Ed Sheeran Talks Tour (And Fast Food) Before First CT Appearance
I sat down with Ed before his performance for a casual conversation, during which we talked about his tour with Taylor Swift, latest musical influences, dealing with growing popularity, and bad fast food choices.
- How s everything going? A bit of a whirlwind today, a lot of driving.
ES: Yeah! It s been alright, been alright. I pulled an all nighter, not yesterday but the day before, so I m still trying to catch up with that. But that s only because I had to catch the flight to here, which was incredibly early, and it was my friend s birthday and I couldn t go to bed at 10 p.m.
- Gotta do what you gotta do. How s everything going with tour so far?
ES: Good! I m just kind of counting down the days until my first break. I ve got 4 months off at the end of this tour, which is the first time off I ve ever had since I started music, so it s going to be cool.
- Are you looking forward to that break? Does it feel weird to suddenly take a rest?
ES: I m very confused about what I m going to be doing, and take a proper break from music and literally not touch an instrument for a while. Learn How to drive. Stop smoking. Stop drinking. Get healthy.
- The best laid plans. Good luck with all that. You re also working on a new record.
ES: Yeah, that will carry on, trickling in until the end of the year, which is why I think I probably won t be putting down instruments. Ideally I should, but I need to carry on writing.
- Is this your first time in Connecticut?
ES: I believe so (Lou Rizzo of Atlantic Records, who is passing in and out of the room during our talk chimes in: Yeah, we haven t played here yet. We haven t done a show, we haven t done promo here, that s actually why we re doing this today ) Yeah, I think this is my first time ever in Connecticut I think I stayed here when i was 10. I think this is where my dad s best friend lives. Or New Jersey. New Jersey s not too far, is it?
- Nah, it s a few hours away, not too terrible. Clearly you re growing in Womens Dallas Cowboys jerseys the States, but there s pockets out there that aren t so familiar with your work. What is it you really want Connecticut audiences, and people who aren t familiar with you, to come away with?
ES: I d like them to feel good about themselves. I do write depressing music that people eat ice cream to and cry, but when I play a show I want people to feel entertained and feel good. Even if it s the kind of good where you re emotional. Like people who watch The Notebook. That kind of good.
- I cried a little bit in The Notebook
ES: Everyone cries in The Notebook! Is it a verb or a noun when you get Notebooked ? I failed in school.
- I ve actually never heard that phrase before.

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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Cialis, the erectile dysfunction medication known to help men get ready for sex, may also help encourage ejaculation and orgasm, a new study suggests.
"There are many men who have, at most, very mild problems achieving an erection but who cannot easily ejaculate. Our study shows Cialis works very well for these men with problems ejaculating," lead researcher Dr. Darius Paduch, director of Sexual Health and Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, said in a college news release.
In the study, which was funded by Cialis' maker, Eli Lilly and Company, Paduch's team analyzed data from 17 clinical trials involving men with erectile dysfunction and/or trouble ejaculating or achieving orgasm. The trials included almost 3,600 men averaging about 55 years of age. The men typically took Cialis for 12 weeks, at varying doses.
As reported in the February issue of the British Journal of Urology International, Paduch and his colleagues found that about 70 percent of the men who used Cialis (tadalafil) for sexual activity were able to ejaculate most of the time and to reach orgasm, compared with 30 percent of men who did not take the drug.
The improved ability to ejaculate and achieve orgasm was seen despite the severity of a man's erectile dysfunction, according to the researchers.
Paduch noted that up to 18 percent of men have a normal erection but don't ejaculate, or take a long time to do so. The problem is more common in older men, but affects those of all ages.
"Many of my patients are young men who want to have children and so they want to solve their issues with ejaculation," said Paduch, who is also a urologist and male sexual medicine specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. "We don't know why this occurs. Every internist faces this problem in his male patients and has no options to offer. Our study shows Cialis may help."
He said that many men have trouble ejaculating and reaching orgasm, but few talk about it. "For decades it was believed that only women had problems with orgasm, but our research shows that orgasmic dysfunction could be as prevalent among men as it is among women," Paduch said.
"More study is needed, but we are hopeful our findings may lead to a treatment for many men who cannot now achieve sexual satisfaction," he added.
Some of the researchers involved in the study are employees of the company and others are consultants for Eli Lilly.