• Read: Sinead O’Connor’s open letter #2 to Miley Cyrus

    October 3, 2013 - By 

    As we reported early today (Thursday, October 4) Sinead O’Connor decided to post an open letter, offering advice to Miley Cyrus. You can check that out here. Now, after Cyrus mocked O’Connor’s concerned appeal, O’Connor has posted a second open letter. All we can say is: oh… dear. Read the letter below. “Miley… Really? Who the fuck is advising you? Because taking me on is even more fuckin’ stupid than behaving like a prostitute and calling it feminism. You have posted today tweets of mine which are two years old, which were posted by me when I was unwell and seeking…

  • Playlist: National Poetry Day

    October 3, 2013 - By 

    We’re humongous fans of poetry here at The Thin Air. As far as we’re concerned, the very best poetry is far superior to a very good song or album – the syllabic genius of a handful of rhyming conquistadors down the ages faring in a realm of incisive mastery that has little to no parallel in any other sphere of the arts. As it so happens, today is National Poetry Day and as we are also humongous fans of lovingly-assembled Spotify playlists of pretty much anything under the recordable sun, we have compiled a fifteen-track playlist of poetry (and music containing…

  • Read: Sinead O’Connor’s Open Letter to Miley Cyrus

    October 3, 2013 - By 

    Not exactly exempt from her own issues and problems down the years, Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor has released an open letter to troubled U.S. twerk melter Miley Cyus. Written “in the spirit of motherliness and with love” O’Connor’s address to the 20-year old is based around her plea: “don’t let the music business make a prostitute of you” and draws attention to her recent Wrecking Ball video and VMA performance with the aptly-named Robin Thicke. Read the letter below. “Dear Miley, I wasn’t going to write this letter, but today i’ve been dodging phone calls from various newspapers who wished me…