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☆ I knew having an older dad meant less time with him, but that didn't make losing him any easier.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Blair Sharp | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I knew he was an 'older parent,' but it didn't prepare me for his death. After all, he was older than most of my friends' parents. He was older, but he didn't act like itMy dad was 46 when I was born, and despite being an "older parent" by societal standards, he never seemed that way to me. Blair Sharp always knew her father was an 'older parent.' Each year, as my friends' parents grow older, I find myself wondering who might be the next to experience this kind of loss.

Persons: I'm, —, I'd, hadn't, Garth Brooks, Blair Sharp, Grandpa Ray, grandpa he's Organizations: Service, New York Knicks Locations: Minnesota

☆ What it’s like inside The Black Dog, the London pub made famous by Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

A local London pub that’s been thrust into an unexpected spotlight and onto the tourist map, thanks to musician Taylor Swift. Unexpected fameThe Black Dog pub is in an unassuming residential area of Vauxhall in south London. Taylor Swift fans Jenna Spackey and Maddie Essig came to check out The Black Dog pub after listening to the song. The Black Dog pub says the past few days have been "immense." Hageman compares “The Black Dog” song to a “fable” – it’s probably not based entirely in reality.

Persons: CNN — It’s, that’s, Taylor Swift, Francesca Street, Swift, Joe Alwyn, –, Matty Healy, ” Taylor Swift, Lionel Hahn, Swifties, Maddie Essig, “ Joe, Taylor, ”, “, Essig, Jenna Spackey, they’ve, Spackey, ” –, Alwyn – Swift, Toby Melville, There’s, Lily Bottomley, ” Bottomley, Bottomley, “ We’re, ” There’s, Bottomley – it’s, “ We’ve, Healy, Bottomley won’t, she’s “, there’s, ” Swift, Strasburg, Katie Hageman, ’ ”, she’s, Hageman, it’s Organizations: CNN, Poets Department, Golden Globe, CNN Travel, Vauxhall, Department, Reuters, Brentford –, SC Soho, Wembley, London Locations: Vauxhall, London, British, Baltimore , Maryland, Houston , Texas, Brixton, Shoreditch, Highgate, Brentford, Cork, Ireland, Blanc, “, Florida, Strasburg, Avangeline Strasburg, Hageman

☆ Reports of Cabaret’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Elysa Gardner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Cabaret has been integral to New York nightlife for more than a century, but every so often, reports of its death — however exaggerated — cause a stir. Recently on a brisk afternoon, she arrived at a loft in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, for a confab with four other veterans of the cabaret scene. Tammy Lang, 57 — who has earned a devoted following through her titular comedic persona as Tammy Faye Starlite, an evangelical country crooner, and through her homages to Marianne Faithfull and Nico — perched beside her on a sofa. Horne holds court Mondays at the East Village’s Club Cumming, playing piano for singalongs that stretch into the wee hours. Such late revelry is less common than it used to be, pointed out Sidney Myer, 73, who, as longtime booking manager of Don’t Tell Mama near Times Square, has nurtured careers for decades and is a performer himself.

Persons: Natalie Douglas, “, —, ” Douglas, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Tammy Lang, Tammy Faye Starlite, Marianne Faithfull, Nico —, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Lance Horne, Liza Minnelli, Kylie Minogue, Horne, East Village’s Club Cumming, Sidney Myer Organizations: Birdland, Broadway, East Village’s Club, Times Locations: New York, Los Angeles, Brooklyn

☆ Rock ’n’ Soul: The Amazing Story of Sly & the Family Stone
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Alan Light | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN): A Memoir, by Sly Stone with Ben GreenmanIt is difficult to convey just how astoundingly unlikely it is that this book exists. Sly Stone is one of pop music’s truest geniuses and greatest mysteries, who essentially disappeared four decades ago in a cloud of drugs and legal problems after recording several albums’ worth of incomparable, visionary songs. “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” — named for Sly & the Family Stone’s monumentally funky 1969 No. 1 hit — is the first title from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s new publishing imprint, and even the drummer/author/filmmaker acknowledges that it isn’t a definitive story. “There is plenty, too, that is not here,” writes Questlove, who is currently working on a Sly Stone documentary, in the foreword.

Persons: Sly Stone, Ben Greenman, Amelia Earhart, Ness, ” —, ”, Questlove, Sly, “, Jackson, Prince, Miles Davis, D’Angelo, Janet Jackson, LL Organizations: YOU, Roll Hall of Fame, Sly, Beastie

☆ Elton John to thrill sun-drenched Glastonbury in final UK show
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Sachin Ravikumar | Thomson Reuters | Sachin Ravikumar Is A Correspondent For Reuters In London Covering General News Across The Uk. Over Nine Years At Reuters | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GLASTONBURY, England, June 25 (Reuters) - Elton John is set to close Glastonbury's Pyramid stage on Sunday night with a "completely unique" set for his last ever UK show that will also feature four surprise guests. "What's brilliant about Elton is it is like something for everyone, all ages," the 43-year-old who works in marketing said. "I've got a sparkly jacket in my bag ready to go, so I'll be busting that out for Elton." Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis, whose father Michael started the festival on Worthy Farm in 1970, said the show would be an amazing send-off for John. "He's been carving out a set that's going to be completely unique to Glastonbury," Eavis told the festival's Glastonbury Free Press paper.

Persons: Elton John, Lewis Capaldi, David, Britney Spears, Yusuf, Cat Stevens, Blondie, Lil Nas X, John, Fan Emily Brett, London, Elton, I've, Glastonbury, Emily Eavis, Michael, Eavis, Sachin Ravikumar, Jane Merriman Organizations: Foo Fighters, Sky News, Glastonbury, Dua, Glastonbury Free Press, Thomson Locations: GLASTONBURY, England, British, Glastonbury

☆ Why Are Remote Corporate Workers Having More Fun? Co-Working Spaces.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Roy Furchgott | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the pandemic, Mr. “It can be a little distracting,” said Mr. Slaughter, who sequestered himself at a small desk in his bedroom. “It’s not as though I could go anywhere in the house.”When LabCorp told its employees they would be returning to the office, Mr. Slaughter found out he had no office to return to — his job had been made “fully remote.” Like many companies, LabCorp reduced office space, having found employees were just as effective — and often happier — working from home.

Persons: Andrew Slaughter, Slaughter, ”, “ It’s, LabCorp Organizations: Research, of Locations: of Durham, N.C, singalongs

☆ Bose's bluetooth speaker makes it easy to bring music everywhere
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Katrina Liu | Katrina Liu Is A Digital Editorial For Select. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

During my junior year of high school, my parents gifted me a Bose Bluetooth speaker that I still use today. The sound quality of this speaker is both fantastic and consistent, in my experience. Since my speaker is five years old, Bose has come out with a newer version of it: the SoundLink Revolve+ II Bluetooth speaker. After seeing how well my speaker has held up over the years, my friend got the Revolve+ II over the summer, and she loves it. While it is a little larger compared to the Soundlink Revolve II, it’s still an easily transportable size at 1.3 pounds.

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