These Things Happened
• Spoiler alert: This “Lives” column is composed entirely of the last lines of New York Times Magazines “Lives” columns from 2010
• Consider this: Here is a list of songs from David Bowie’s “Berlin trilogy” ranked in order of plausible thematic interpretation
• Road rules: You’ll want to follow this advice on how to behave at Jeff Mangum’s ATP set
• Watch and learn: Here are the things you figure out when you watch TV for money
• Learn and share: A visit to the Modern Language Association convention results in an intriguing proposal
• Learn and sing: It’s the best songs about New York without “New York” in the title
• Don’t look back: American race relations 137 years ago… and today
• Don’t look down: You have questions about heaven, right?
• Don’t look away: Here’s how they’re trying to take your rights away now
Photo by David Berkowitz, from Flickr.