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Why Boston Isn’t New York (Billy Joel Concert Edition)
Full disclosure: The hardworking staff grew up in Manhattan, but we’ve lived in Boston for the past 42 years. So we can’t help noticing the yin and yang of the two cities. Latest example: The Billy Joel concert index. Yesterday’s … Continue reading
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Tagged American Express, Billy Joel, Boston Globe, Citi, Fenway Park, Madison Square Garden, New York Times
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Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (Earworm-Chasing ‘Badge’ Edition)
Whenever the hardworking staff gets an earworm (see, for example, here), we turn to the greatest rock-and-roll love-triangle tune ever to unearth it. (Great photos.) George Harrison aced out Eric Clapton and married Patti Boyd in 1966. Forty years … Continue reading
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Tagged Badge, Billy Joel, Cream, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Layla, Only the Good Die Young, Patti Boyd
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WSJ: Renzo Is Harvard Art Museum’s Piano Man
(With apologies to Billy Joel) Sing us a song, you’re the piano man, Sing us a song tonight. Well we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling alright. As the hardworking staff previously noted, the new … Continue reading