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Van Morrison has a new album out, and the initial reaction is pretty bad. And that’s not even including allegations of anti-Semitism made against him over a song called ‘They Own the Media’. Since the pandemic hit, the ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ singer-songwriter has been railing against lockdowns aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, putting out a handful of protest songs that courted plenty of controversy. But ‘Latest Record Project, Vol. 1’, a new two-hour, 28-track double album, doe...

Print Van Morrison has a new album out, and the initial reaction is pretty bad. And that’s not even including allegations of anti-Semitism made against him over a song called “They Own the Media.” Since the pandemic hit, the “Brown Eyed Girl” singer-songwriter has been railing against lockdowns aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, putting out a handful of protest songs that courted plenty of controversy. But “Latest Record Project, Vol. 1,” a new two-hour, 28-track double alb...

The Chart of the Matter These days we measure everything: steps, likes, gender-reveal destructive capacity. But our measures of presidential performance are woefully primitive. Approval ratings, jobs and stock prices? Please. Save it for the kindergartners. Actually, uh, those are still pretty good measures. But Bloomberg Opinion writers swim in deeper data waters. To mark President Joe Biden’s first 100 days, they have hauled up from the abyssal depths 17 shiny metrics that will tell a muc...

Cold War, Hard and Soft A cold war has hard and soft components, like an egg or the SAT. Last night the Oscars were a stark reminder the U.S. is winning the soft-power part of the war. The hard part could be a much different story. “Nomadland,” a very good, very depressing movie about premature retirees living in vans, won best picture. Its director, Chloé Zhao, a Chinese national, won best director. (Frances McDormand, a national treasure, won best actress for her part in the movie. Also...

When the Money Gusher Ends We can all agree it’s a good thing the pandemic’s crushing blow to the economy didn’t close all the businesses and put everybody in bread lines. But there’s no such thing as a free recovery, say people who don’t want us to have any fun. For example, the Fed’s money printer going brrr all the time has kept countless companies from going bankrupt, writes Lisa Abramowicz. The downside is this has also kept alive countless companies that might be better off n...

FEARLESS (TAYLOR’S VERSION) BOWS AT #1 IN U.S., UK, CANADA, AUSTRALIA & MORE AND BECOMES TAYLOR SWIFT’S 3RD #1 ALBUM IN LESS THAN A YEAR & THE BIGGEST COUNTRY ALBUM DEBUT SINCE 2015 BIGGEST FIRST-WEEK DEBUT OF 2021 & BIGGEST FEMALE COUNTRY STREAMING WEEK EVER! OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Republic Records Sunday April 18, 2021 – Returning to #1 around the world and breaking numerous records, Taylor Swift has made history yet again with Fearless (Taylor’s Ve...

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SPACs and Coins May Break Our Bones The good thing about mystery boxes is that you don’t know what’s in them. There could be something great inside, like cash or a puppy. Unfortunately, that’s also the bad thing about mystery boxes. There could be something lame inside, like socks. Then there are the mystery boxes known as SPACs — blank-check companies into which you pour money hoping a pleasant surprise comes out. Sometimes a SPAC will even tell you what’s inside the box, but you...

by Tyler Durden Amid mounting questions from the press, including a Bloombergs Jonathan Bernstein, the Biden administration has finally booked the Presidents very first press conference on March 25, according to a Tuesday announcement by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Each of Bidens 15 most recent predecessors held a full news conference within their first 33 days in office, while Biden will have been in office for 64 days when select members of the press will ask carefully tailore...

Our Last Shows: A Look Back at Final Concerts Before the World Went Quiet Read full article Brenna Ehrlich, Hank Shteamer, David Browne, Andy Greene, Andrew Firriolo, Jonathan Bernstein, Mankaprr Conteh, Rick Carp, Griffin Lotz, Jason Newman, Jon Freeman, Rob Sheffield and Kory Grow March 10, 2021, 6:25 AM·28 min read A year ago, our lives ground to a halt as Covid-19 spread across the U.S. Everything but essential businesses shut down, schools closed, and the music world stopped in its tracks...