Travel & Japan Tourism

The White Gold Renaissance: How Kurashiki’s "Salt Connection" Invented a Culinary Revolution Through Kojima Shio Ramen

Executive Overview In the coastal districts of southern Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, a quiet culinary and cultural revolution is underway....

Pop Culture & Comics

Tracing the Roots of Vulnerability in Hip-Hop: How Atmosphere’s Slug Invented “Old School” Emo Rap

Executive Overview When underground hip-hop pioneer Slug—the lyrical half of the Minneapolis-based duo Atmosphere—stepped up to the microphone on January...

Pop Culture & Comics

The Architecture of Vulnerability: How Atmosphere’s Slug and the 2000s Underground Invented "Old School" Emo Rap

Executive Overview When Sean "Slug" Michaels, one-half of the seminal Minneapolis hip-hop duo Atmosphere, stepped up to the microphone on...