Signs of an impending middle age, part x
If the regularly scheduled hesari supplements are any kind of indication, I’ve moved beyond the limits of a young urban go-getter to the staid life of gently sipped single malts and roaring fireplaces.
Indeed. Just noted that the weekly nyt-supplement has gone downhill so bad, that there really isn’t much to interest any more. Apart from the comic strip by Jukka Tilsa, that is. The movie reviews are decent, but the music reviews oftentimes turn out nothing more than the praises of the author’s wide and far-reaching tastes. The lead articles have turned out to be badly imitating City (but are missing its arrogance and occasional bite) or just plain boring (like this week’s expose on a completely unknown race car driver).
The monthly supplement, on the other hand, believes in long and researched articles as opposed to an elusive soundbite, and that pays off. Not all the content is interesting, obviously, but at least one or two long articles make it every month. And the time spent on them (and the food pages) far outstrips that on nyt. Even if the latter would have a thought-provoking column on the last page for a change.
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