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
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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.
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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
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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
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 Presents: Pastiche Beach – A Medley
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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.
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."
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!!!🤩
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
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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. 💙