Randy Quaid has traveled a long, strange road since his beloved supporting turns in films like Christmas Vacation, Independence Day, and Kingpin. Somewhere along the line between then and now, it’s hard to tell exactly where, something, well … changed. In 2010, he and his wife fled to Canada to …
Read More »'Everything for Our Whole Family Hinged on This Election': International Students and Graduates Respond to a Biden Win
The afternoon before the 2020 election was called for Joe Biden, Parisa Setayesh got word of another blow to her and her husband’s plans to live and study together in the U.S. Setayesh, who is from Iran, was informed that her husband’s student visa was being invalidated. Their plan was …
Read More »Run the Jewels Drop 'No Save Point' Video, Talk 'Cyberpunk 2077'
Run the Jewels premiered their futuristic video for “No Save Point,” their contribution to the video game Cyberpunk 2077, during the Adult Swim Festival Friday. For the visual, El-P and Killer Mike deliver their new song from the dystopian neon world presented in the much-anticipated video game, with many of …
Read More »'The Climb': The Story Behind the Indie Buddy Comedy of the Year
When it comes to The Climb, filmmakers/real-life movie bros Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin have learned to expect any and all reactions. For one, Covino received what he calls a “lovely email” from Tom Hanks after he saw the award-winning indie dramedy (he has a small role in Hanks’ …
Read More »Philadelphia Clinched the Election for Biden. Then Came the Celebration
Just as Amtrak train number 82 pulled into Delaware, Joe Biden’s home state and the site of his campaign headquarters, CNN called it. Donald Trump was done. Seventy-four minutes after departing from D.C., Trump’s Washington was literally in the rearview and Pennsylvania, which had just clinched it for Joe Biden, …
Read More »Watch Obama Roast Trump: 'Florida Man Wouldn't Do This Stuff'
Former President Barack Obama lit into President Trump during a drive-in rally at the Florida International University campus in support of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Saturday. With hundreds of cars honking, Obama tore into Trump from the start. The former president said the current occupant in the White …
Read More »What Is the Babylon Bee? Trump Retweeted the Satirical Website
On Friday morning, Donald Trump tweeted a link to a news story from a publication called the Babylon Bee. The story claimed that Twitter, which experienced a site malfunction on Thursday evening, had shut down its network to slow down the spread of anti-Biden news. “Wow, this has never been …
Read More »Neil Young Drops Previously Unreleased 1972 Song 'Come Along and Say You Will'
Neil Young isn’t releasing his 10-disc collection Archives Volume 2: 1972-1976 until November 22nd, but paid subscribers of The Neil Young Archives website now have access to the previously unreleased song “Come Along and Say You Will.” The tune was recorded at Young’s Broken Arrow Ranch on December 15th, 1972 …
Read More »Gary Cherone Remembers Eddie Van Halen: 'He Was Truly One With the Guitar'
When Gary Cherone heard the news yesterday that his onetime bandmate, Eddie Van Halen, had died of cancer, he was reeling. “My phone was off the hook and I couldn’t talk,” he says. “I was texting people just hearts. I couldn’t respond to them.” Today, the sadness remains overwhelming, and …
Read More »500 Greatest Albums: How Talking Heads Stumbled Onto a Masterpiece With 'Remain in Light'
As part of our newly updated survey of the500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making and impact of key records from the list. Talking Heads‘ Remain in Light came in at number 39. When Talking Heads entered Nassau’s Compass Point Studios in …
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