Some love in the room

Neil Diamond stopped doing live performances five years ago due to his Parkinson’s disease.

Couple of weeks ago a musical about his life called A Beautiful Noise opened on Broadway. Of course they invited Neil Diamond to Opening Night, and he attended.

After the show he stood up in the balcony, to the delight of the audience. And, with the backing of the stage show cast and a couple of thousand people in the audience, he sang Sweet Caroline.

Some love in the room

Neil Diamond stopped doing live performances five years ago due to his Parkinson’s disease.

Couple of weeks ago a musical about his life called A Beautiful Noise opened on Broadway. Of course they invited Neil Diamond to Opening Night, and he attended.

After the show he stood up in the balcony, to the delight of the audience. And, with the backing of the stage show cast and a couple of thousand people in the audience, he sang Sweet Caroline.

Start Up

As in, the sound your Apple device makes on starting up. This video mixes the sounds of Apple hardware over the past 40 years into a song that won’t make the Top 40. But very on-topic for an Apple industry event opener; it probably brought the house and garage down.

BTS

As students of global culture you are probably aware of BTS, the Korean hip hop group. Four #1 albums in America quicker than anyone since the Beatles, worth $4.6B to the Korean economy each year, cover of Time Magazine, addressed the United Nations General Assembly…

They fronted an ad for the Samsung Galaxy Note phone; makes for an interesting contrast with Australian ad culture.

Samsung launched a branded Galaxy BTS Edition as part of the endorsement. It sold out. You can still buy BTS Edition earbuds though, if you’re quick.