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“Maybe it is over.” Photo: BROCKHAMPTON/YouTube Brockhampton started with a modest goal. Texas-born rapper, singer, and producer Kevin Abstract only wanted to start a band, an “all-American boy band.” The gifted friends and collaborators he found along the way — some from Texas and others from Connecticut, Florida, Ireland, and elsewhere — flouted boy-band convention. They represented a variety of races, regions, and sexual orientations. They worked out their issues in their art, making music about the quest to find happiness where predecessors in the field sang songs about teenage relationship drama. Brockhampton songs take unexpected twists thanks to the emotional honesty of their lyricists, the creativity of their producers, and the uniqueness of the individual members’ minds and voices; as time passed, the collective would use those differences to its advantage, structuring daring changes around these shifts in perspective. A willingness to grow and change paid off in … [Read more...] about Brockhampton Is Ready to Leave a Hell of a Legacy Behind

A MUM’S battle with tongue cancer has left her with a hairy tongue, after a third of the organ was removed and rebuilt with skin from her leg. The skin on Annabel Lovick's tongue behaves in the same way as though it were still on her calf. But the hardest part of the 48-year-old mum's ordeal is that she struggles to lick her lips, kiss, or swallow like she used to after the life-changing operation. The drastic ten-hour surgery was the only option to treat Annabel's stage two tongue cancer, diagnosed in January 2020. Over a year later her speech is normal, although she slurs when tired, and she is waiting to have fake teeth inserted to help her eat with more ease. The single mum of two sons, Harrison 16, and Harvey, 14, said: "Initially my tongue would tire very quickly; speaking, eating and swallowing would become hard, especially at the end of the day. "Even now, if I talk too quickly, words still come out a little different and there is no way I could lick ice … [Read more...] about Mum’s shock at HAIRY tongue after cancer ate away at it and it was rebuilt from her leg

The stranger’s call came when US woman Dianne Green needed it most. Alone in the home where she’d raised four kids, grieving recently deceased relatives, too fearful of Covid-19 to see her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, she had never felt lonelier. Then, one day last spring, her cell phone lit up. The cheerful voice on the line was Janine Blezien, a nurse from a Chicago hospital’s “friendly caller” programme, created during the pandemic to help lonely seniors cope with isolation. READ MORE: It's hard to admit we're lonely, even to ourselves. Here are the signs and how to manage them Election 2020: Greens promise fix for internet inequality and loneliness Feeling lonely? You're not alone. Here's how good public policy can help Elderly going flatting to help address loneliness Blezien, 57, lives with her rescue dogs, Gordy and Kasey, in a suburban brick bungalow, just six miles from Green’s two-flat apartment in the city. “She wasn’t scripted. She … [Read more...] about Covid-19: US doctor prescribes first hug in a year for vaccinated grandmother

close Video Dr. Makary: You never hear Dr. Fauci talk about mental health, economic damage of coronavirus Dr. Marty Makary joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss the latest coronavirus guidance from Dr. Fauci. The stranger’s call came when Dianne Green needed it most. Alone in the home where she’d raised four kids, grieving recently deceased relatives, too fearful of COVID-19 to see her grandkids and great-grandbabies, she had never felt lonelier. Then, one day last spring, her cell phone lit up. The cheerful voice on the line was Janine Blezien, a nurse from a Chicago hospital’s "friendly caller" program, created during the pandemic to help lonely seniors cope with isolation. Blezien, 57, lives with her rescue dogs, Gordy and Kasey, in a suburban brick bungalow, just six miles from Green’s two-flat apartment in the city. "She wasn’t scripted. She seemed like she was genuinely caring," said Green, 68, a retired dispatcher for the … [Read more...] about Loneliness is rampant. A simple call, or hug, may be a cure