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# Modest Operations | Newsletter Volume 6
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/modest-operations-newsletter-volume-6/
- Published: 2019-01-01T19:22:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T22:24:29.000Z
- Description: Modest Operations email newsletter Volume 6 (January 01, 2019).
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: billboard, brad wete, casey parks, dan kieran, medium, modest operations, newsletter, the trace, #import-mailchimp-2026-09-13

Happy New Year! Here's to a great 2019.

**This Week's Links** *A list of things I've been reading & thinking about.*\* "When Congress created the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1972, a Democratic lawmaker from Michigan won a provision that prohibits the federal government from regulating gun safety. Firearms are the only product for which the government cannot issue a mandatory recall." - [He Testified Against His Son, But Came to Blame the Gun (Casey Parks for The Trace)](https://www.thetrace.org/features/remington-rifle-mississippi-brothers-shooting/?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "This is because booze is really about displacement. Drinking is actually about saying ‘it’s nice to see you and I’m in a good mood and there are lots of things worrying me at the moment drinking allows me to forget briefly. Please don’t suggest I have a dependancy problem and ruin it for me.’" - [The Unifying Theory of Alcohol (Dan Kieran for Medium)](https://medium.com/@dan%5Fkieran/the-unifying-theory-of-alcohol-f9bf083b847e?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "“We’re the Tumblr band, really, in every sense,” he said, describing the demographic and conceptual overlap: “Young girls, kind of an idealistic sense of romance, edgy but actually kind of beautiful, and you can play it in your mom’s car.”" - [Can a Quote-Unquote Band Drag Rock Into the Future? The 1975 Is Trying Its Hardest (Joe Coscarelli for The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/arts/music/the-1975-matty-healy-interview.html?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "But he 'wasn’t putting any seeds in the ground,' he says. 'I was in panic mode.'" - [The Search for Good Vibes: How Theophilus London Lost, Then Found His Glow (Brad Wete for Billboard)](https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8490858/theophilus-london-profile-comeback-bebey?ref=drewshannon.net)