n the Chicago area where I grew up, Pier 1 Imports was everywhere. And in my senior year of high school, Pier 1 Imports became my favorite high school job.
Billy Joel opens up about a lot of things in a new interview with The New York Times Magazine, including dating, not writing any new pop songs and Elton John's "mom hair." But he also addresses two subjects the tabloids have mostly focused on since Joel stopped making pop records two decades ago: his drinking and the state of his finances.
As the late, great Biggie Smalls once said, "Mo Money, mo opportunities for the IRS to put a lien on your property." (Or something like that.) If only the musicians in this clever infographic had heeded those words.