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| | | Better Call Saul has gone full Breaking Bad – so why does it feel like punishment? | | by Stuart Heritage Aug 2, 2022 | | The return of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman has been central to Breaking Bad’s spin-off show – but after all the hype, it fell flat. At least we know there’s more of them to come … Warning: this article contains spoilers to season six, episode 11 of Better Call Saul. Do not read on if you haven’t watched One of Better Call Saul’s signature moves is to give us things we want in ways that make us instantly regret wanting them. Take two weeks ago, for instance. Since its inception, Better Call Saul viewers had been itching to see the moment where lovable but flawed Jimmy McGill burst into flames and emerged as Breaking Bad’s amoral Saul Goodman. Continue reading... | | | | | Cambridge Folk festival review – a safe but charming return | | by Colin Irwin Aug 2, 2022 | | Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
Crowd favourites Billy Bragg, Suzanne Vega and Gipsy Kings share the bill with some daring international bookings for the festival’s contented return Deep into his Sunday night main stage set, Billy Bragg is halfway through one of his oldest hits, Shirley, when an ecstatic roar spreads rapidly through the crowd, all the way back to the food stands: the England women’s football team have won the Euros final. It’s no disturbance to Bragg – to the contrary, he’s been receiving constant updates on the match throughout his set. Whooping and yelling, he immediately leads the audience in a rousing rendition of Jerusalem. Having already ranted passionately about trans rights, global warming and male violence, he expounds on why we should all rejoice in England’s win. It’s an apt microcosm of a thoroughly good-natured event. Cambridge Folk festival is essentially celebrating its very survival after the pandemic, and the audience flocks to tai chi and willow-weaving workshops to discover, with no small sense of relief, that the easy charm that has sustained this compact festival for 57 years has been unharmed by a two-year hiatus. Continue reading... | | | | | Taylor Swift: claims about private jet use 'blatantly incorrect', says spokesperson | | by Laura Snapes Aug 2, 2022 | | Swift’s plane is ‘loaned out regularly’, a representative for the singer says, amid claims she is responsible for 8,000 tonnes of carbon emissions so far this year A spokesperson for Taylor Swift has denied that the US pop star is responsible for “most or all” of the trips taken on her private jet after she was alleged to be the highest-use celebrity by sustainability marketing firm Yard, calling the claim “blatantly incorrect”. Yard’s survey found that Swift’s plane has taken 170 flights between 1 January and 29 July 2022, clocking up 15.9 days in the air with an average flight time of 80 minutes and 139.36 miles per flight. The total flight emissions for 2022 were calculated at 8,293.54 tonnes – 1,184.8 times more than the average person’s total annual emissions. Continue reading... | | | | | Mo Ostin, US record exec who signed Jimi Hendrix and the Kinks, dies aged 95 | | by Laura Snapes Aug 2, 2022 | | Headhunted by Frank Sinatra, the head of Warner/Reprise oversaw classic releases by the likes of Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac and Prince Mo Ostin, the US record executive who signed the Kinks and Jimi Hendrix and presided over Warner/Reprise records for three decades, has died aged 95. “Mo Ostin was one of a kind,” said record executive Clive Davis. “And the company he chaired was totally unique in its very special management and, of course, the depth of artistry which affected contemporary music and culture so profoundly and so historically.” Continue reading... | | | | | |
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