Eric Ducker
The Ringer
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Sudan Archives Is Smashing Through the Predictable
On her new album ‘Natural Brown Prom Queen,’ the L.A. by way of Cincinnati musician continues to redefine her destiny → Read More
How Emo Nights Across the World Became Big Business
The nostalgia themed dance nights are a safe space for 20-somethings and aging scenesters to scream out the lyrics to "Teenagers" and hold each other tight to Dashboard Confessional → Read More
How DMX’s First Tour Helped Usher in a New Era of Hip-hop
The Survival of the Illest Tour came just as X’s popularity exploded. Not only did it capture a young artist on the rise, it also paved the way for massive rap tours that followed. → Read More
The Complete History of the Madness of ‘12 Monkeys’
Twenty-five years ago, Terry Gilliam and the other outsider creators of ‘12 Monkeys’ gave humanity a warning about our pandemic-filled future, whether they meant to or not → Read More
David Fincher, as Explained by the People Who Work With Him
Three decades of collaborators demystify what it’s really like to be on set with one of the most talented, notoriously demanding directors of this generation → Read More
Thank God For Drugs And Drums: El-P Revisits His Solo Debut
Fantastic Damage, released a decade before Run the Jewels even existed, is finally streaming. The rapper-producer says the hold-up wasn't a rights issue, but a fear of looking back. → Read More
The Stuntwoman Who Made the Stuntman of ‘Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood’
To capture the old-school, rough-and-tumble aesthetic of 1960s moviemaking, Quentin Tarantino turned to his longtime collaborator, stuntwoman Zoë Bell, to help bring Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth to life → Read More
Music For Plants Is Real (Even If The Science Isn't)
The bestselling 1970s book The Secret Life of Plants has been effectively debunked — but that hasn't stopped Stevie Wonder, Solange and scores of ambient musicians from chasing its leafy muse. → Read More
How to Quit Your Phone and Change Your Life By
Anxiety about tech dependence—how social media is rewiring brains and worsening lives, or how tech companies are building monopolies and spying on users—is as old as the iPhone itself. A new book by artist and author Jenny Odell suggests a radically simple solution. → Read More
The Frantic, Furious Making of the Late-’90s Cult Movie Classic ‘Go’
How one wild night in L.A. was captured by one wild production, headed up by an unpredictable auteur, a hungry screenwriter, and a cast of about-to-be superstars → Read More
A Chat With Patti Kaplan on Creating Real Sex & Filming Real Bodies
Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times reported that HBO has removed all “late night” programming from its channels and streaming services. That means no more softcore flicks with Strong Sexual Content ratings, no more nudity-filled reality shows like Cathouse, and, most crucially, no more archived episodes of the transformative documentary series Real Sex. → Read More
From ‘Thrashin’’ to ‘Kids’ and Beyond: A History of Skateboarding Movies
Two recent releases—‘Skate Kitchen’ and ‘Minding the Gap’—have ushered in another resurgence in the genre. Fifty years on, the directors, producers, and skaters who made these movies explain how they have evolved. → Read More
A Rational Conversation: Passing Judgment On Music In 2015 With So Sad Today
Longing and the fear of failure dominated 2015 for the writer behind the existentially dark Twitter account So Sad Today. Plus: How to manage multiple Spotify playlists! → Read More
A Rational Conversation: Rembert Browne On Music In 2015, Even During The Hard Times
The writer-at-large for New York magazine discusses the year that saw the rise of Fetty Wap and Young Thug, Snapchat vs. Twitter and Meek Mill vs. Drake. Plus: continuous devastation. → Read More
This Was It: Inside The Whirlwind That Was The NYC Rock Revival
Author Lizzy Goodman talks about living through — and revisiting — the explosive rock scene in New York during the early 21st century to write her oral history, Meet Me In The Bathroom. → Read More
This Was It: Inside The Whirlwind That Was The NYC Rock Revival
Author Lizzy Goodman talks about living through — and revisiting — the explosive rock scene in New York during the early 21st century to write her oral history, Meet Me In The Bathroom. → Read More
Lee ‘Q’ O’Denat: the mogul who created modern blaxploitation with WorldStar
The creator of WorldStarHipHop help take rap into the internet age, and understood better than most the value in all aspects of hip-hop culture → Read More
Low end theories: how Dublab became the world's best online radio station
From modest beginnings 17 years ago, the DIY LA-based station has become a world renowned destination for everything leftfield and left of the dial → Read More
A Rational Conversation: Passing Judgment On Music In 2015 With So Sad Today
Longing and the fear of failure dominated 2015 for the writer behind the existentially dark Twitter account So Sad Today. Plus: How to manage multiple Spotify playlists! → Read More
A Rational Conversation: Rembert Browne On Music In 2015, Even During The Hard Times
The writer-at-large for New York magazine discusses the year that saw the rise of Fetty Wap and Young Thug, Snapchat vs. Twitter and Meek Mill vs. Drake. Plus: continuous devastation. → Read More