Raphael Helfand
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contributing editor @thefader: [email protected] | writer/reporter/editor/producer for hire: [email protected] | blogger @strava
Brooklyn, NY
Joined May 2018
I realize I’m a bit late on the obligatory EOY self-promo thread, but since I’m freelancing again, here are some pieces I’m proud of from last year and the month of January 2k25 (there are quite a few!).
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Fuck.
I’m not some brash, bro-y caricature. I’m nuanced. I’ve read Roberto Bolaño and I canvassed for Zohran. Anyways do you mind if we split the tab?.
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Brown is the opposite of pink, which is why Fs can’t see yellow in ochre and Ps can’t imagine dropping brown while cream soars. That’s the real playbook of this administration.
There’s no Red or Blue in Green or Gold. Too many D’s can’t see yellow, and too many R’s can’t imagine green dropping while yellow soars. That’s the real playbook of this administration —don’t let party colors blind you to the economic game.
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RT @AbbyMartin: “It’s like a video game. And it’s even kind of cool.” More bloodcurdling testimony from Israeli soldiers, bragging with imp….
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Israeli soldiers tell +972 they deliberately target Palestinian civilians with drone strikes so others will ‘learn’ not to return.
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interviewed @kattique (again) about the live version of Room For The Moon, one of my favorite albums so far this decade. RFTM Live captures the ONLY time she got to perform the album with a full band, and it is w/o exaggeration one of the best live albums i've ever heard
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The unthinkable has happened: I now have more followers on IG than I have on X, the everything app. Well played Mr. Zuckerberg (and shame on you Mr. Musk).
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RT @perlucidum: spent the past few months chasing Che across the country — LA, NYC, Chicago — for @thefader as he records his new album RES….
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Atlanta rapper Che's strain of aggressive underground rap music has built him a cult fanbase. Read our profile of the rapper as he works on his album 'REST IN BASS.'
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RT @ocksportello: for LARB quarterly I wrote about the hot boys, BG, and the new world of rap music not after trial
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Jack Lubin considers state censorship and New Orleans rapper B.G.’s album “Freedom of Speech,” in a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”
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RT @perlucidum: sicko mobb, skinny jeans, swag like hannah montana — interviewed the Fiesta Boy himself @lil2posh for @thefader 💚 https://t….
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RT @ariellenyc: hosting a fundraiser for journalists in palestine reporting on the genocide with @andrejgee + @timmhotep . thurs, july 3 @….
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By the way you’re banned from all these shows if you don’t vote Zohran 1 and leave Cuomo off your ballad. Even the honorable mentions.
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interviewed the one and only @JamesMassiah (aka DJ Escrow) about his new album Bounty Law, one of my favorites of the year so far.
thefader.com
James Massiah chats about his new album 'Bounty Law,' self-imposed limitations, and working with Dean Blunt in this week's Apollo Frequencies.
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RT @cadysiregar: profiled the best band going right now Hotline TNT ❤️🔥 really proud of this one!
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On Hotline TNT's new album Raspberry Moon, the N.Y.C. rock band create the perfect blend of power-pop and shoegaze for when you're both in and out of love.
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Just saw a white guy at Myrtle/broadway in a shirt that said melanin w/ a bunch of color strips of skin tones under it.
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picks are kinda mid (blaketheman cleary only in there bc track title, how is right above it the wayne your fav wayne track, jadakiss cool tho obviously) but he's still my goat. 1000 clout points to @waldenmgreen.
as all the coolest nyc media people are doing nowadays, i spoke with (the newly AOC-endorsed) @ZohranKMamdani for @pitchfork . link below
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RT @IsaacDovere: Last week, Cuomo held a big rally with top unions to talk about raising the minimum wage to $20. Afterward I asked some….
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