Andy Morris

"Ebullient, intelligent, romantically heavy" says @achrisevans.
Global Editor-in-chief of Business Traveller.
Email me [email protected]

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

If someone says they’re on a farewell tour, then does another tour a couple of years later, we tend to assume it was all a money-making ruse. But it is worth considering that with some musicians, there may be a genuine attempt to call it a day – before their psyche suffers with the reality of what that means.

“I never said I was going to retire. I said I was going to stop,” Paul Simon said, a while back, with a distinction clear, perhaps, only to him. For any serious musician, the onset of old age, and all the things that compromise the ears and the movement of the hands, must be a living death. Happily Simon has been playing around in the netherworld between this world and the next for some time.

Kate Mossman watches Paul Simon at the Royal Albert Hall
https://t.co/bJF7ucaNXN

[Kyle @WordsByKyle]

I am so excited to share a project I've been working on for a minute now.

I spoke to over 15 collaborators from Beyoncé's iconic B'DAY album to reflect on its creation and impact 20 years later.

Get into the full retrospective here:
https://t.co/2FdND4Jt62

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

For the most devoted fans, Disney has engineered an ecosystem of financial entanglement that goes far deeper than park tickets or merchandise, which keeps the magic—and the debt—perpetually compounding.

In 2023, Ashley, a freshman at Quinnipiac University, in Connecticut, had $15,000 in her bank account. Excited by her newfound freedom as a college student, she decided to start going on solo trips. Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida, seemed like an obvious choice. She went during her winter break. Then she returned, six times, in two years. Soon enough, her account balance had dwindled to just five dollars.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, many adults who have accumulated Disney debt seem to be chasing a feeling from their childhoods. One woman, who has been to Disney World more than a hundred times, said that visiting the parks takes her back to a time when she had fewer worries: “It’s the nostalgic feeling of what brought you joy when you were little and you didn’t have the stressors of adult life.” Read more about the Disney adults putting themselves in debt for the pursuit of magic: https://t.co/xS6ZMMKC0P

[Katie Corvino @kTc0rvin0]

looking to connect with tv & movie freelancers/cultural commentators for future stories! email me [email protected] with samples of specific TV cultural commentary, reviews, etc!!!

[Rachel Tashjian Wise @theprophetpizza]

What a wonderful writer. "Living Well Is the Best Revenge," his 1962 piece on Gerald and Sara Murphy, changed the way I live and think.

[Brian Hiatt @hiattb]

10 years ago, I stayed up all night with D’Angelo, two nights in a row. R.I.P. to a straight-up genius. https://t.co/f0qLy1XPPS

[Sean Fennessey @SeanFennessey]

My favorite D'Angelo song. I always loved the detail that DJ Premier made this beat for Canibus, who turned it down. Shows what a form-stretching artist D was. No one like him. RIP. https://t.co/UTSwJYlbGQ

[Andy Morris @iamandymorris]

@thelatedave Hi Dave sent you a DM re: an opportunity.

[Andy Morris @iamandymorris]

Thanks @SeanWoods12 for quoting it way back when - can't access the full @RollingStone piece now in the UK but just phenomenal magazine writing.

[Andy Morris @iamandymorris]

From Erik Hedegaard's Hulk Hogan profile: “I miss being in the center of the ring, looking at that crowd, and it’s so fucking loud it hurts my ears and makes my jaws water. I don’t like it when people say, ‘Hey, you used to be the man!’ I like when people say, ‘Man, keep going.’

[aquarium drunkard @aquadrunkard]

Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Pastiche Beach – A Medley

https://t.co/wAkrlZYsRV

Welcome to Pastiche Beach. Chopped and spliced, 50 minutes of artists paying tribute to and/or lovingly ripping off Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.

[Andy Morris @iamandymorris]

RIP Brian Wilson.

Q: What is the best advice you've ever been given?
A: 'My dad told me, "When you're going to write a song, follow through with it until it's done. Don't go halfway and then piss out on it."

[Bootsy Collins @Bootsy_Collins]

Everybody is a Star, no matter who u r.😢 Sly Stone, Prayer's going out to his family & friends.🙏🙏🙏
Thx u (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)! There will Never be another U, to do what u do.🫡 Keep the legacy Alive! Love U😥 @NovenaCarmel Bootsy baby!!!🤩

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Sly Stone, one of the most influential and groundbreaking musicians of the late-Sixties and early-Seventies who smashed the boundaries of rock, pop, funk and soul, has died at age 82
https://t.co/hduMRci9Jx

[The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine]

An urgent message from The Wire magazine

Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support

https://t.co/OMFjv8HUy0

[PAPPADEMAS @PAPPADEMAS]

not just the best hip-hop magazine ever, although it was that, too. one of the best music mags of all time full stop. life changing. RIP Sacha Jenkins

[Andrew Barber @fakeshoredrive]

RIP Sacha Jenkins

A huge influence on me and someone who accomplished so much in Hip-Hop journalism, TV and elsewhere. Thank you for everything.

[Jonathan Shecter @SheckyGreen]

Sacha Jenkins, one of the greatest journalistic/cultural voices of our generation, has passed away.

An ‘arrogant voice of musical truth’ from a young age, Sacha published magazines, wrote books (notably under the Ego Trip collective), produced/directed epic documentaries, and much more. His deep knowledge and unique storytelling skill was matched by his incisive wit and eclectic tastes.

It was a pleasure to know Sacha and to watch his career flourish. My heart goes out to his family and his many close friends.

Rest peacefully my friend, love and truth always. 💙

[Andy Morris @iamandymorris]

Could be great for someone: interesting new role at @inkglobal working as digital editor of Business Traveller

https://t.co/PJJXaZGH18

[Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan]

Book critics & journalists: @dirtyverse just launched a new books newsletter, BLANK, and they're transparent about rates.