Mary McCartney tells about the time her parents brought a pony to Abbey Road — just one of many great stories in her new documentary about the world’s most famous recording studio.
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Thanks to the great Mary McCartney for this conversation about her excellent new documentary on Abbey Road Studios, “If These Walls Could Sing.” We talk Elton, Kate Bush, & that day Paul and Linda brought a horse into the studio
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It, unfortunately, finally happened. I finished my favorite book. So grateful for the time I got to spend with & this labor of love. ❤️
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Stephen Malkmus in Greenpoint, 20 years ago tonight, 12/7/2002, Saturday night at Warsaw with the Jicks, playing all these great “Pig Lib” songs nobody knew yet, plus “Third Rate Romance.” One of those gigs you can still hear in your bones 20 years later.
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We RANKED the 100 Best Songs of 2022. See the list below ♪
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My Sunday Review of Hejira 🖤
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“Let’s hope it comes back to the stage soon, because this deserves to run onstage for years to come. It should sweep the Tony Awards, especially if they create a new category for ‘Best Musical To Namecheck Geddy Lee and Donna Del Verona.’” YES
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I was expecting the Pavement musical "Slanted! Enchanted" to be the weirdest theater experience ever... but nothing prepared me for how beautifully insane it is & I loved every minute
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10 years ago tonight: Neil Young & Crazy Horse play the all-time longest version of "Powderfinger" in Brooklyn.
The 700th time he'd ever played it live, and the greatest Neil Young performance I've ever heard him play.
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The Pavement musical ‘Slanted! Enchanted!’ is where 'Mamma Mia!' meets 'Wowee Zowee.' Read 's review of the three-day workshop that hopefully brings its insanity back to the stage
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I was expecting the Pavement musical "Slanted! Enchanted" to be the weirdest theater experience ever... but nothing prepared me for how beautifully insane it is & I loved every minute
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i wrote a little tribute to my favorite musical besties, christine & stevie 🌙🕊️
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oh my god, thank you and for including “the parts i dread” on the top 100 albums of 2022 😭🥺
i couldn’t be make this up if i tried. year of the vark forever ❤️🔥
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What a year for music. This list is packed top to bottom.
I wrote about a few of my 2022 fave albums, including Blackpink, Horsegirl, Craig Finn, Pictoria Vark, & Harry Styles
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Christine McVie was an oasis of sanity in Fleetwood Mac's dysfunctional family. Rob Sheffield pays tribute to the singer-songwriter, who turned out so many classics that you can spend years catching up with her greatness.
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Fly on forever, songbird. My tribute to Christine McVie, the wise big sister in Fleetwood Mac. The sane, stable member of rock’s most insane, unstable band, the crew that kept breaking up for 50 years. The spirit of rock & roll sisterhood. What a loss.
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Greil Marcus’s brand new Substack. I smashed this link like Dylan punching himself in the face with his fists
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For #PaleyLive on 12/7, legendary film & TV director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Jonathan Clyde & will discuss & screen some of #TheBeatles 1966 promo films & show their final live performance atop the Apple Corps headquarters in London. Get tix now! 👉bit.ly/3ikMcCc
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It was who showed the world how much magic a 3-minute pop single could do. His new 7" Singles Box is a celebration of his unique genius. It's a real joy for me to write the introductory essay.
Like the man said: The wonder of it all, baby.
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"'The 7” Singles Box' tells Paul McCartney’s life story in 80 vinyl singles... It’s no ordinary way to tell the story of a life, but then, this is no ordinary life."
Read an exclusive excerpt from 's introductory essay to the #7InchSinglesBox ⬇️
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NEW: A Thanksgiving gift from me and : a deep dive on the Beatles’ ‘Revolver,’ looking at every track, including unearthed outtakes (and ‘Paperback Writer’/‘Rain’). Rob even indulges my obsession with the ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ Sinatra theory
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always grateful for Joni's power to look totally bored anywhere
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you are an expert at "sorry" & keeping lines blurry & never impressed by me aceing your tests
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We want to apologize to Taylor and all of her fans - especially those who had a terrible experience trying to purchase tickets. We feel we owe it to everyone to share some information to help explain what happened: bit.ly/3tGUyq3
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“omigod guys, thanks for trusting us with your deepest darkest secrets!” Magdalena Bay just slaying tonight, totally in their own zone
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This will be a blast on Wednesday, 11/16: a Beatles celebration in NYC with , in honor of "Take a Sad Song," his excellent new book on "Hey Jude." I'm on the panel with THE great Adam Duritz of & , at , to make it betterrrr
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I wrote an essay for about how "Eleanor Rigby" remains a shocking piece of art — no matter how many times you've heard it, it's worth coming to it with fresh ears. (And the sublime, remixed 'Revolver' provides a way to do just that!)
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Nobody's ever understood the power of the pop single like Paul McCartney. He defines the art form. Nobody has his genius for getting it all—a sound, a feeling, a way of life—into 7 inches of vinyl.
A real joy for me to write the essay for this box. A life story in 80 singles.
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⑦ The 7" Singles Box ⑦
80 career-spanning 7" singles personally curated by Paul.
Out 2 December 2022: pmc.lnk.to/7inSinglesBox #7InchSinglesBox
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"Coming-of-age stories are all grief stories. They're stories of what gets lost and found and lost."
Everything Lizzy Goodman says here is so poetic
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'Meet Me in the Bathroom' revisits the moment when the Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and their insane NYC peers made rock dangerous again.
@robsheff and@lizzydgoodman on how the doc recaptures the moment—and why it's more vital than ever. trib.al/tIf1dez
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'Meet Me in the Bathroom' revisits the moment when the Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and their insane NYC peers made rock dangerous again.
and@lizzydgoodman on how the doc recaptures the moment—and why it's more vital than ever.
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I've been reading Rob's writing since before I moved to New York. The fact that we became friends is still a miracle to me - THE Rob Sheffield, arguing with me about Infidels!? Thank you, New York, forever, for making such things possible.
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I talked with the brilliant @lizzydgoodman about "Meet Me In The Bathroom," the great new doc based on her classic book. We break down the fast times & bizarrely long afterlife of the NYC rock renaissance of the 2000s, & why that moment resonates now.
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Sex. Drugs. Loud guitars and a city healing itself one gig at a time.
Rob Sheffield and author Lizzy Goodman break down the new doc 'Meet Me in the Bathroom' and the out-of-control NYC 2000s rock scene.
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I talked with the brilliant about "Meet Me In The Bathroom," the great new doc based on her classic book. We break down the fast times & bizarrely long afterlife of the NYC rock renaissance of the 2000s, & why that moment resonates now.
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Friends, it’s hard to put the universe into language and into a short message, but
She passed away last night, surrounded by family and love, including yours. Keep her name close and sacred. Share this moment with someone who needs you. Love is indeed the most important thing.
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I wrote about why the Beatles’ “Revolver” sounds more gloriously weird than ever. The new Special Deluxe Edition has so many revelations about the Beatles' genius—but also how deeply John, Paul, George, and Ringo knew and loved each other.
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