‘Success is happiness, and happiness is success’

The Afghan Whigs formed in Cincinnati in 1986.  That year, Ronald Reagan was president. Madonna’s True Blue was the most popular album. Steve Albini’s Big Black released its pulverizing indie rock monolith Atomizer. The Challenger space shuttle disintegrated less than two minutes after liftoff. Cell phones were brick-sized novelties. The internet was still a twinkle…