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“Rude Boy”
John Seabrook • The Song Machine: How to Make a Hit
Bradshaw no longer felt the need to go one-on-one with every swaggering young turk who paddled out. He finally seemed able to accept Foo for who he was, warts and all; Bradshaw found himself reacting with amusement to quirks of Foo’s personality that would have triggered apoplectic rage just a few years before.
Jon Krakauer • Classic Krakauer: Mark Foo's Last Ride, After the Fall, and Other Essays from the Vault
The culture we live in determines which behaviors are attractive
James Clear • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
(He) consistently packs hard rock’s long-standing mix of masculine bravado, deep vulnerability, and committed derangement into a scant few lines—and it’s a romp. This might be most obvious in the chorus to album standout “Psycho”: “If you ever leave, girl, I’m gonna get a face tattoo / crash my truck, end up on the six o’clock news.”
—Erin
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Every time you risk embarrassment, every time you reject a fake friend, every time you enforce your boundaries, you kill a little more of the boy and birth more of the... See more
Let me say at this juncture that I sincerely believe Billy Joel is a nice enough guy in real life. I listened to the audiobook of his authorized biography and I respect him as a person. He wasn’t handed anything, he did the work, he cracked the code, then stayed in the game and he’s still doing it. Billy Joel is perfectly harmless, unless you
... See moreTom Scharpling • It Never Ends: A Memoir with Nice Memories!
the arrogance of belonging.)