who was last year named the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year in the contest run by the Natural History Museum in London, claims never to have taken a photo that wasn’t under water — not even a cheeky selfie. Erdmann had no intention of taking photos at all until a couple of years ago when his dad, a marine conservationist and biologist, suggested he have a play around with an old waterproof Canon. He expected the results would be bad and the experience frustrating, but…

PICTURE PERFECT

DRIVE, SHE SAID

On a steep backstreet in Manurewa almost 20 years ago, my heart raced as cars backed up behind me. My left hand shook as it gripped the gear stick, and my foot planted on the brake was almost cramping from fear and stress. I was a learner driver attempting the dreaded hill start. Instead of a smooth take-off, I managed an impressive, though unintended, wheel spin and then bunny-hopped slowly around the corner. But this wasn’t the end of the suffering for me or the drivers I was sharing the road with. I rolled up to a busy roundabout at about 30km/h, with clammy palms and sweat beading on my forehead, screeching to a stop before dutifully looking right and left about 50 times. An angry man behind me honked,…

DRIVE, SHE SAID

SEX IN THE GREY ZONE

Lisa, a 30-year-old writer living in Auckland, recalls a difficult sexual experience that took place when she was 18. “I went home with somebody I met in a bar, and we had pretty average drunk sex,” she says. “Then I woke up in the morning, and he wanted to have sex again.” Lisa (not her real name) remembers giving non-verbal cues that she wasn’t interested — pretending to be asleep while he touched her, rolling away — before telling him expressly that she was hung-over and feeling too sick to have sex. “He said, ‘That’s okay, you can just lie there.’ So then I just let him have sex with me, and left.” Lisa’s experience is as common as it is difficult to talk about: sex that falls in the…

SEX IN THE GREY ZONE

FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT

Nothing drives left-wing nerds wild like a graph that isn’t to scale. Twitter lights up when a television news poll makes it seem as if the Labour-led Government’s lead over the opposition is smaller than it really is. The same thing happened when a National Party bar graph made it appear as if rent rises under Labour were larger than they really were. The misrepresentations were minor, sure, and in the race to the fake-news bottom, Boris Johnson in the UK and Scott Morrison in Australia still hold a commanding lead. But for how long? Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters spent February picking fights with the media, condemning the stories about the New Zealand First Foundation as “fake news” and defending a “dirty politics” hit, initiated by the party he…

FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT

The good news is that people associated with parliament’s biggest party, National, and its most powerful, New Zealand First, are under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Charges have already been laid against the former lot. This is a big change from the past 20 years, when the authorities’ most common response to alleged wrongdoing by the political class was to publicly acknowledge it had happened but declare it “not in the public interest” to do anything about it. The seriousness with which the Electoral Commission, police and SFO have taken the recent scandals involving people associated with National and NZ First suggests the electoral finance regime may now finally be working and, if convicted, the alleged offenders are likely to get jail time. The motives of those using…

They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. I just still don’t know why I chose to take mine in the ladies’ toilets at work. I was, for the first time, attempting to install inside myself a Mooncup: a bendy silicone vessel that is inserted into the vagina to collect menstrual blood. Feeling mounting guilt over my tampons’ monthly contribution to plastic waste, I’d been moved to give it a go by the happy coincidence of a friend’s rave review and an online deal for a two-pack. Though the Mooncup quickly becomes easy to use, I’d been told there is a knack to it that takes a couple of goes to master. But the opportunity to practise came just once a month, and I was…

Aucklander OF THE year!

We’ve chosen 100 Aucklanders leading the way in 220- a tall order in a city of nearly 1.7 million people. You may not like or agree with all our picks -it would be stange if you did -but whether they’re making waves or ruling them, designing clothes or tailoring opinons, killing it on the world stage or battling for justice right here at home, we think you’ll agree each is a force to e reckoned with. KEY THE BELTWAY THE OPINION-SHAPERS THE HIGHBROWS THE TASTE-MAKERS THE DO-GOODERS THE ENTERTAINERS THE FASHIONISTAS THE JOCKS THE MONEY MAKERS & INNOVATORS THE CITY SHAPERS & PROPERTY BARONS The Jocks! 01. ISRAEL ADESANYA He’s an embodiment of many of the things we want Auckland to be in 2020 and beyond. He’s smart, he’s sharp,…

Aucklander OF THE year!

IRON SHARPENS IRON

Towards the end, exhaustion seemed to almost win: the bodies dragged themselves up from the floor as if gravity had tripled in strength. But, in an instant, a new opponent appeared, and the fighters collapsed into tackles, the weight of their shoulders falling into their fresh antagonists’ hips, forcing them to the floor. For 25 minutes — the length of the five-round Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bouts middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and lightweight contender Dan Hooker would soon fight — coach Eugene Bareman marshalled the forces of his gym against his top fighters. Against the black padded wall — darker where his hot sweat was daubed across it — Adesanya wrestled, the grace of his long, liquid limbs searing into the mind like a catchy song. Hooker, slim-hipped, his angular…

IRON SHARPENS IRON

THE FLOATING SUBURB

On a hot Friday afternoon, the queue for the boat to Waiheke stretches back to the Ferry Building. There is one line for tourists and another for locals. They are worlds apart. The backpack-toting tourists are happy, sun-kissed and laughing; the locals — about 10 of them — look glum and bad tempered, as if they have just received bad news from the doctor. Some get aggressive when their barrier isn’t lifted before the tourists’. Waihetians, as they sometimes call themselves, love living on the island (or having a holiday home there) but they sure don’t seem to want to share it. I’m travelling with Joe Billings, a veteran anti-Springbok tour activist. In 2010, he invited me to Waiheke to help lead a revolt against Rodney Hide and his bloody-minded…

THE FLOATING
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TOP 50 BARS 2020

1947 EATERY, ACHO'S, APÉRO, ALIBIBREWERS LOUNGE9, AN-NABELS, AZABU, BAR CÉLESTE, THE BEER SPOT, BROTHERS BEER, CARETAKER, CLAY, CLIP-PER, COCO’S CANTINA, COLEY AND PUNCH, COUNCH, DEAD-SHOT, DEBERTTS KITCHEN, FREI-DA MARGOLIS, FUKUKO, KEY OPEN LATE (PAST 1AM) ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR DATES ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR GROUPS 1947 EATERY 60 Federal St, City The drinks list here is a leather-bound bible, the clasp opening up to a long list of curated cocktails that showcase the passion of the in-house expert, Sahil Patel. Think house-made pepper-and ginger-infused vodka or oolong liquor or even a topping of popcorn foam. Either park up at the bar near the back or lounge in plush, low couches around the room’s moody edges. Some okra fries and curry chips sound like a good idea, too. 605 605 New North Rd,…

TOP 50 BARS 2020

Despite news reports (and trend reports) suggesting a cultural shift towards drinking less, the truth is more complicated. Binge drinking might be downward trending (which is great) but casual drinking — a glass of wine to unwind after work, for example — is on the rise. Our weekly spend on alcohol has remained more or less unchanged in the last five years. We’re innovating; changing the way we drink to be more aligned with contemporary viewpoints and values, which lean more into creating connections rather than partying — think “hard” kombucha, “hard” teas and “hard” cold-brew coffee. Think pretty, Instagram-ready RTD cans, “new-wave” aperitifs, “post-category” spirits (using unconventional techniques), worldlier taste profiles (more spice!), sustainable bottles: “feel-good” alcohol, in more ways than one. About 80% of New Zealanders over 18…

TOP 50 BARS BY SUBURB

CENTRAL CITY 1947 EATERY 60 Federal St BROTHERS BEER City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley St West CARETAKER 38 Roukai Lane, Britomart COLEY & PUNCH Shed 22, 147 Quay Street, waterfront FUKUKO 43 Tyler St, Britomart HI-SO Cnr Customs St & Gore St HOUSE BAR - HOTEL DEBRETT 2 High St HUAMI BAR 87 Federal St JOHN & MAYS Level 1/12 Vulcan Ln LA FUENTE Snickel Ln, 23 Customs St East LE CHEF 13 O’Connell St LITTLE CULPRIT 151 Wydnham St MASU 90 Federal St MEZZE BAR 9 Durham St East MO’S 5 Federal St NEO Level 1/34-40 Queen St TALULAH 52 Tyler St, Britomart SWASHBUCKLERS 238 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven VULTURES’ LANE 10 Vulcan Lane XUXU DUMPLING BAR Cnr Commerce & Galway Sts DEVONPORT TINY TRIUMPHS 5 Clarence St EDEN TERRACE…

MORE THAN SKIN-DEEP

At my grandfather’s funeral, we feasted on 10 whole pigs, roasted on the spit before being expertly chopped up by men whipping knives through the air so fast, you felt sure the tip of a finger must end up on your plate. The generous servings of glistening pork are a must at family gatherings, an affirmation that we’re all together and flourishing and healthy enough to gorge ourselves on a hunk of salty, fatty meat. There’s a lot I love about Filipino crispy pata: the fact that it uses an underappreciated cut, the hock; the crispy skin; the way it’s always shared. I first ate it in winter at Kalye Manila in Panmure. I gnawed on the bone in a porky haze, slowly coming to the realisation of just how…

MORE THAN SKIN-DEEP

82 FOOD NEEDS IMPROVING, SERVICE IS TERRIFIC. A confession. When a colleague suggested I review Ozone — the Taranakivia-London coffee roaster’s newish all-day eatery in Grey Lynn’s Westmoreland Precinct — I didn’t really take them seriously. I just thought it was a cafe that served wood-fired pizza at night. Good for the kids but not a fully-fledged local. Then I had a look at the menu, and saw that they had handmade linguine with tuatua and nduja, and I made a booking on the spot. It was a Friday afternoon and it was a bit empty, though it filled up later — I’m not sure if they’re doing a roaring trade in the evenings, and if they aren’t I hope things improve soon. We took our kids and we sat…

NO GREAT HEIGHTS

68 INCREDIBLE VIEW, DELICIOUS COCKTAILS, DISAPPOINTING FOOD. They say the better the view, the worse the food. And The Sugar Club, the fine dining restaurant at the top of the Sky Tower, has one hell of a view. On my first visit, I spent half of my two-and-a-bit hours there with knee-shaking vertigo. I kept my eyes settled off into the distance, as if in a plane, avoiding eye-contact with the streets below. A year later, I was drawn back by the a plant-based, low-carbon set menu, a display of confidence worth rewarding with a visit, an open mind, and a steady knee. At lunch, the shiitake mushroom was soft and squishy, tasting like an enjoyable-but pedestrian pie filling shaped like a tartare. This was followed, oddly, by another tartare,…

NO GREAT HEIGHTS

BEST IN TOWN? MAIS, NON

66 FORGETTABLE FRENCH FOOD, WEIRD VIBES. GREAT WINE, THOUGH. Le Bistro des Gourmets is the best restaurant in Auckland. At least, that’s according to TripAdvisor, where, at the time of writing, it’s at #1 after a comparatively small amount of reviews (87; The Grove, number 4, has 1,666). Overseas, I often plug into TripAdvisor to help make impossible dining decisions, and so I was intrigued. How did a Parnell restaurant I had scarcely heard of climb all the way to the top, and is the TripAdvisor ranking an accurate reflection of the Auckland food scene as we actual Aucklanders experience it? The restaurant is weird. You walk up narrow stairs to a vacant entry room that has a Getty image of a vineyard on a false door. “Where do I…

BEST IN TOWN? MAIS, NON

A taste of Italy

Prolific coffee consumption is part of Italy’s DNA. From that first morning cappuccino in a stand up bar, through to the last espresso of the evening with friends around the dinner table, it’s an essential part of Italian life; every bit as important as going to church, eating excellent food, drinking good wine and spending time laughing – and fighting – with your family. And like everything that passes anyone’s lips in Italy, geography plays a huge role. Every region has a different flavour, style and intensity of coffee; a different length and temperature for roasting beans and different notes that make it unique to that particular area. Don’t expect a blend from Rome to taste the same as a blend from Milan, nor a person from either of those…

A taste of Italy

METRO’S 20 FAVOURITE BEERS

Ten years ago – hell, even five years ago – Auckland was a bit embarrassing on the beer front. In Wellington, you could barely move for hoppy IPAs, rich stouts and tongue-tingling sours, but in Auckland, the odd craft-beer bar aside, a Peroni on tap was about as good as it got. These days you can fill up a growler at Liquorland, get a ParrotDog Bitterbitch at Prego and buy a six-pack of Liberty’s Yakima Monster at Countdown. Auckland even has its own “beer mile”, running from the top of Symonds St down New North Rd to Morningside, with eight or so breweries or beer-dedicated bars to stop in at. It’s not just Auckland. We are living, my friends, in a golden age of beer. There’s never been a better…

METRO’S 20 FAVOURITE BEERS

It’s a hard road finding the perfect leather jacket, especially secondhand. I could go and get one from Stolen Girlfriends Club that would be amazing and really well fitted but I still do like the thrill of trying to find something from an op shop. I’m always on the lookout for the perfect leather jacket and I thought this one (main photo) was a bit of a find. It’s a little weird and everyone was saying to me “it’s too small and too boxy”, but I like it. My boyfriend Sid has a lot of leather jackets because of his motorcycle obsession and I borrow some of his, which just makes me look like the Michelin Man. I got my one from The Cross Street Market. Buying vintage has always…

Fiji for thought

Located in one of Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands, Likuliku Lagoon Resort has perfected the art of simplicity and escapism by marrying traditional culture with modern ease. The wilderness island retreat at the foot of vibrant green slopes is Fiji’s exclusive resort for authentic over-water bures, surrounded by pristine Pacific Ocean, a protected marine sanctuary, and scores of subtly luxurious appointments. Guests partial to local seafood, tropical fruits and diverse cuisine inspired by the cultures in the region will find executive chef Ryan Ward’s simplistic approach to Fijian fare refreshing (think chargrilled reef octopus married with green papaya, snake bean, chili, mint, and coriander; or local mud crab with a macadamia ajo blanco, cucumber and watercress). Any visit to Likuliku is incomplete without a moment to appreciate the rediscovery of the once…

Fiji for thought

7AM-Join Kokomo’s local network of small-scale fisherman out on the glistening morning ocean to reel in the day’s feast. 10AM-Dive into a late morning of snorkeling at Six Senses Fiji, checking and transplanting nursery coral, and recording the size and location of marine life. 1PM-Fuel up on simple pleasures such as fresh homemade samosas and iconic goat pie created by official culinary ambassador for Fiji, chef Winston Fong at the Malamala Beach Club. 5PM-Retreat back to Likuliku Lagoon Resort for a cocktail or two. 7PM-Watch your freshly line-caught dogtooth tuna transform into mouth-watering sashimi, garnished with micro herbs and citrus from Kokomo’s on-island farm. 9PM-As night falls, sneak a peak at the endangered Malolo Crested Iguana resting in the forest.…

NORTH OF THE BORDER

The flatbed just clipped us. A peck on the nose. Not enough to spin us or flip us, but enough to send our tuk-tuk driver into a fury. He pulled up to the truck at the next traffic lights, slapped the driver’s door, and started screaming in Urdu. The driver just smirked. Of course the driving in South Asia is everything you expect — frenzied — except maybe a little worse. Vehicles straddle multiple lanes for no obvious reason. Stop signs and red lights generally serve only a decorative function, and many drivers treat their horns as crude echo-location systems. Once, our car was pulled over and our driver fined for doing 89km/h in a 50km/h zone. Our man laughed, back-slapped the policeman, paid the fine in cash, and accelerated…

NORTH OF THE BORDER

The first thing Joel Bray would like you to know about his deeply intimate play about the alienating experience of racism in Australia is that it’s actually “a bit of a romp”. The overarching themes — heartbreak, racism, and lack of belonging — belie the lightness of Biladurang, a hit in last year’s Sydney Festival, which will be performed to groups of about 20 people at a time over two weeks during the Auckland Arts Festival. Bray, a light-skinned Aboriginal man who grew up queer in a Pentecostal Christian community, will perform the play for the 100th time while in Auckland. He’s yet to even remotely tire of it, saying he loves working with such small audiences: he can see the way people quirk their brows or purse their lips…

You don’t quite know where to look. Two pairs of dancing fingers dressed in thimbles tap across the crystal floor in a Fred-and-Ginger-style number, while camera operators and lights do their own strange dance around them. The cameras act as your binoculars, projecting the scene onto a big screen where live special effects are added and a droll voiceover accompanies us as, one by one, we’re guided through seven absurd deaths. Before all this, film-maker Jaco Van Dormael (Mr Nobody, The Brand New Testament) and partner and choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey asked themselves if they could do something different: work in which cinema does not do a disservice to choreography, or vice versa (Van Dormael reckons dance is one of the hardest things to film). In 2011, they found…

THE HUMAN FACTOR

Those who have seen Wellington musician Estère Dalton perform may be surprised to learn the “powerhouse band” billed to appear on stage with her for Into the Belly of Capricorn will be composed of human beings. It’s a change for Dalton, who during her solo career has mainly been accompanied on stage by some combination of her “machine band”: Lola, a sampler, Korgy, a synthesiser, and Toto, a three-headed drum kit. But then, a lot of things are different with this show. Known for her “electric blue witch-hop”, Dalton has both been likened to and opened for Erykah Badu. She has a honeyed voice, usually accompanied by heavy basslines and hooks. That soulful energy will still be part of Capricorn, but audiences can also expect to hear a heavy folk…

THE HUMAN FACTOR

BRINGING ART TO THE WORLD

The art world loves to hate an art fair. From the VIP parties, to the admission prices, to the outright commercialisation of art — it is really the perfect balance of things to get under the skin of an arts worker on a moral high horse (and we love our moral high horses). And yet, in the case of Auckland Art Fair, most galleries in the city either directly or indirectly programme events and exhibitions for the fair’s audience. So rather than leaning into a classic Kiwi pastime of disliking art (especially in relation to money), perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate what economic, cultural and social value the Auckland Art Fair actually has for the city of Auckland? And what is it about the fair that draws in our local…

BRINGING ART TO THE WORLD

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Quinn Cox and Stella Starsky have not read The Luminaries. They confess to this with the same faint air of apology as many did after it won the Man Booker Prize in 2013. “Is it really 848 pages?” asks Cox. He and Starsky, New Yorkers partnered in love and work, are not alone in having balked at Eleanor Catton’s novel — but they may be in also appearing in its acknowledgements. Starsky and Cox are celebrity astrologers to the stars, credited with having taken the field from “new age” to “now age” with their racy 2003 bestseller Sextrology. Known to some as “the Red Bible”, it caused a sensation on publication for its highly specific and sexually explicit assessments of all 12 star signs, split into men and women. A…

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

There’s nothing like reading about other people’s problems. It puts things, if not in perspective, at least in a wider context of futility. Perhaps it’s a lazy categorisation to say everything I’ve been reading lately has heavy ‘mental health awareness week’ overtones to it — after all, you could say that about 75% of literature and nobody’s going after Anna Karenina with the DSM-5. But the beginning of 2020 has brought an influx of amazing books that explore mental health issues with great insight and humour. February brings two brilliant debut titles from Victoria University Press — 2000ft Above Worry Level by Eamonn Marra and Head Girl by Freya Daly Sadgrove. Sadgrove’s poetry is staggeringly good — not only is she one of the funniest people alive, but she has…

TICK, TICK, BOOM

Late last year, Auckland musician Benee (real name Stella Bennett) went viral. A simply choreographed dance to her song “Glitter” became a meme on TikTok, a video-sharing app that lets its 500 million monthly users shoot and post videos with their phones, adding visual and audio effects, including music from artists big and small. The content on the app is diverse — short comedy skits, instructional cooking videos, cats, political rants — but the videos that have come to define the app are easily replicated dances to 15-second snippets of pop songs. TikTok allows users access to a massive library of officially licensed songs for their videos (Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music all currently license their catalogues) or users can upload their own audio to the app’s sound…

TICK,
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BOOM

PISCES FEB 19 ‒ MAR 20 Remember the David Foster Wallace keynote address “Fishtown 101” (alternative title: “This Is Water”)? It’s an evocative and beautiful reminder about the importance of retaining empathy and awareness during difficult times. It’s also a bit rich, coming from someone who threw tables at women whenever his feelings got hurt. DFW may have been a sensitive Pisces, but that didn’t stop him from using his vulnerability as a weapon. 2020 is a great time to cast aside that bandanna, figure out what cruelties are disguised as kindnesses, and what forms of control are masquerading as freedom. Ask yourself: is this water, or is it fish piss and microbeads? ARIES MAR 21 ‒ APR 19 Famous Aries Hans Christian Andersen once visited Charles Dickens and overstayed…

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