Brian Wilson, one of the greatest rock musicians of all time, died yesterday at the age of 82, leaving behind an insurmountable legacy. As the co-founder and principal songwriter of The Beach Boys, he ...
The idea of “the tortured artist” is a familiar one. People often think of Van Gogh cutting off his ear, or Hemingway shooting himself as proof that a “true” artist needs to suffer in order to be “a ...