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5 Surprising Facts About George Michael’s ‘Faith’ | That Eric Alper

“Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted.

Tim Ferriss • 5-Bullet Friday — Richard Feynman, Music for Flow, AI Eye-Poppers, the Most Brutal Great American Novel, and a Quote to Wake You Up

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Kelly Bishop • The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir

This Just In: Gap x Jimi Hendrix Limited Edition Tees

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That’s what Marilyn did; she gave her body to the post–World War II archetypes of sport, art, and politics. She was the lover of—at least for—classic greatness. Pam’s in the same position, but she has to be the lover of postmodern greatness. That’s why we all had to watch her give a blow job to the drummer from Mötley Crüe.

Chuck Klosterman • Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

Fearless (Big Machine’s Version)The original Fearless, released in 2008, was Swift’s second studio album and her big commercial breakthrough. It was also the second of six albums Swift owed Big Machine Records, the record label that had made Swift its first signing. In 2018, having fulfilled her contract, Swift switched to Republic Records and Univ... See more

Stratechery • Non-Fungible Taylor Swift – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Explore the literary world of Patti Smith through eight songs

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Private equity firms have poured billions of dollars into music, believing it to be a source of growing and reliable income. Investors spent $12 billion on music rights in just 2021 — more than in the entire decade before the pandemic.

Marc Hogan • Same Old Song: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Music Ecosystem

Carter loved the idea. He partnered with some of the best in Silicon Valley, and created a firm called Backplane, which would build a niche social-network platform that could be used by other artists and even brands. Gaga invested her own money in the venture. Gaga’s social network is called Littlemonsters.com and it is built completely around the