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They’re playing Madison Square Garden. The first thing I do when a band I’ve never heard of, or only know the name of, has outsized success is check the Spotify numbers. “Apocalypse” has 1,233,307237 streams. How did this happen? Well that’s when you go to Wikipedia. This is what I read about “Apocalypse” while I […]

A long overdue column. Long on the cusp of sensory overload, Taylor’s carpet bombing marketing started with the massive Eras Tour which, amazingly, still has seven months to go—with no surcease on the horizon. Let’s review:1). The re-recording of old catalogue has been a complete artistic failure. Cynically marketed as an “artist rights” triumph, it […]

“Taylor Swift Has Given Fans a Lot. Is It Finally Too Much? – Swift has been inescapable over the last year. With the release of ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ her latest (very long) album, some seem to finally be feeling fatigued.” Free link: https://shorturl.at/ejVYZ Gregg said he hadn’t heard anything about Harry Styles recently, was […]