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I talked with the new owners of VMP about their plans to bring it back from the precipice... Record Subscription Company Vinyl Me, Please Acquired by VNYL Inc.; New Owners Vow to Restore Troubled Service to Former Glory (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/music/new… via @variety

So excited that nick alt is rebuilding VMP — I’m ready for cocktails and listening parties!

but did I really need any more vinyl?

I put up a cover of Jill Sobule’s great song Bitter - seeing the tributes set up to honor her in the US, who knows if anyone would’ve asked me to join in (she had so many friends and admirers) but sometimes living in another country feels very far away theamyrigby.bandcamp.com/track/bitter

Spotify Streams for Taylor Swift’s Original Big Machine Albums Surge 110-430% Per Title, After Fans Learn They Have Her OK to Play Them Again variety.com/2025/music/new… via @variety

A-Ha Singer Morten Harket Reveals He Has Parkinson’s Disease, Says He’s Not Sure if He’ll Sing Again variety.com/2025/music/new… via @variety

Enjoyed asking Patrick Ball about the unusual "Hamlet" opening at Center Theatre Group tonight... Patrick Ball on Playing ‘Hamlet’ at the Mark Taper by Night, While Shooting ‘The Pitt’ S2 by Day: ‘They’re Both Disgraced Princes… I’m in My Prince Era Here’ variety.com/2025/legit/new… via @variety

I talked with director Robert O'Hara about his spin on "Hamlet," opening tonight at Center Theatre Group... Reimagining ‘Hamlet’ as a Lynchian L.A. Story: Director Robert O’Hara on Doing Shakespeare With a Noir/’Mulholland Drive’ Twist at the Mark Taper variety.com/2025/legit/new… via @variety

Today's job numbers were very bad. And so ... politico.com/news/2025/06/0…

Spoke with director Mike Mills about helming a great silent performance by Saoirse Ronan... Saoirse Ronan Goes Feral in Talking Heads’ ‘Psycho Killer’ Video: Director Mike Mills Says ‘I Don’t Know How She Didn’t Just Shrivel Up at the End’ variety.com/2025/music/new… via @variety

There is faint hope that Decurion might be thinking about reopening the Dome, now that a west coast Blue Note Cafe is moving in next door... Blue Note Jazz Club Moves Forward at Hollywood ArcLight Complex — Will the Cinerama Dome Be Next? variety.com/2025/film/news… via @variety

Sabrina Carpenter Releases ‘Manchild,’ Courting Song of the Summer Status With a Knock on No-Good Guys: ‘Half Your Brain Ain’t There… I Like My Men All Incompetent’ variety.com/2025/music/new… via @variety

Cynthia Erivo's new album, "I Forgive You," may not be a chart-topping smash — but that’s not what it’s reaching for. Read the full review here: variety.com/2025/music/alb…

Wasn't sure what I'd think about Cynthia Erivo's album just from the first single, "Replay," but I ended up loving it... Cynthia Erivo Proves She’s a Threat as a Singer-Songwriter, Too, With Subtle but Powerful ‘I Forgive You’: Album Review variety.com/2025/music/alb… via @variety

Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Reenters Top 5 of Billboard Album Chart After She Buys Rights to Original Albums variety.com/2025/music/new… via @variety

I'm more impressed with h all the time, so was glad to extensively report this tour story... Halsey Offers a Peek Behind the Tour Curtain: How a Team That Includes Top Broadway Veterans Created One of the Year’s Most Ambitious Pop Shows variety.com/2025/music/new… via @variety

I know the world may start burning at any moment, but I'm counting on my feed being 100% Tonys for the next three hours

“Tomorrow” is a bold choice for an In Memoriam! (I liked it.) #tonys

Sly Stone, Funk-Rock Pioneer Who Led the Family Stone, Dies at 82 variety.com/2025/music/new… via @variety