Forty-eight years ago today, Meat Loaf released one of the best-selling albums of all time after being rejected by multiple labels.

For me, Meat Loaf's music has always held a special place in my heart. From a little child going through my dad's record ...

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Of course there are some downsides to smartphones. I'm not denying that. But all too often, critics of phones—or of any new technology—have a tendency to romanticize the past in an attempt to make our ...