Jason Diamond
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New York, United States
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Cheech Marin Loves Snacks, Noodles & Decriminalizing Cannabis
The actor, comedian, and patron saint of stoners talks about his new line of food, Muncheechos, and watching legalization become more of a reality. → Read More
Why Toasting Is Extra Meaningful This Year
Whatever language you use, whatever you drink, raising a glass this year is a meaningful act. → Read More
Is a Patty Melt a Hamburger or a Sandwich? Either Way, It's the Best
There are buffalo chicken salad people, and there are patty melt people. → Read More
What Is the Philosophy of Elliott Gould? A Guide to Life in 2021
The way Gould lived his life, and presented himself on screen, is a blueprint for surviving—and, possibly, thriving—in 2021. → Read More
Jewface and the Nazi Gaze: Why Amazon's 'Hunters' Fails
There’s a Chappelle Show sketch that I love from the “Greatest Misses” episode. The characters known as the “Playa Haters” go back in time and talk trash to a slave owner before Dave Chappelle’s character pulls out a gun and aims it at the slave master. The sketch cuts away to Chapelle in front of … → Read More
Classic Billfold: My Life as a Magnolia Bakery Cupcake Bouncer
“Sometimes people act like children,” my boss told me the first day she designated me the cupcake bouncer. “So you have to treat them like children.” → Read More
New York Italian Restaurants With a ‘Sopranos’ Connection
Brooklyn favorite Defonte’s, Bamonte’s, and L & B Spumoni Garden all have headshots from the cast of HBO’s hit series ‘The Sopranos’ → Read More
How a Generation of Hardcore Legends All Became Motivational Speakers
John Joseph grew up on the streets of New York City in the 1970s. He survived abuse, homelessness and drug addiction by turning to punk... → Read More
Philip Roth: Novelist’s Brilliance Was to Make America Uncomfortable –
In his novels, Roth often thrived on bad taste – but he opened the public’s prurient mind and shaped the cultural conversation in America → Read More
Philip Roth: Novelist's Brilliance Was to Make America Uncomfortable
In his novels, Roth often thrived on bad taste – but he opened the public’s prurient mind and shaped the cultural conversation in America → Read More
Sean Penn: Why I Had to Write ‘Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff’ –
Actor-turned-author on controversy around #MeToo section, book’s politics: “It isn’t about leadership. It’s about the culture in the country” → Read More
Sean Penn: Why I Had to Write 'Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff'
Actor-turned-author on controversy around #MeToo section, book's politics: "It isn't about leadership. It's about the culture in the country" → Read More
The 19 Best Pizza Places in America for Thin Crust and Deep-dish Lovers
Ever dream of hopping in your car and trying the best pizza in the U.S. We've pulled together 19 of the best pizza places in America for those who like deep dish and thin crust. → Read More
Dining Is a Minefield in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’
In Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, which was nominated for six Oscars this week, food is used as a weapon in a struggle for control. The breakfast table in the film’s early moments is Chekhov’s rifle on the wall. Dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock’s (Daniel Day-Lewis) reaction to morning sweet pastries, borne by his soon-to-be-former muse, offers up a clue in the first minutes that the next two… → Read More
Redefining the Classic Whiskey and Coke
One New York bar is using a forgotten corn whiskey to put a new spin on an old favorite. → Read More
The 50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums
From Blink-182 to the Buzzcocks, we count down the best of punk's most lovable, lovelorn offshoot → Read More
Judging Books By Their Covers
Jason Diamond analyzes his obsession with Vintage Contemporaries paperbacks from the 80s. → Read More
Flashback: Unabomber Publishes His 'Manifesto'
Ted Kaczynski was a madman who killed and maimed innocent people – but did some of his worries for the future come true? → Read More
Flashback: Unabomber Publishes His 'Manifesto'
Ted Kaczynski was a madman who killed and maimed innocent people – but did some of his worries for the future come true? → Read More
Flashback: Unabomber Publishes His ‘Manifesto’ –
Ted Kaczynski was a madman who killed and maimed innocent people – but did some of his worries for the future come true? → Read More