Shea Stewart

The Ghost in the Therapy Room

Why did I never make it to the NYT? Cause I can't imagine writing an article about therapists dying suddenly without mentioning "Office Space" or LCD Soundsytem's "Someone Great."

The ideal lede here? Jeff Axelbank wishes they could talk about loss and death, but there, that's the problem ...

dude I love The National because it all sounds like a man whose greatest goal is living in Neil McCauleys house from Heat with no furniture

Seven new studio albums (1983-2018).
82 previously-unreleased tracks.
74 never-before-heard songs.
A box set that includes a 100-page hardcover book.
Tracks II: The Lost Albums is out now.

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I, for one, think it is bad ass that some air traffic controllers look like they play xylophone in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. (Plus, dude has a killer last name.)

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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

Nick Cave at Brooklyn's Barclays Center for The Wild God tour🔥

📸 Rolling Stone's Sacha Lecca

After Forty Years, Phish Isn’t Seeking Resolution People who love Phish do so with a quasi-religious devotion. People who dislike Phish do so with an equal fervor.

We’re honored to see such a deep and thoughtful profile of Phish in The New Yorker, written by Amanda Petrusich. @newyorker.com

YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO Bruce Springsteen - Tracks II: The Lost Albums Trailer

Seven new studio albums (1983-2018).
82 previously-unreleased tracks.
74 never-before-heard songs.
A box set that includes a 100-page hardcover book.

Available June 27.

Thinking about the only power rankings that matter…

THE POWER OF THE ATOM.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976 © 2016 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Moon Woman by Jackson Pollock, 1942 #artbots #guggenheim
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The Best Indie Rock Albums Of The 21st Century, Ranked These are the century’s best indie rock albums so far as we hit the quarter-way mark.

Hey I wrote about my favorite indie rock albums of the 21st century so far. Or 100 of my favorites anyway. Let’s remember some bands!

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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976 © 2016 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Two by Jackson Pollock, 1943 #artbots #guggenheim
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Gift of Alfonso A. Ossorio

Lee Krasner, Untitled, 1949

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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976 © 2016 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Moon Woman by Jackson Pollock, 1942

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David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75 In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge lizard Buster Poindexter.

Breaking News: David Johansen, who as frontman of the New York Dolls was in the vanguard of glam and punk rock, has died at 75.

Timothée Chalamet Should Win an Oscar for His Oscar Campaign Lobbying the public to attract the votes of the academy is an odd practice — but you can’t say Chalamet hasn’t excelled at it.

I wrote about Timothée Chalamet's Oscar campaign for
New York Times Magazine. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/m...

Happy Birthday to the Man In Black
Ladies and gentlemen
Johnny Cash

Eddie Hazel's 10 minutes of guitar on “Maggot Brain" is gorgeous, tragic and primal. As George Clinton said, it is the sound of a man playing like his mother has died, picturing that day and what he's feeling, how he's making sense of his life and how he's taking measure of everything inside him.

Led Zeppelin released 'Physical Graffiti' 50 years ago today. 💿

Read Rolling Stone's interview with Jimmy Page about how they found their "swagger" in the studio for the 1975 classic: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

"The Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus" soundtrack is out today. Filled with unheard music. Q was much more than "Goodbye Horses." You want dark and tuneful? Give "Hellfire" a listen. Q's gorgeous vocals above a gritty tale of the true-life BDSM bars in the '80s Meatpacking District.

A New Documentary Uncovers One of Pop’s Tragic Mysteries: Q Lazzarus (Gift Article) Her haunting song “Goodbye Horses” had a star turn in “The Silence of the Lambs,” but the enigmatic artist behind it seemingly vanished for decades after.

Great read on the late Q Lazzarus and a new doc exploring her life and work. "Goodbye Horses" is one of the greatest songs ever — a mysterious-sounding tune blending the highest parts of '80s synth pop with gospel-like vocals to create a dark, beautiful masterpiece.

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