Thurston Moore, who has a memoir, "Sonic Life," and is completing a novel, "Parsnip & Boomerang," visits the Strand and discusses the band's bookish leanings.
After President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered martial law, the legislature voted to impeach him. But it could take months to remove him from office, and uncertainties remain.
The scramble is on to define the future of Syria, quickly, to avert a war even more divisive than the conflict that has riven the nation for thirteen years.
The year's breakthrough music moments included a Taylor Swift comeback, an unexpected Internet-rap collab, and an absurdist sample of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."