Posts by Emily Yoshida
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Songs of the Week: The Difference Between New York and L.A. Is …
Hey, everyone! It’s my last day at Grantland! It’s my last month in Los Angeles! Here’s some music I’ve been playing to deal with it all.
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: The Final Episode
Special guest callers join Emily and Molly for the final edition of the podcast. The Girls in Hoodies Finale Spectacular. Cry about it.
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L.A. Haunts: Taking On the ‘Alone’ Experience (the Horror Attraction, Not the Lifestyle Choice)
In the month leading up to October 31, Grantland editor Emily Yoshida, a person who knows no fear, has been visiting as many Halloween attractions in the Los Angeles area as will fit into her schedule. This week, the final installation of her terrifying journey: the full-contact existential horror of the ‘Alone’ experience.
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: ‘Birdman,’ Lana Del Rey, ‘Utopia,’ and Taylor Swift
Molly and Emily discuss ‘Birdman,’ Lana Del Rey’s Hollywood Forever show, Molly’s trip to Fox’s ‘Utopia,’ and, as always, Taylor Swift.
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Taylor Swift’s Bold New Minimalist Direction on ‘Track 3’
‘Track 3,’ the subversively titled fourth song to be released from Taylor Swift’s upcoming album, ‘1989,’ is as clear a statement as any we’ve gotten during this rollout cycle that Swift’s Nashville days are over.
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L.A. Haunts: Los Angeles Haunted Hayride Is a 100 Percent Plant-Based, 20 Percent Mark Cuban–Funded Hit
In the month leading up to October 31, Grantland editor Emily Yoshida, a person who knows no fear, will visit as many Halloween attractions in the Los Angeles area as will fit into her schedule. This week: the beloved (and well-funded) Los Angeles Haunted Hayride.
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We Went There: Achieving Peak Los Angeles at Lana Del Rey’s Hollywood Forever Concert
Lana Del Rey is Hollywood, Forever. For her to actually perform there is exhilaratingly superfluous.
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Taylor Swift, Blake Lively, Legoland, and Haunted Attractions
Molly Lambert and Emily Yoshida discuss Taylor Swift’s new single, ‘Out of the Woods,’ Blake Lively’s unflappable love of the antebellum South, Legoland, and haunted attractions.
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How Do You #StopGamerGate2014?
Almost from its inception, the no. 1 thing that has dominated discussions I’ve had about Gamergate is the one big, fuzzy question: How does this end?
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L.A. Haunts: $15 Ghost Tours and Free Smells at the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor
The search for Southland scares takes our intrepid reporter to … Long Beach.
