Ryn Weaver’s ‘The Fool’: The Breezy Tracks You Need In Your Life This Summer
In a traditional Tarot card deck, there’s a card called The Fool on which a traveller steps confidently, but perhaps foolishly, into the unknown. His face is pointed toward the sky, his eyes are closed, and the sun rises behind him. The card generally represents a new beginning and signals change ahead — something that’s either exciting or risky, depending on how optimistic you choose to be about it.
That seems to be the choice Ryn Weaver is trying to make on her debut album The Fool, out Tuesday (June 16). On its most technical level, it’s guitar pop flavored with synthesizers and polished with striking hooks and crisp production courtesy of Benny Blanco and Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos.
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But peel away the layers, and you’ll see that the MTV Artist to Watch specializes in songs that juxtapose dark secrets against starry-eyed melodies. Make no mistake — these are tension-filled songs about falling in and out of love, coming to grips with your own restlessness and contradictions, and deciding how to forge the path ahead.
“I thought the first record there’s so many anxieties going into it that I just was thinking, ‘What do I want to do? And what do I want to create?” Weaver told MTV News. “I was like, ‘I’m just going to lay out some truth here because at least then if nobody likes it, I know it’s my story and I’m proud.’”
Conflicted as the album may be, though, damned if it isn’t also arrestingly beautiful. There’s the undeniably Fleetwood Mac vibes on “Here Is Home,” the ominous distortion of “Runaway,” and the glimmering synth pop earworm “The Fool.” But the standouts cater to that overarching theme of wanderlust that’s perfect for breezy summertime drives. Take these four essential tracks for instance:
1. “Free”
It takes until the eighth track on The Fool for Weaver to give some kind of inkling that she’s finally found it: liberating, uncomplicated love that has her singing, “Hallelujah, believe/Hear my heart beat major keys/Nothing competes when love is free.” She finally seems happy, but don’t expect it to last for long.
“I think it comes from a space of losing a very bad love or running away from a really negative experience and kind of finding your freedom and regaining yourself,” Weaver told MTV News about her emotional journey through the album. “But with that regaining yourself with the help of someone else… the arch is this sad thing where you find everything you wanted but maybe you’re not ready for it. Because maybe you’re now too proud of the freedom you cultivated. “
2. “Traveling Song”
For the last 30 seconds of “Traveling Song” — the album’s most stripped-down track by a mile — Weaver sing-speaks a folky, a cappella farewell. Her quivering vibrato literally shakes with vulnerability, and it’s starting, strange and beautiful all at once.
3. “Stay Low”
The is the kind of floaty, vibe-y track that’s tailor-made for summer nights where “the records lay low,” the “sun goes way low,” and you take a drive simply to clear your mind and feel alive.
4. “New Constellations”
On the track just before this one, “Here Is Home,” Weaver teased the idea that she may be settling into herself. But the album’s finale makes it clear she’s still looking for somewhere new to go. “It’s hard to believe that it’s wrong to want more/Than the truest of blue and a love like a roar,” she sings, justifying her quest to keep on keepin’ on. The song ends a pair of nagging phrases — “You can run if you want to” and “What if there’s more?” are frantically layered on top of each other until Weaver convinces herself she’s not done running yet. And that’s a good thing, because it sounds like she has plenty more to say.
“I like the idea of people being empowered by it,” Weaver told us. “I think there is a dreamer element to it and the ability to be able to forge your own path, and wandering and traveling and figuring things out. And kind of realizing that it’s OK that you’re figuring it out and nobody knows where they’re going. It’s a long road and sometimes you have to make mistakes for yourself. And if that’s the case, then go, live your life.”
Dave Grohl’s Letter To Foo Fighters Fans Included A Great Kanye Joke
Dave Grohl might’ve hung in and kept right on jamming after snapping his fibula “like an old pair of takeout chopsticks” in Gothenburg, Sweden on Friday (June 12), but his doctors have officially pulled the plug on the Foo Fighters’ European Tour dates. So the show, unfortunately, must not go on.
And Grohl, who played through the pain mere minutes after the fall which also dislocated his ankle, has written a personal letter of apology to the band’s disappointed fans as a token of consolation. And in it, he managed to squeeze in a well-played Kanye West joke.
more: Dave Grohl Stepped Up In Support Of Kanye West – Here's Why
In the note, Grohl first relived his experience receiving the vicious injury. (Spoiler: It was rough stuff.)
Thank you Gothenburg. That was amazing. pic.twitter.com/BXvuxIfVEv
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) June 12, 2015
“I made a mad dash to the right of the stage during MONKEY WRENCH to shred some tasty licks for the kids up front. It was a beautiful night … I definitely shredded something (ZING!) Wound up feet first over the Edge (pun intended), dropping about 12 feet,” he wrote. “Without realizing the extent of my injuries, I stood up to get back onstage and crumbled like a sack of Joe Theismanns (look it up, kiddies). That sh-t was B-R-O-K-E.”
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He then explained how it was that he ended up back on the stage after such a spill, even against the advice of his attending medics.
“I just thought, ’Are you kidding me? We haven’t even gotten to the screamy bit of the song and the gig is f–king OVER?'” he wrote. “I asked if I could get back onstage to finish the show, but they said I needed a cast (which was 20 minutes away, at the hospital) to hold my ankle in place. So I looked my EMT, Johan in the eyes and said, ’Well, then you’re coming up there with me right now and holding it in place until they can bring the cast here. Ready?’ He stared at me wide-eyed for a second and said, ’OK, let’s go.'”
Go they did. And, until he had to get up and leave the stage at least, it was a blast. Although, he did make sure to note “that singing [their] song ’Walk’ with a straight face was pretty godd—ed hard.”
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After that, his hospital x-rays revealed he’d need surgery, so he was flown to London for his operation, which he reports “went well,” and now he is in recovery — “with 6 metal screws in my leg, thinking about a lifetime of holding up TSA lines from here to Kalamazoo.”
He even shared a pic of his new hardcore hardware.
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In the meantime, he and the band have to call off the shows they’d had scheduled in the UK and Belgium — including the Glastonbury Festival, which they were supposed to headline alongside Kanye West.
So, after doling out his “sincerest apologies” for the interruption in plans, Dave closed the note with this joke at Ye’s expense: “PS… Kanye… Imma let you have this one…”
Paris bookstore disappear
The booksellers has been a staple of Parisian culture for centuries, known as a go-to supply exhausted or unusual reading material - but their life is threatened.
An office with a view
One of the most important monuments of Paris are the famous bookshops: booksellers who sell their products every day along the River Seine. Bargaining dates to 1400, the booksellers have been known for centuries as a go-to source for reading material exhausted or rare among locals and travelers who come here to find titles like in Vagrant author Colette biting and controversial or the first edition of the French comic strip The Mischievous Lili, from the early 1900s and has never been reissued. The cultivation of about 20 vendors at the turn of the 17th century, there are now about 240 booksellers in Paris. Their traditional green wooden boxes that dot both banks of the Seine, the Musée d'Orsay in the Arab World Institute, with the highest concentration is at the entrance of the Latin Quarter, home of the famous Sorbonne University. (Credit: Nick Kozak)
The traveller challenge
But even with 240 vendors lining the banks, competition does not come often in close positions. The 'booksellers biggest challenge over the past 20 years has been the proliferation of e-readers and Internet access, reducing sales of books and make materials outside the print easier to find. To offset declining sales, many have resorted to booksellers supplement their income with memories, which are technically permitted under the regulations of the city that allows the sale of commercial products from four green boxes is assigned to each vendor. But the movement did not sit well with some of the Items population, triggering a debate between suppliers in about what can and can not sell - and it will change a tradition that has been a staple of the Parisian culture. (Credit: Nick Kozak)
Price growth
At the end of 1980, Jean-Pierre Mathias left his job as professor of philosophy to become a bookseller. "When I came to my store, I started selling my old books ... I liked the idea of following the philosophy here without having to be a teacher," he said. Mathias only sells books and engravings; He refused to comply with the increasing number of foreign tourists selling souvenirs. "For me, a book will always be a book, and people who love books continue to buy them. The theater did not disappear with the beginning of the film, "he says with a big smile (Credit: Nick Kozak).
From comics to keychains
Robert Francis was selling comics in his shop for over 35 years. At first, he said, people came to him, if you were looking for a particular comic story. If you do not, then they do online would. Now it is the opposite: they only come if they can not find online. To compensate, Robert memorabilia collection - including ubiquitous statues Eiffel Tower - has increased in recent years. As residents still come to buy a book or two, he said most of his customers are abroad and are more likely to buy his memories of his comics, which are mainly written in French. (Credit: Nick Kozak)
A job with benefits
Items Each is required to maintain their boxes, but beyond that, the work has a lot of freedom. Merchants can set their own hours of light (the stalls are locked once the sun sets); choose the reading material they want to sell; and spend the day enjoying the best views of Paris. Yet many booksellers believe that the city should do more to support tradition as lower sales. One suggestion is that the sellers of electricity installed so it can expand its hours of the night. (Credit: Nick Kozak)
Standing strong
Bernard Carver entered the business of selling rare books, 20 years after the arrival of Lebanon without much money. Soon he began living on the streets, he said, and chose comfort in books instead of alcohol. Passion, it binds with certain booksellers. To sell their products, he said, you must be familiar with, boasting that he read everything on your shelf. But even that did not stop the decline in sales, and expressed his anger to the proliferation of sold trinkets. Some marketers have even added folding tables in front of their stalls to expand its collection of memories - a tactic not covered by the regulations of the city. (Credit: Nick Kozak)
A creative solution
Many booksellers selling trinkets made in China, including the Eiffel Tower key chains and mugs I love Paris. One of the young traders, George Roman, chose instead to sell antique prints ads created by him and his father, and paintings by students of the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts, conveniently located just behind his store. Therefore, he said, he can sell souvenirs that are made both in France and linked to local culture - a solution, perhaps, taking the best of both worlds. (Credit: Nick Kozak
5 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Travel Agent
While internet booking motors have made it simpler for voyagers to purchase their own particular flights or lodging rooms, travel specialists still offer a level of administration and skill not offered by a pursuit bot. "When you book on the web, the booking motor or site just comprehends what information you data," brings up Chuck Flagg, proprietor of a Cruise Holidays office in Canton, Georgia. "They don't comprehend what is really critical to and your gang. It doesn't know whether you are a 60-something who still likes to move it up with local people at the club or in the event that you are OK being around children." Travel specialists likewise may have exceptional livens or evaluating not accessible to the overall population.
Here are a few inquiries that can help you pick the right travel specialists for your needs.
Have you gone to my destination? Whether you're making a trip to Paris or Puerto Rico, inquire as to whether your specialists has been there (and provided that this is true, how as of late?). While manuals and sites offer bunches of point of interest on a given destination, they don't generally measure up to being there in individual. "Book information or internet preparing courses by suppliers is entirely unexpected from encountering it firsthand," Flagg says. Lisa Griswold, co-proprietor of the Atlanta-based Pixie Vacations, who represents considerable authority in arranging Disney get-aways, concurs, including that "you don't know how superb a Disney voyage is until you've encountered one: the delight, the tender loving care, the little additional items, the character association."
What is your reaction time? On the off chance that sitting tight a few days for a reaction to a messaged inquiry is going to make you on edge, ask potential operators when they're accessible and how rapidly you ought to expect a reaction. "A few operators are low maintenance specialists, and they work in the nighttimes," Griswold says. "Some are accessible amid the school day. Others do this full time. It's unquestionably shrewd to see whether your calendar can organize with what your specialists can give."
What administrations do you offer? Specialists give differing levels of administration. Some will just book inns and flights and abandon you to fill in alternate points of interest, so in case you're expecting help with supper reservations or ground transportation, inquire as to whether he can deal with those. "A decent specialists is going to help you with any points of interest that you need," Griswold says. "We offer schedule arranging down to what rides they plan to go on, which stops to go in which days and direction that with their suppers."
Do you have any confirmations or accreditation? Flagg recommends getting some information about preparing or confirmations to get a vibe for the specialists' skill. For example, in case you're occupying a journey, you could search out an operators guaranteed through the Cruise Lines International Association. Griswold includes that you additionally can ask how regularly the specialists goes to classes to stay current in the business.
What charges would it be advisable for me to anticipate? A few specialists charge a level expense or an hourly expense for travel counseling, while others acquire commission from the air transport or lodging booked. "Get some information about charges, whether there are occupying expenses or any sort of retraction expenses," Griswold says. "There are some high rates out there, and a few organizations would prefer not to converse with you unless you're willing to submit."
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