Five Songs Paul Simon Wrote About Art Garfunkel — That Garfunkel Only Understood After the Friendship Was Already Gone

Paul Simon is one of the greatest lyricists the twentieth century produced. That is not a controversial statement. It is simply what the evidence shows — album after album of writing so precise, so emotionally intelligent, so perfectly calibrated between the specific and the universal, that generations of listeners have heard his songs and felt … Read more

The Moment David Bowie Told Freddie Mercury the Truth About Queen — And Mercury Never Forgot It

David Bowie and Freddie Mercury occupied the same cultural space for years without ever quite occupying the same room. They were aware of each other — deeply, professionally, with the specific alertness that major artists have toward other major artists who are working in adjacent territory — but they maintained a careful distance for most … Read more

The teenage girl showed up at my garage with fresh bruises, a broken headlight, and $47 crumpled in her fist, begging me to fix her bike before “he” found out she’d damaged it

The shop door burst open with a violent bang, the bell above it shattering off its hook. A tall, muscular young man in his early twenties stormed in, baseball bat still gripped in his right hand. His face was twisted with rage, eyes scanning the garage like a predator. “Lily! You little bitch, I knew … Read more

Metallica smash U2 record at Berlin concert

Metallica’s unstoppable M72 World Tour has reached another historic milestone, with the metal legends setting a new attendance record at Berlin’s iconic Olympiastadion on Saturday, 30th May. The achievement marks the second time on the 2026 European leg of the tour that Metallica have broken a venue attendance record. Earlier this month, the band drew … Read more