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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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A July 17 photo of Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA, during the 'Fearless' set.

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Arts And Culture

You Must Understand That Taylor Swift Knows Me Better Than Anyone Else On Earth

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Ray Ratto

UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 03: ROYAL ALBERT HALL Photo of BAND, L-R: Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm (playing guitar), Rick Danko, Richard Manuel (on drums), Garth Hudson - performing live onstage (Photo by Mick Gold/Redferns)

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The Last Of The Band

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Sinead O'Connor singing at a recent UFC fight

UFC 189: Mendes v McGregor

Sinead O’Connor Was A Rebel With A Cause

Adlan Jackson is a writer-editor at Hell Gate. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Pitchfork, Study Hall and more.

Adlan Jackson

The central branch of Brooklyn Public Library, wrapped in Jay-Z lyrics.

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Is ‘The Book Of Hov’ Really For Anyone But Jay-Z?

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Taylor Swift performing, with some help from a video projection of herself and some other smaller video versions of herself, during her show in Kansas City.

Night Two Of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour – Kansas City, MO

What Does Taylor’s Version Of The Past Look Like?

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Soraya Roberts

Crowds are seen in front of the stage as Lost Frequencies gives a DJ Performance concert on the second day of the Champions Festival, which is being prepared for the UEFA Champions League final to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 9, 2023.

Day 2 Festival – UEFA Champions League Final 2022/23

I Just Want To Go To A Concert

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Drew Magary

(MANDATORY CREDIT Ebet Roberts/Getty Images) UNITED STATES - AUGUST 01: LOLAPOLOOZA Photo of Eddie VEDDER and PEARL JAM and Stone GOSSARD, L-R: Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder performing live onstage (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)

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Who Is Our Least Intelligible Singer?

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Sometimes The Best Bands In The World Play Right In Front Of The Toilets

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I Recommend Seeing Your Favorite Band Live 14 Times

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Tina Turner Did Nothing Nice And Easy

A story in the Wright State Daily Guardian about Robert Pollard's no-hitter for Wright State University on March 11, 1978.

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Celebrating Robert Pollard’s No-Hitter And The Rock-Jock Nexus

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Happiness Is Fixing A Guitar

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Vincent Mason aka P.A. Pasemaster Mase aka Maseo aka Plug Three, David Jude Jolicoeur aka Trugoy the Dove aka Dave aka Plug Two and Kevin Mercer aka Posdnuos aka Mercenary aka Plug Wonder Why aka Plug One of the hip hop trio De La Soul pose for a portrait in 1990.

Defector Music Club – De La Soul

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Cam’ron And Mase Argue About Sports Now, And It’s Working

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Jai Paul Answered The Call

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Shoppers Looking at Records at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard

The Lost Art Of Being Stuck With An Album

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Save The Music You Like

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A photo of the K-Pop group 8TURN as they are about to perform on the TV show Music Bank. Each is wearing a vintage NFL jersey.

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Behold, The K-Pop/Remember Some Guys Crossover Event Of My Dreams

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AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 09: Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel performs in concert during Day 3 of Fun Fun Fun Fest at Auditorium Shores on November 9, 2014 in Austin, Texas.

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Introducing Defector Music Club, With Neutral Milk Hotel’s Magnum Opus At 25

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Paramore’s Latest Album Is An Anxious Murmur

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The Never-Ending Resurrection Of Eva Cassidy

NEW ORLEANS - JULY 03: Musician David Jude Jolicoeur better known as Trugoy of De La Soul performs at the 2010 Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome on July 3, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

2010 Essence Music Festival – Day 2

We Are All Indebted To Trugoy The Dove Of De La Soul

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Burt Bacharach, The Genius Who Got Punks To Admit Elevator Music Was Cool, Is Dead

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 23: A general view of Climate Pledge Arena with the center ice logo prior to the Kraken's inaugural home opening game between the Seattle Kraken and the Vancouver Canucks on October 23, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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Photo of Tom Verlaine performing with Television during the 1970s.

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Tom Verlaine, Out And Back