Monday, July 23, 2012

Bruce Springsteen at Sixty-Two

photograph by Jo Lopez; Manchester, UK (22 June, 2012)

What's all the fuss about this guy they call the Boss? This new, informative essay (15,000+ words) from The New Yorker [link] will serve to explain it. I can only dream about writing about a subject I so admire this well, and it's pieces like this, one of the best ever written, that clearly reiterates why I fucking love the man. There are a couple 'new' facts that have not previously surfaced in other books and articles. Take this as a precursor to the upcoming, supposedly definitive biography about Bruce, released in November [link].

UPDATE:
New Yorker podcast discussing Bruce [link]
The stories behind the photographs [link]
Rolling Stone interview with Stevie [link]
Charlie Rose interview with David Remnick, writer of the New Yorker feature [link]