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Andrew Golis
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He believes specialists are the people who galvanize history. Music critics have almost no impact on what music is popular at any given time, but they’re extraordinarily well positioned to dictate what music is reintroduced after its popularity has waned.
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Art is about the maker.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Across The Fool , Rossiter isn’t afraid to croon and yowl, to lean into his vibrato until it sounds like he’s on the verge of tears. At points, you can practically hear the flecks of spittle hitting the microphone. Track four, “Rich,” could be construed as tasteless woe-is-me grandstanding, but to me reads as a harrowing account of all the things p
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Sometimes the ideas that least match our expectations are the most innovative.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
Optimism infused with nostalgia:
Zadie Smith • Swing Time: A Novel
Prince dropped Purple Rain, an album that consummated everything Let’s Dance promised, though his guitar sounded more like Scary Monsters—Prince