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☆ How the ‘song of the summer’ became a cultural phenomenon
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

And in an age where social media and streaming platforms have fragmented the cultural landscape, does the song of the summer even exist anymore? “It’s not like people were walking around in 1925 and saying, ‘You think that’s the summer song this year? New York Magazine’s 1995 Summer Fun issue devoted an article to examining the summer song as a unifying force — per the magazine, a summer song should be 1) released in the summer, 2) uncomplicated and 3) unforgettable. MTV’s Video Music Awards introduced a song of summer category in 2013, with One Direction’s “Best Song Ever” nabbing the inaugural award. Even as the song of the summer has become increasingly debatable, the idea that a single song could encapsulate a given summer continues to have a hold over our culture.

Persons: David Hajdu, “, ”, Hajdu, Phil Edwards, George Gershwin's, George Gershwin’s, Harry James ’, “ It’s, that’s, ’ ” Hajdu, Young, ’, ” Hajdu, Michael Ochs, Martha, Lovin, Sly, Stone, Robert Thompson, Ann Powers, Ricky Martin's, Frank Micelotta, ” Thompson, Thompson, gatekeepers, Vulture, Rolling Stone, It’s, Jason Lipshutz, Morgan, SZA, Armando L, Sanchez, Morgan Wallen’s “, Lipshutz, Miley Cyrus, Kylie Minogue, — Organizations: CNN, Day, Labor, Vox, Washington Post, Billboard, Beach Boys, Michael Ochs Archives, Vandellas, . Radio, Bleier Center for Television, Culture, Syracuse University . New, Bills, Backstreet Boys, Nielsen, American, Rolling, Social, Chicago Tribune, Tribune, Service Locations: America, Washington, Syracuse University . New York, “

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New Jersey came to the West Coast to kick off Grammy Awards weekend, with native sons Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen teaming up. Bon Jovi hailed Springsteen as “my hero, my friend, my mentor” to a crowd of 2,000 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Instead of performing at the end of the evening as is traditional for the honoree, Bon Jovi got the nearly three-hour show going. Comedian Jim Gaffigan hosted and relentlessly mocked Bon Jovi for his big hair and penchant for wearing short-shorts in the 1980s. “Livin' On a Prayer” became an all-star finale, with Bon Jovi joined onstage by the other performers for a singalong.

Persons: Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Springsteen, ”, Jovi, Dorothea, Paul McCartney, Nancy, Robert Kraft, Rita Wilson, Adele, “, he’d, ” Melissa Etheridge, Larkin Poe, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, ” Pat Monahan, Shania Twain, Jason Isbell, Damiano David of Måneskin, Van Halen, Sammy Hager, Orianthi, Wolfgang Van Halen, ” Brandy Clark, Jim Gaffigan, Gaffigan, Jack Daniels, “ Livin, Kraft, I’ve Organizations: ANGELES, —, Los Angeles Convention, New England Patriots, “, Treaty, Sunday, Food Bank, Foundation, District of Columbia Locations: — New Jersey, West, New Jersey

☆ Ending the 40-hour workweek is possible, but it'll require sacrifices from all of us
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today's big story, we're looking at the internet calling for changes to the "soul-crushing" and "depressing" 9-to-5 workday. The 40-hour workweek is facing a reckoning after a recent grad's viral TikTok emotionally questioning how people have time for a personal life while working a full-time job. AdvertisementAdvertisementSo yes, upending the 9-to-5 is possible — and worth considering — but only with a bit of sacrifice from all of us. Earnings today: Uber, eBay, H&R Block, Nintendo, and other companies.

Persons: —, Dolly Parton, Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic, Dolly, Gen, Insider's, Gen Z, Tim Paradis, I've, we'd, Rebecca Zisser, Ray Dalio, That's, Rob Copeland's, Dalio, Warren Buffett's, Sam Altman Justin Sullivan, OpenAI's, Sam Altman, Slack, Lidiane Jones, Bumble, Tesla, Samantha Lee, WeWork, they're, Billie Jean King, Bryan Johnson, Dustin Giallanza, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Bridgewater Associates, Bank of America, EV, Microsoft, Billie Jean King Cup, eBay, Nintendo Locations: Taylor, Berkshire, Kentucky, Mississippi, Sevilla, Spain, Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ NFL waves goodbye to London as Baltimore Ravens take down Tennessee Titans
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London CNN —The National Football League (NFL) waved goodbye to London for another year as the Baltimore Ravens beat the Tennessee Titans 24-16 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. While officially listed as a home game for the Titans, London sounded like a home away from home for the Baltimore faithful. The rapturous Ravens fans brought the noise from start to finish as they witnessed their team win the last of the three games held in the English capital this season. Baltimore Ravens fans found a new home in London. Over 60,000 loud fans were in attendance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London.

Persons: Lamar Jackson, John Harbaugh, Kin Cheung, Justin Tucker, Nick Folk, Vincent Mignott, deafening, Zay Flowers, Jackson, Derrick Henry, Ryan Tannehill, Caroline, ”, Bon, Brightside ”, Harbaugh, Flowers, Kirby Lee, Roger Goodell, “, ” Goodell, Zac Goodwin Organizations: Tottenham Hotspur, London CNN, National Football League, Baltimore Ravens, Tennessee Titans, Titans, Baltimore, rapturous Ravens, Ravens, NFL, English Premier League, USA, Sports, Reuters, London, ESPN, football’s, Miami Dolphins, Super Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Frankfurt Locations: London, Baltimore, American, England, Germany, Frankfurt

For all the versions of Beyoncé we’ve seen in her career — beauty queen, vixen, scorned women — stand-up comedian might be her most uninhibited. But as much as the Renaissance World Tour is limned with the beauty of aliveness and vitality, it is also preoccupied with mortality. She is deeply aware of the precarity of Black, queer and trans life. The shift between the ecstasy of the concert and the reality of the world was so disconcerting it was almost physically painful. But Beyoncé isn’t the undertaker; she is directing the second-line band at the funeral procession.

Persons: Beyoncé, we’ve, —, “, livin, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, O’Shae Sibley, vogueing, Barbara Ann Teer, Albert Einstein Organizations: National Black Theater Locations: York, Brooklyn, Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Fla

☆ Egos! Drama! Desmond Child, a Pop Hitmaker, Is Telling His Story.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Jim Farber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“When Steven Tyler wrote his memoir, he completely diminished me by saying, ‘Well, everything was already written’ and I just added a few words,” Child, 69, said of Aerosmith’s 1987 hit. “When Joe Perry wrote about ‘Dude’ in his autobiography, he said, ‘Well, Desmond just came up with the title.’”That wasn’t all. After “I Was Made for Lovin’ You,” which Child wrote with Paul Stanley of Kiss, became a smash for that band, he asserted that Gene Simmons “started saying in every interview, ‘We hired guards in front of the studio to keep Desmond Child out,’ because he hated that song so much. Why would you attack a person who put money in your pocket?” (In an interview, Stanley confirmed the anecdote.) people locked in the closet.

Persons: Bon, ”, Ricky Martin’s “, Katy Perry —, Desmond Child’s, “, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond, ’, Child, Paul Stanley of Kiss, Gene Simmons “, ‘, Desmond Child, Stanley, Blanche Dubois, Anjelica Huston, ’ ” Organizations: Kiss Locations: Cuban

☆ How Oliver Anthony’s ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ became a chart-topping conservative anthem
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —In a matter of days, Oliver Anthony’s working-class anthem, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” has gone from viral sensation to legitimate country hit. “Rich Men North of Richmond” touches upon Anthony’s time as a factory worker in Western North Carolina, he said in the video shared before the song was posted online. Conservative media personality Jason Howerton said he has offered to pay to produce Anthony’s record and that Rich had agreed to produce it. (A representative for Rich told CNN on Wednesday that there “isn’t much to report on” about Anthony and Rich working together. Anthony's song has been compared to Aldean's for their rural perspectives and embrace by conservatives.

Persons: Oliver Anthony’s, “ Rich, ”, dethroning Luke Combs, Jason Aldean, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Walsh, Anthony, he’s, “, …, ” Anthony, That’s what’s, Oliver Anthony, Richmond ”, Christopher Anthony Lunsford, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, RadioWV, it’s, Kari Lake, Lauren Boebert, ” It’s, Travis Tritt, John Rich of, Jason Howerton, Rich, Jason Aldean's, parlayed, “ Don’t, “ Oliver Anthony’s, Phil, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Anthony’s, Uncle Sam’s, Merle Haggard’s “, Guy Drake’s “, Cadillac ”, ain’t Organizations: CNN, North, Apple, iTunes, US Rep, YouTube, Richmond, Virgin Islands, Arizona, John Rich of Big, Rich, Conservative, Records, Facebook Locations: Richmond, ”, Virginia, Appalachia, Western North Carolina, Washington , DC, Virgin, Currituck , North Carolina, America

☆ How Hip-Hop Changed the English Language Forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Miles Marshall Lewis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

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Persons: vibrancy, Dave, — Slick Rick, “, ”, �, Homer Simpson, Rihanna, “ FourFiveSeconds ”, wilding, Erykah Badu, Megan Thee, Spoonie Gee, Lil Wayne, Spivey’s, “ It’s, Pharrell Williams, Shameik Moore, Zoë Kravitz, ” “, Lana Del Rey, Joe, Marcus Garvey, Lauryn Hill, Marcus Garvey intoned, Ramblin ’ Thomas, William Melvin Kelley’s, presciently, Badu’s, repopularized “, Badu, ” — Childish Gambino, “ Redbone ”, Donald J, Kendrick Lamar’s, Joey Bada, Lil Durk’s, Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk, Sir, they’ve, Munch, Red’s, ” Megan Thee, Patty, Nicki Minaj, “ Heard, Jay, Stackin, Al Pacino, Tony Montana, Morton, wildin, illin, killin, “ Buck Whylin ’, Chuck D, “ Buck Whylin ’ ”, Tonya Harding, Nick Cannon’s, “ wilding ”, Barry Michael Cooper, “ Wilding, Donald Trump’s, Wildin, “ Stylin, — Bruno Mars, Greg Nice, “ Swayze, Patrick Swayze’s, Guy, ghosting, Glock, I’m Swayze, Jared Seay Organizations: Daily News, src, Google, Oxford English, Queens, MTV, New York Times, Trump, Republican, Hulu, WAP, raunch, “, Morton Music, Public, The Daily News, Central Park, Oxford, ”, Adidas, Royce Locations: Oxford, Ethiopia, Africa, Florida, America, U.S

☆ Outgoing LA Mayor Eric Garcetti on why his stalled ambassador nomination was a ‘gift’
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Maeve Reston | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Reston: So, the other half of the equation – as you talked about – is not under your control as the mayor, and that’s the mental health space. Garcetti: This country is experiencing a mental health crisis and addiction crisis. There are not enough professionals who can treat mental health afflictions, and we have no right to mental health care in this country. … Treating trauma and mental health issues is the biggest gap in the American health care system by far. Garcetti: I was working on a musical a long time ago that I thought would be really interesting in LA.

☆ Elusive artist Banksy tells fans to shoplift from a Guess store after the label 'helped themselves to my artwork'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Anonymous graffiti artist Banksy encouraged shoplifters to steal from a Guess store in London. Guess said its collection was produced legally in a partnership with licensing company Brandalised. Guess said the collection was created legally through a partnership with Brandalised, "an urban graffiti licensing company whose mission is to offer Banksy fans affordable graffiti collectibles." Shortly after Banksy's post, Guess closed the Regent Street store, and covered up the window display, BBC News reported. Guess, Brandalised and Banksy did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

☆ 'Deer in the headlights': Young bankers on Wall Street have had it easy for years — but they're about to face a bloodbath
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

If you can spare compassion for anyone on Wall Street during these volatile times, please consider the youth. That also meant bankers on Wall Street got fat off the huge fees that came with advising these companies or taking them public. Wall Street is an apprenticeship system; young bankers learn by watching senior bankers do things and by doing all the time-consuming grunt work senior bankers don't want to do. Many of the rules that young Wall Street just learned about how the markets react to events have to be thrown out the window. In the crowd at the conference that day were a bunch of young Wall Streeters who had been invited to attend as a learning experience.

Британский музыкант и бывший лидер хард-рок-группы Uriah Heep Кен Хенсли скончался в возрасте 75 лет после непродолжительной болезни. "Я пишу это с тяжелым сердцем, чтобы вы знали, мой брат Кен Хенсли мирно скончался вечером в среду. Мы все разбиты этой трагической и неожиданной утратой, поэтому просим вас дать нам немного времени, чтобы принять это", – написал Тревор Хенсли. Кен Хенсли родился 24 августа 1945 года в Пламстеде (юго-восток Лондона). Хенсли написал или был соавтором большинства песен Uriah Heep до его ухода из нее в 1980 году, в том числе такие хиты, как "Easy livin", "Stealin", "Lady in black" и "Free me".

Persons: Uriah Heep, Кен Хенсли, Тревор, Моника, Кен, Тревор Хенсли, Мик Бокс, Дэвид Байрон, Хенсли Organizations: Facebook, Sputnik Moldova Locations: КИШИНЕВ, Испания, Пламстед, Лондон, Молдова

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