BLOODIED IN BLACKOUT: A Legend’s Face Smashed and Shattered
Introduction The silence of a Palm Springs night is usually a comfort to the ultra-wealthy,...
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The Piece of Trash That Killed Romance: How Six Sentences Murdered Every Love Poem
Introduction In 2015, a global poll dropped a nuclear bomb on the literary world. They...
Bleeding at 30,000 Feet: The Private Jet That Became a Flying Ambulance
Introduction The curtain call is the most dangerous drug on earth. It floods the brain...
The Light Bill That Bankrupted Darkness: How One Man Turned His Front Lawn into a National Crisis
Introduction In the pantheon of American excess, there was Graceland, there was Dollywood, and then,...
The Butcher’s Bill: How They Sliced Open a Pop God to Reset His Dying Clock
Introduction Imagine living your entire life with a grenade strapped to your chest. You can’t...
Sealed in Concrete: The Hidden Laboratory Where Manilow Engineers Your Tears
Introduction Deep in the arid, sun-scorched landscape of Palm Springs, behind gates that cost more...
The Secret Summit in a Glass Closet: Barry Manilow’s Dangerous 1983 Gamble
Introduction In the early 1980s, Barry Manilow was the safe, wholesome face of American pop...
The Sex Symbol in the Governor’s Mansion: How Linda Ronstadt Almost Became First Lady
Introduction In 1979, the United States witnessed a cultural car crash so glamorous, so confusing,...
The Monk in the Sequined Suit: How Barry Manilow Starved His Vices to Feed His Throat
Introduction Walk through the graveyard of music history. Look at the tombstones of the great...
The Great Romantic Hoax: How Two “Just Friends” Murdered the Concept of the Modern Duet
Introduction Look at the Billboard charts today. Look at the shiny, manicured couples of modern...