bruce springsteen

The Takeaway: Performing Helped Bruce Springsteen Cope With Severe Depression

Posted on 07/25/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

Entertainment | News RoundupsBy now, you may have heard about the New Yorker profile of Bruce Springsteen in which the now 62-year-old rocker talks about — gasp! — suffering from depression. The admission has swiftly been making the media rounds, because I guess it’s not every day that a symbol of good old-fashioned American working-class masculinity admits to something as unmanly as mental illness. And depression at that! Oh my. Generally when our rock stars have psychiatric problems, we like it to be something sexy, like drug addiction.

In the Rust Belt, a Ripple of Optimism

Posted on 05/16/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsSusan Milligan is visiting six Election 2012 battleground states to talk with 50-plus voters for a report that will be published in the September issue of the AARP Bulletin. She posted this from Youngstown, Ohio. When I last visited Youngstown, Ohio, four years ago, the city whose steel mills “built the tanks and bombs that won this country’s wars,” as Bruce Springsteen put it, had the feel of an industrial ghost town. So economically damaged was Youngstown from the decline …

Bruce Springsteen: “Mom, Will You Dance With Me?”

Posted on 04/3/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Entertainment“Not too bad for almost 90!” – The Boss, about his mom. This makes my entire week.

GRAMMY Countdown!

Posted on 01/27/2010 by | Archived Contributor | Comments

EntertainmentWell, have you got your GRAMMY party lined up yet? I hope so, because the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards are taking place this Sunday, January 31st at 8 p.m. EST on CBS. And this year, the savvy Academy voters did a great job recognizing music’s best talent – and sure didn’t leave the rockin’ to the kids! In the category of “Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance,” all the nominees are over 50! And the nominees are…Prince (51), John Fogerty (65), …

From The New York Times to PerezHilton, AARP is Making News Across the Nation

Posted on 09/24/2009 by | Archived Contributor | Comments

Entertainment | Personal HealthHot on the AARP News radar this morning is a front page article in the New York Times that takes a look at the effect the bill taken up this week by the Senate Finance Committee would have on seniors receiving health benefits through Medicare. The debate is heated, and AARP had a voice in the article: David Certner, legislative counsel is quoted, saying “It’s unfair to single out seniors to pay more for their health benefits when other high-income …