Utterly interesting

In July 1989, Pink Floyd performed a free concert on a floating stage in Venice. Watched by 200,000 people and broadcast worldwide, the event sparked outrage over damage, waste, and planning failures, leading to the resignation of the mayor and city council.

A detailed account of Brian Wilson’s long and controversial relationship with Dr Eugene Landy, examining treatment methods, financial control, creative interference, legal action, and the complex legacy left behind.

In late nineteen sixty five the Beatles were famous enough to sell any record they liked, yet worried enough about their future to reinvent what an album could be. Rubber Soul was their response. Born from a throwaway remark about “plastic soul,” it fused folk, soul and pop, turned the studio into a playground, and quietly rewrote the rules of rock music.