A journal of arts and culture. Posts by editor-in-chief @Ethan_Warren_

NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT: Broad Sound Vol. 2 - Part One Including work by @christiandcraig @JustinH94 @MJHalberstadt @tashajagger_ @PerceptiveHow @sugarbombstim @Danimals1196 @typewritersarah @RoninonEmpty @CarmenChloie @BCWallin & @dodgyboffin amazon.com/gp/product/B0DB83…
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Dear #indiemusicians and #indiebands - Broad Sound is launching a monthly spotlight on new songs featuring write-ups and accompanying playlists of under-heard tracks we love. We hope you consider submitting a song! Submission link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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New today on the site: “@jimmycthatsme’s Thunder Road (2018) is not a comedy, or at least not quite. In fact, one of the small miracles of the film is that even as we are laughing with it, we find ourselves sincerely moved by its depth of feeling.” broadsoundmag.com/2025/06/23…
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Tomorrow on the site: Adam Bonfanti on @jimmycthatsme’s Thunder Road (2018) (art by Lydia Silver)
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CALL FOR PITCHES Calling all #springsteen fans: the next Broad Sound Spotlight will be "Experiments in Thunder Road", and we're seeking thoughtful, creative writing that engages with a masterpiece of song. Fee: $100. Deadline: May 2. Details: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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The Broad Sound podcast is back in business with a new episode featuring @JustinH94 reading his essay on parkour! Get it wherever you get your podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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It’s time for another episode of the Broad Sound podcast! This time, Celeste Amidon reads her essay A Place Where Blind Men See, concerning Creed’s viral 2001 halftime show. Enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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you could teach an entire class on Creed’s Super Bowl performance. Cowboys cheerleaders, aerialists, dancers, Black gospel choir, schoolchildren, white doves, fireworks, it’s an astoundingly rich text on post-9/11 American society/iconography
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For the evening crowd: I wrote an essay looking at what architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and muralist Richard Haas and occasional painter Wile E. Coyote and michelangelo Michelangelo can teach us about art and why we make it. And now you can hear me read it here:
It’s a NEW EPISODE of the Broad Sound podcast! Hear @BCWallin read his essay Aspired Cathedrals at Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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LISTEN: You can hear me reading my essay on architecture, art, and why we create
It’s a NEW EPISODE of the Broad Sound podcast! Hear @BCWallin read his essay Aspired Cathedrals at Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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It’s a NEW EPISODE of the Broad Sound podcast! Hear @BCWallin read his essay Aspired Cathedrals at Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Look at this beauty!
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Next we have @JustinH94 on his passion for parkour
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We have @CarmenChloie on the coincidental cultural overlap of Verdi and Orson Welles' parallel Shakespeare adaptations
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For my second piece with @BroadSoundMag, I wrote an essay called “Aspired Cathedrals,” about art, architecture, and the trouble with going to war against Napoleon. In case you want a sense of the vibes, here’s a moodboard:
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