The tragic news came down on December 30th that Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band sax player Alto Reed died at the age of 72 after a battle with stage 4 colon cancer. “Alto has been a part of our musical family, on and off stage, for nearly 50 …
Read More »See Gwen Stefani's Nostalgic 'Let Me Reintroduce Myself' Video
Gwen Stefani has paired her throwback single “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” with a similarly nostalgic music video that touches on the singer’s many looks over the past 25 years. The video opens with Stefani calling Interscope exec Steve Berman to ask for more money for the video shoot, a callback …
Read More »Youth Organizers: The Photographers Behind the Movement
Rolling Stone recently featured some of the youth activists inspired by the Black Lives Matter protests and how they are using social media to lead the fight for change in their communities. In this video companion to our Year in Review article, we sat down with the photographers behind the …
Read More »Andra Day to Headline an All-Digital Times Square New Year's Eve
While there will be no crowd, the annual Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration won’t be without its frills and musical performances as the event’s organizers announced its performance slate for Thursday. R&B singer Andra Day will be headlining the event, performing her songs “Rise Up” and “Forever Mine,” and …
Read More »14 Entrepreneurs Reflect on What the Pandemic Taught Them About Business and Life
Any experienced entrepreneur will tell you that having detailed plans is the key to a thriving business, but few could have planned for the events of this year. While many business owners continue to fight to stay afloat, many are reflecting on the last several months with an eye toward …
Read More »Meet the People Getting Off on Covid-19 Nasal Swabs
As we wrap up the year and we inch closer and closer to a Covid-19 vaccine becoming widely available, certain ephemera of the 2020 pandemic year will be relegated to the margins of history: Plexiglass dividers, face shields that say “Face Shield,” the rise of outdoor dining in subzero temperatures. …
Read More »'Frantic' White House Aides Talk Trump Out of Doing a Good Thing
White House staffers have finally found the line they won’t cross when it comes to supporting President Trump. That line is helping ordinary Americans. The Washington Post‘s Jeff Stein reported that Trump told allies on a Thursday call that he wanted Covid-19 relief checks to be “at least” $1,200-2,000 per …
Read More »Meet the Paramedic Whose OnlyFans Was Outed by the 'New York Post'
Last Saturday, the New York Postpublished a story about Lauren Kwei, a 23-year-old paramedic based in New York City who worked during the Covid-19 pandemic. In an effort to make ends meet, and unable to subsist entirely on her salary as a medic, Kwei had started an account on OnlyFans, …
Read More »See Drive-By Truckers' Guerrilla Style Video for 'The KKK Took My Baby Away'
The Drive-By Truckers have released a goofy, homespun video for their cover of the Ramones‘ “The KKK Took My Baby Away,” which is included on the band’s most recent album, The New OK. Recorded during the Truckers’ 2018 sessions at Memphis’ Sun Studios, “The KKK Took My Baby Away” features …
Read More »Flashback: Paul McCartney Resurrects 'Temporary Secretary' in 2015
We’re just days away from the release of Paul McCartney‘s new LP McCartney III. Much like the original McCartney album in 1970 and McCartney II in 1980, Paul produced the new LP himself and plays all the instruments. “I’m very lucky because I have a studio that’s, like, 20 minutes …
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