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Why the Hip's Last Show Was Actually Perfect
Ten years ago, a band said goodbye and actually meant it, and Ed Conroy explains why that almost never happens in music. Most farewell tours are a marketing device. This one wasn't, and the reason why cuts right to the heart of what made that final night so different.
Quentin Tarantino has a theory about quitting at exactly the right number, and Ed uses it to explain why some artists get to leave behind a body of work with a clean beginning, middle, and end, while most just keep going until the magic wears thin. The examples on both sides of that line might surprise you.
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