Heatseekers Part 2: What Chris Achieved (DRAFT)

Note:  I've been working on this one forever; still very much a work in progress, but I'm sharing it anyway because LOVE + FAITH.  It falls apart toward the end, reflecting my inability to capture why Chris is sui generis imo and why his music should live forever!     In Part 1, I analyzed … Continue reading Heatseekers Part 2: What Chris Achieved (DRAFT)

More Heat-Seekers than Heat: Understanding Chris’s ‘Success’

In the United States, the top one percent of the population has over 15 times more wealth than the bottom 50 percent, as of late 2020:  "According to the latest Fed data, the top 1% of Americans have a combined net worth of $34.2 trillion (or 30.4% of all household wealth in the U.S.), while … Continue reading More Heat-Seekers than Heat: Understanding Chris’s ‘Success’