Andrew Stuart

President/The Stuart Agency, a literary management company

[Andrew Stuart @AndrewStuart2]

How awful. A tremendous loss

[Pat Sobkowski @PJSobkowski]

Terribly sad news from Jack Rakove. Gordon Wood passed away in a traffic accident.

Perhaps the greatest historian of the American Revolution. May he rest in peace.

[Sonny Rollins @sonnyrollins]

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 https://t.co/6AGmFrB7x4

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

Timely reminder of when this guy reviewed that guy...
Iggy Pop on Gibbon's Decline and Fall (Classics Ireland, 1995):

Caesar Lives by Iggy Pop

In 1982, horrified by the meanness, tedium and depravity of my existence as I toured the American South playing rock and roll music and going crazy in public, I purchased an abridged copy of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Dero Saunders, Penguin).

The grandeur of the subject appealed to me, as did the cameo illustration of Edward Gibbon, the author, on the front cover. He looked like a heavy dude.

Being in a political business, I had long made a habit of reading biographies of wilful characters — Hitler, Churchill, MacArthur, Brando — with large profiles, and I also enjoyed books on war and political intrigue, as I could relate the action to my own situation in the music business, which is not about music at all, but is a kind of religion-rental.

I would read with pleasure around 4 am, with my drugs and whisky in cheap motels, savouring the clash of beliefs, personalities and values, played out on antiquity’s stage by crowds of the vulgar, led by huge archetypal characters.

And that was the end of that. Or so I thought. Eleven years later I stood in a dilapidated but elegant room in a rotting mansion in New Orleans, and listened as a piece of music strange to my ears pulled me back to ancient Rome and called forth those ghosts to merge in hilarious, bilious pretence with the Schwartzkopfs, Schwartzeneggers and Sheratons of modern American money and muscle myth. Out of me poured information I had no idea I ever knew, let alone retained, in an extemporaneous soliloquy I called ‘Caesar’.

When I listened back, it made me laugh my ass off because it was so true. America is Rome. Of course, why shouldn’t it be? All of Western life and institutions today are traceable to the Romans and their world. We are all Roman children for better or worse. The best part of this experience came after the fact — my wife gave me a beautiful edition in three volumes of the magnificent original unabridged Decline and Fall, and since then the pleasure and profit have been all mine as I enjoy the wonderful language, organization and scope of this masterwork.

Here are just some of the ways I benefit:

I feel a great comfort and relief knowing that there were others who lived and died and thought and fought so long ago; I feel less tyrannized by the present day.

I learn much about the way our society really works, because the system-origins — military, religious, political, colonial, agricultural, financial — are all there to be scrutinized in their infancy. I have gained perspective.

The language in which the book is written is rich and complete, as the language of today is not.

I find out how little I know.

I am inspired by the will and erudition which enabled Gibbon to complete a work of twenty-odd years. The guy stuck with things. I urge anyone who wants life on earth to really come alive for them to enjoy the beautiful ancestral ancient world.

[Andrew Stuart @AndrewStuart2]

RIP Sly Dunbar: https://t.co/GfsAMSx9yo

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

This is the scariest chart you’ll see today.

[Andrew Stuart @AndrewStuart2]

Congratulations to Zaakir Tameez on "Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation" being Rep. Jamie Raskin's favorite book of 2025:https://t.co/3UQ4Y71aEP

[Pete Simon @Pete__Simon]

"'A mind-stretching, almost manically polymathic meditation."

Mark Dery reviews Justin Smith-Ruiu's ON DRUGS in the @washingtonpost. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

https://t.co/uYTO49l3DK

[Andrew Stuart @AndrewStuart2]

Very excited to see this early coverage in the NYT
of Justin Smith-Ruiu's upcoming work On Drugs: Psychedelics, Philosophy and the Nature of Reality: https://t.co/dWZPHcNQk7

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Bob Dylan reading Baseball Weekly in an empty convenience store. It means nothing. It means everything.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

why is rocky dressed like he sells cellphones

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Paul McCartney once called "God Only Knows" the "greatest song ever written." He added, "It's one of the few songs that reduces me to tears every time I hear it. It's really just a love song, but it’s brilliantly done. It shows the genius of Brian" → https://t.co/mUG8KE72fz

[Ronnie Wood @ronniewood]

Oh no Brian Wilson and Sly Stone in one week ~ my world is in mourning 🙏🙏so sad ❤️❤️xx

[Seán Ono Lennon @seanonolennon]

Praying that Sly Stone’s passing leads to a renewed interest in his music and message. He was an absolute genius, and we could all use some of that ‘family’ energy right now.

[Brian Wilson @BrianWilsonLive]

We are heartbroken to announced that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away.

We are at a loss for words right now.

Please respect our privacy at this time as our family grieving.

We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world.

Love & Mercy

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

RIP Sly Stone (1943–2025), the funk pioneer who made the world dance, think, and get higher. His music changed everything—and it still does.

[Andrew Stuart @AndrewStuart2]

Today marks the publication of Zaakir Tameez' magisterial Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation, one of the finest biographies I've ever read. An absolutely vital work of history and one immensely relevant to our current moment: https://t.co/Kr2nFTpc5K

[Andrew Stuart @AndrewStuart2]

Thrilled to see this wonderful review of Zaakir Tameez's landmark biography of Charles Sumner, publishing tomorrow:https://t.co/pLAT9rF0V9

[Biff LaTourette @BiffLaTourette]

The ever-brilliant and insightful Ethan Iverson @ethan_iverson on the loss of AL FOSTER (part 1) https://t.co/bhhzRXFtRq

[Synekura Audio @synekura_audio]

Vladimir Nabokov's opinions on various writers, culled from 'Strong Opinions'

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Roy Ayers gave this world with so much good music. Unmatched talent and spirit. RIP.