So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. This decade witnessed Tim Heidecker, one-half of acclaimed, offbeat comedy duo Tim & Eric, …
Read More »Harry Styles Finds Common Ground With a Fish out of Water in 'Adore You' Video
Harry Styles visits the fantastical but frown-shaped Isle of Eroda in his new music video for “Adore You,” released on Friday. The clip, directed by Dave Meyers, features narration from Rosalía and finds the rock star playing the one person on the Isle of Eroda capable of sporting a smile. …
Read More »Andrew Yang's Staff Pulls Him Back From Spraying Whipped Cream Into Mouths of Kneeling Supporters
Andrew Yang is not your conventional presidential candidate, which is a large part of why the former tech executive who built his campaign around a promise to give every American $1,000 a month has been able to maintain momentum, keep raising money, and find himself polling better than all but …
Read More »Watch Shania Twain Cover Drake, Play Celebratory Hits Medley at AMAs
Shania Twain blended covers of contemporary hits with her own classic tracks during the American Music Awards on Sunday, marking her first appearance on the show since 2003. The country-pop superstar opened her show-closing segment with a stripped-down acoustic track that weaved together snippets of Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” Twenty One …
Read More »When Obama Lectures the Left
Donald Trump’s steady effort to sink Barack Obama’s legacy, and the country along with it, continues apace. Even as he frets about impeachment, this president is eliminating clean air and water standards, his administration is attacking Obamacare in the courts, and his torrid pace of judicial appointments already threatens to …
Read More »Two Jail Guards Charged with Falsifying Records in Connection to Jeffrey Epstein Death
Two corrections officers at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City werecharged on Tuesday for their alleged negligence in supervising Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier who died in custody last August. According to the New York Times,the two employees are scheduled to appear in United States District Court …
Read More »Hear Lauryn Hill's First Solo Song in Five Years 'Guarding the Gates'
Lauryn Hill unveiled her first new solo song in five years, “Guarding the Gates,” which appears on the soundtrack for Queen & Slim, out today, November 15th. Hill has been performing “Guarding the Gates” live for several years now, and the studio version is an immersive and sprawling ballad filled …
Read More »'The Truth Looked Bad for Donald Trump': What We're Learning from the Roger Stone Trial
Just as the nation zeroes in on the House impeachment inquiry brought on by Trump’s solicitation of foreign interference in the 2020 election, one of the last shoes is dropping over foreign interference in the election of 2016. Roger Stone — an informal Trump adviser and infamous longtime GOP henchman …
Read More »'Spinal Tap' Creators, Universal Music Group Settle Soundtrack Copyright Dispute
The creators of This Is Spinal Tap have settled a copyright dispute with Universal Music Group over the soundtrack recordings for the 1984 metal mockumentary, Variety reports. According to the settlement, Universal Music Group will continue to distribute Spinal Tap’s music, although “eventually the rights will be given to the …
Read More »How to be a Social Media Sleuth
Billy Jensen doesn’t have the kind of insomnia that gives him trouble falling asleep. His is the kind that wakes him up a few hours later, in the dead of night, with questions. Questions about an unidentified woman and three girls found dead in barrels in the New Hampshire woods; …
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