Christian and Kelly Clancy, who manage the hip-hop collective Odd Future, may represent a new model: the business working for the talent, instead of the other way around. That and other great longform from around the web.
Christian and Kelly Clancy's Unlikely Empire — BuzzFeed
While Odd Future are the face of hip-hop’s DIY audacity and Frank Ocean is R&B’s most compelling ascendant superstar, their managers (and guardian angels) are making the most of the music industry’s slow implosion. Read it on BuzzFeed.
Via: Brick Stowell
The Promise: The Families of Sandy Hook and the Long Road to Gun Safety — The Brookings Institution
Matt Bennett delivers a comprehensive look at the past, present and future of gun control. "Time and again, high-profile gun crimes — from assassinations to mass shootings — had seemed to galvanize public opinion. Yet time and again, this sense of urgency had faded, as the gun lobby slowed momentum in Congress to a crawl and then, often, to a halt." Read it at the Brookings Institution.
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Unity with the Universe — ESPN
A beautiful, careful essay by Wright Thompson about master fly fishing rod designer-cum-guru Tom Morgan, who, paralyzed by multiple sclerosis, relies upon his wife Gerri in nearly every respect. An ode to their love and trials, the Montanan country that envelops them, and their Melvillian quest for perfection. Read it on ESPN.
Source: espn.go.com
Jack Handey is the Envy of Every Comedy Writer in America — The New York Times Magazine
Dan Kois profiles the former Saturday Night Live writer — who, yes, is a real person — and has written a first novel called The Stench of Honolulu. "The novel also functions as a kind of thought exercise. The exercise is: What if the “Deep Thoughts” guy was a character in a book?" Read it in The New York Times Magazine.
Via: The New York Times / Jeff Minton
