In June 2008, a fire erupted on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot. Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record company, told reporters that nothing much of importance was lost. But the blaze had destroyed a vault containing master recordings by some of America’s most iconic musicians. Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, John Coltrane, Guns N’ Roses, Snoop Dogg, Nirvana, Sheryl Crow, Tupac Shakur, Eminem – These are just a few of the artists whose recordings were likely lost in the fire.
A fascinating read.
I have often made this argument in conversation but never in print. Had I tried I could not have done as well. All the World on Stage By Theodore Dalrymple in Taki’s Magazine http://takimag…
Interviewing Matisse, or The Woman Who Died Standing Up By Lily Tuck 148 pages Published in 2006 by Harper Perennial I decided to read Interviewing Matisse because it was a thin book, just 148 pages, and…
The New York Times Magazine - I mentioned recently that I am having difficulty reading The New York Times LINK. IMHO, this once-great newspaper has become a garbage dump of bad ideology and dumb ideas. Case in…
In the March issue: LINK * 6 Ways Consultants Can Charge More * The Non-Sci-Fi Path to Rerouting Your Reader’s Brain * Linchpin Writing: Lock in Your Value With Every Client, Every Time * How a One-Eyed, Hairy…
On December 7, I commented about this: a fight between an art museum that allowed some “artist” (Nick Cave) to paint the words TRUTH BE TOLD on one of their walls, and the local community that objected to it…
