"Despite a release close to Election Day, Letter to You is decidedly not an album of fiery anti-Trump anthems. 'That would be the most boring album in the world,' Springsteen says, a wrinkle of annoyance appearing between his eyebrows."https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bruce-springsteen-interview-new-album-touring-e-street-band-1059109/ …
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Replying to @baseballcrank
Yeah, I must admit I'm really intrigued by this record.
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Replying to @EsotericCD @baseballcrank
Love for you guys to do a piece on how you grapple with enjoying artists & their music that is so anathema to your politics. Like, Springsteens political awakening came during & in response to Reagan’s 84 re-elect campaign.
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Replying to @AnOnoma3 @baseballcrank
1.) It came long before that. 2.) There's nothing to struggle with at all. What kind of a weird, emotionally desiccated internal life would someone have to lead in order to struggle with such a thing?
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Replying to @EsotericCD @AnOnoma3
I wrote the Springsteen & the Right essay almost a decade ago now http://baseballcrank.com/archives2/2011/01/pop_culture_bru_1.php …
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Replying to @baseballcrank @AnOnoma3
lol the first time I read that was just now and it's funny how many of those themes came up in our podcast. you really had your thesis ready to go!
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Yes, I knowingly cribbed a lot of my old lines.
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