Tom Scocca has a LOT on his radar

It’s Wednesday! Time for the New York Observer, which means time for another sprawling, meaty, all-inclusive feature that makes us chuckle, imparts new information and leaves our head spinning a little all at the same time. Today’s piece, the 3,046-word “The Metaphysics of a Magazine” by Tom Scocca, covers a topic huge in scope so it’s not surprising that the article is, too. Pegged on the debut of Radar, which not many people have been talking about, Scocca ruminates on the twin subjects of what makes a magazine hot and how we perceive/create celebrities.