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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 7h

A while back Springsteen hit the Bowie level of going every single place he could possibly go. Bowie had to rest until he got orders from elsewhere. If Springsteen rested he’d die at once.

pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 7h

I think his Tom Joad era was interesting, but I also think he was so flustered by the massive amount of success from Born in the USA that he took steps to turn away from that level of fame

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 7h

Springsteen 1974-84 = extremely cool

1985-2000 = not at all

2001 - very cool

Any time with the E Street Band since = coolest man alive

With Obama or Jack Antonoff = not at all cool

Side projects = cool enough only he can pull them off

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, we're all dunking on the Johnny Cash hot take. But I can't get past the idea that Springsteen is supposed to be cool. Isn't his whole thing (beyond being a brilliant songwriter) that he tries, like, really, really hard? He's the opposite of cool

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 8h

Exactly

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 8h

When Cash had his TV show (which he quit rather than letting ABC tell him who to book) he’d constantly look like he was counting his blessings. Watch him with Louis Armstrong, he can’t believe he gets to do this - youtu.be/0nfrLIKMSI0?...

Louis Armstrong & Johnny Cash - Standing On The Corner (Blue Yodel #9) (The Johnny Cash Show 1970)

YouTube video by Kubila

youtu.be

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 8h

Cash, June Carter, Pops Staples & Carleen Anderson do Will The Circle Be Unbroken, BBC 1993 - like a front room singalong, beautifully, perfectly simple - watch Cash look at Pops with deep love - youtu.be/7sPc8ahc7iI?...

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 8h

Reznor’s utter speechlessness at what Cash did with Hurt is really beautiful

Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 8h

It was often said of Frank Sinatra that once he sang a song, it became *his* song ("New York, New York" was originally a Liza Minelli tune, for example).

Now imagine you're 70 years old and you do that to Trent Reznor.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 8h

You know how I said cool means being totally yourself without hurting anybody? Cash always had that, but he got cooler as he got older because he stopped trying to serve anyone but God & his own taste. He always had wild, varied taste, & he never made a secret of his battle with God..

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 9h

'I somehow never appreciated the only person equally worshipped by punks, rappers, preachers, cowboys, metalheads, rastas, soul singers, bluesmen, grandmothers, & Bob Dylan - the fault must be everybody's.'

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 11h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 12h

It does, it’s gorgeous

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 12h

This is incredible

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 14h

Melville’s tombstone is a blank scroll. He died unsuccessful & ignored. His wife didn’t mess around.

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 22h

God keep me from ever completing anything.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 15h

I saw Play & Not I on the same bill. (Krapp was the big draw.) This was very much an audience who knew Beckett but there was still an air of ‘what the fuck.’ It was great.

Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 15h

I love that Beckett is still confounding people after all these years. It’s like “I went to see The Rite of Spring. I don’t know what the hell that was but it sure wasn’t music. I felt like rioting. One star”

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 15h

I defer to the gods 🙏

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 17h

Someone argued Saville is the most important British artist in 50 years in that no one has had a bigger impact on how the world looks. There's a lot to that.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 17h

Jesus

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 18h

Theydon Bois gives people fits but it's almost exactly as it looks

THAY-don boys

Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 18h

(feel better)

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 18h

I was having a bad day once & a guy once tried to lecture me on dramatic structure like I'd never heard of it. Didn't go well.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 18h

A huge deal. Original Bob Ross paintings are like fairy dust. His foundation kept almost all of them.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

Thirty original paintings by Bob Ross will be available for sale beginning next month through the auction house Bonhams, the artist's estate said. The proceeds will benefit public TV stations that have been grappling with funding cuts by the Trump administration.

Bob Ross’s ‘Happy Little’ Paintings Will Be Auctioned

Thirty canvases, many created for viewers of Ross’s PBS series, “The Joy of Painting,” will be sold to benefit public television stations grappling with funding cuts.

nyti.ms

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 19h

Bit of Bob Dornan about it, but Bob did have a way with words

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 19h

A brilliant novelist, a fellow London fanatic, a lovely guy, & the unsung hero of Suede's return.. on the new record he goes full into Hooky/Simon Gallup territory & comes out even taller. It's an honour to know him. More power to his elbow. @matosman.bsky.social

Suede @suedehq.bsky.social · 19h

Happy birthday to Mat Osman.

Photo by Izumi Kumazawa

- SuedeHQ

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 20h

Looked, saw Train's Drops of Jupiter is number 250, immediately closed it

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

ROLLING STONE RANKS THE 250 GREATEST SONGS OF THE 21st CENTURY SO FAR 🚨

The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

bit.ly

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 20h

Note that neither Saville nor Joy Division registered any kind of trademark, copyright, etc. for the Unknown Pleasures sleeve.

'None of us knew what that was.'

Unknown Pleasures sleeve. Black background. a data plot of signals from a radio pulsar.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 20h

Peter Saville's birthday. View his astonishing archive here - petersaville.info/sleeves/

Peter Saville Sleeve Design | Sleeves

Peter Saville Sleeve Design: Main Content: Illustrated discography.

petersaville.info

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 21h

The photo on the left is me doing a skit at school, the next one is this guy who sort of attached himself to me & later joined the Navy.. I think he's a fireman now.. not sure of the others

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 1d

Is this real or am I in a coma?

Young Conservative with a Doctor Who question mark pullover.

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