Google Street View is the perfect tool for the nostalgic voyeur. Want to see your old apartment? How about your college dorm, or an ex’s front door? Arcade Fire and the director Chris Milk—whose past collaborators include Kanye West, U2, and Green Day—have partnered to make these virtual flashbacks as emotionally fraught as possible with the interactive video for the song “We Used to Wait,” from the band’s new album, “The Suburbs.” Read more at newyorker.com…
Flashback
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I’m the deputy managing editor at strategy + business, a freelance editor at Belt, and the former web manager at The New Yorker. My writing and editing also has appeared in The New York Times, The Independent, the Observer, the Rumpus, the Cleveland Clinic Press, and Northern Ohio Live. Additionally, I was a founding team member of Maven, a healthcare app for women. I live in Brooklyn with my husband, the musician and writer Mike Errico, and our daughter. Follow me @sally_errico. View more posts