Billy Joel has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide. He set the record for sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden—12, two more than runner-up Bruce Springsteen—and had 13 Top 10 hits and 11 Top 10 albums. His songs are radio mainstays and his tours gross millions of dollars. But nobody cares about Billy Joel—nobody […]
Jonathan Zwickel
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Black Holes and Flowering Spades
Sean Hayes’ DIY Folk and Unlikely Inspiration
The black hole’s song is the lowest sound in the known universe. It booms like a giant cannonball and travels in immense waves, laying waste any newborn stars in its vicinity. It’s a sonic sweeping of stellar proportions. Sean Hayes was reading the New York Times a few years ago when he came across the […]