SIX at 6: Aren’t You Afraid?, Vampire Weekend, Who Cares?, Like a Rolling Stone, House Money, and Hemingway
SIX at 6: The Measure of Focus, a Double Satisfaction, a Gigantic Aspect of Survival, Greenlights, Wait for It, and the 23rd Law of Power
Billy Oppenheimerbillyoppenheimer.comIf you want to sell music, you must love those songs. If you want to succeed in journalism, you must love those newspapers. If you want to succeed in movies, you must love the cinema.
But this kind of love is rare nowadays. I often see record labels promote new artists for all sorts of gimmicky reasons—even labels I once trusted such as Deutsche Gr... See more
But this kind of love is rare nowadays. I often see record labels promote new artists for all sorts of gimmicky reasons—even labels I once trusted such as Deutsche Gr... See more
At one point in his career, comedian Aziz Ansari felt trapped. He was doing it all—long press tours, performing night after night, juggling multiple projects, saying yes to everything, and chasing every opportunity to stay relevant. One night, feeling particularly stretched thin, Aziz ran into the musician Frank Ocean at a party. “Frank, how do you... See more
SIX at 6: Forms of Freedom, Making Less, Giving Permission, Seeing What Happens, Being Consistent, and Deep Affection - Billy Oppenheimer
All these people you’ve known and loved – “they suffered and struggled so much, and then life is over,” said Scorsese. “You get to the point of saying, ‘Well, what does it all mean?’ It doesn’t matter what it means. You have to live it. And if you choose not to live it, you choose not to live it; that’s up to you. But you are existing and you live ... See more