RASCAL REPORT
An eye on baby boomers since 2022
“I think most models fear growing old, but from a tender age I had always chosen to play someone grown up. I am slowly but surely catching up with the people that I have spent the last decade and a half trying to portray.”
– Erin O’Connor
Rolling Stones announce new album of original music, first in 18 years
Guitarist Ronnie Wood said the album, titled Hackney Diamonds, will feature Lady Gaga. The Rolling Stones announced their new album, Hackney Diamonds, and premiered the video for its first single, the hard-rocking “Angry,” at a press conference Wednesday in East London. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood sat down with Jimmy Fallon to talk about the making of their upcoming LP, their 24th, which is due Oct. 20. It’s the band’s first full album of original music since 2005’s A Bigger Bang, and their first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts. Jagger explained that the title, Hackney Diamonds, is slang for what happens to windshields when someone gets rowdy on a night out.
The Crockett Craze
How Walt Disney created the first baby-boom phenomenon totally by accident.
In 1955, the frontiersman Davy Crockett became the most famous man in America, more than a century after his death at the Alamo. This week, Evan Chung dives into a cultural phenomenon nobody saw coming. Not the kids in coonskin caps who started the craze, not the parents whose money fueled it, and least of all Walt Disney, the legendary studio head who created it totally by accident..
Can America age gracefully?
America may still think of itself as a young nation, but as a society, it is growing old. Thanks to falling birthrates, longer life expectancy and the graying of the baby boomer cohort, our society is being transformed. This is a demographic change that will affect every part of society. Already, in about half the country, there are more people dying than being born, even as more Americans are living into their 80s, 90s and beyond. The challenge the country faces transcends ideology, geography and ethnic or racial category, and American leaders, regardless of their party, need to confront it with the appropriate urgency.
Does the MIND Diet prevent dementia?
Healthy eating might help protect your brain, experts say, but other factors play in as well. If you’re concerned about developing dementia later in life, it’s natural to wonder if you might be able to prevent it. Experts have estimated that 40 percent of dementia cases worldwide might be prevented or delayed with certain modifiable factors, such as by prioritizing exercise and sleep and addressing health conditions like hearing loss or hypertension. But a growing body of evidence suggests that diet may play a role in dementia prevention, too, said Puja Agarwal, a nutritional epidemiologist at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago
STORY: I want a little more Jimmy Buffet in my life
Everyone danced or at least swayed to the tune of “Margaritaville”. I certainly have and you probably have, too. Yet I never came close to becoming a Parrot Head or wanting to join any of the Jimmy Buffet-inspired resorts that feature ever-present sunshine and unrelenting fun.
What I read about his death and, even more importantly, his life, however, is inspiring. Yes, he’s clearly enjoying himself. That’s what he wants us to see and to believe. It’s his brand. But it’s also how he chose to live his life.