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MusicAt some point in the last couple of decades, the album cover faded in significance. It is difficult to pinpoint the precise moment at which this happened, and hard to explain exactly why. It was…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2266 words)

“Hooray, we’re done”: The inside story behind R.E.M.’s disbandment

Excerpted from "R.E.M.: Perfect Circle" R.E.M.’s stature in modern music was celebrated on March 11, 2009, with a tribute concert in New York. There had been similar such events over the years, of…
PUBLISHED: April 7, 2013
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4606 words)

The Role of Music in Human Culture

In these exclusive interviews, we speak to Moby (Multi Award Winning International Recording Artist, DJ and Photographer) and Hans Zimmer (International Award Winning composer and music producer who…
AUTHOR:Vikas Shah
PUBLISHED: March 9, 2013
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6193 words)

How Disney Bought Lucasfilm—and Its Plans for 'Star Wars'

One weekend last October, Robert Iger, chief executive officer of Walt Disney (DIS), sat through all six Star Wars films. He’d seen them before, of course. This time, he took notes. Disney was in…
PUBLISHED: March 7, 2013
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3411 words)

Choking on the Splinters

Taking stock of Beck's career 20 years after "Loser"In December, McSweeney's released a long-in-the-pipeline Beck project called Song Reader. It's a boxed set containing beautifully illustrated sheet…
PUBLISHED: March 5, 2013
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3869 words)

Miami Heist: The Brink's Money Plane Job's Messy Aftermath

In the fall of 2005, Karls Monzon’s childhood friend and neighbor Onelio Diaz approached him with a proposal. Diaz worked as a security guard for Brink’s (BCO) at Miami International…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 21, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3032 words)
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In Praise of the 12th Man

I tried calling Chuck Nevitt at home: no answer. I left a message: no response. The National Basketball Retired Players Association didn't have any additional contact information for the former…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 20, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3207 words)

The Winners’ History of Rock and Roll, Part 7: The Black Keys

We can't relate to people who grew up in L.A. or New York City. It's like seeing the rich kid in high school get a BMW for his 16th birthday." —Dan Auerbach, 2010, in Spin "Some bands have…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 19, 2013
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4023 words)
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The Man Who Fell to Earth

“Hey, babe,” Lance Armstrong called to his girlfriend, Anna Hansen. “I’ll take the girls. Do they have all their gear? Shoes and whatnot?” He stood in the door of…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 18, 2013
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6708 words)
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