To many people who watched it over the weekend, Netflix’s Russian Doll — about a video game designer who keeps dying while celebrating her 36th birthday only to be repeatedly reborn at the start of the party — will play like science fiction. To the show’s co-creator and star,Orange Is …
Read More »How Does Trump Maintain His Orange Glow?
The biggest mystery in Washington—second only to how the Mueller probe will end—is how President Donald Trump manages to maintain his bright fluorescent orange glow regardless of the season. Thankfully, theNew York Timesdug in on this pressing question, interviewing current and former White House staffers in an attempt to get …
Read More »Illinois Begins Radical New Program to Swap Opioids for Pot
In August, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed the Alternative to Opioids Bill, making it possible for patients in the state who had been prescribed opioids to opt for medical marijuana instead. The Opioid Alternative Pilot Program (OAPP), which is the first of its kind in the U.S., officially began accepting …
Read More »'Abducted in Plain Sight': Doc Is Stranger-Than-Fiction Tale of 1970s Kidnapping
The true crime documentary, Abducted in Plain Sight,which recently appeared on Netflix, initially seems to be a nightmarish but otherwise unremarkable suburban kidnapping story. Set in the 1970s, Robert and Mary Ann Broberg and their three young daughters, Jan, Karen and Susan, are a nice Mormon family from Pocatello, Idaho, …
Read More »Wynonna Releases Cover of 'Feeling Good,' Talks Creative Renaissance
There’s a massive, mostly empty room at the center of Wynonna Judd’s house with a large picture window that looks out across her farm south of Nashville. The view from the only chair in the room, which Wynonna calls her “prayer chair,” is a serene pasture and pond. The high, …
Read More »'Car Wheels' at Sea: Lucinda Williams Plays Seminal Album on Outlaw Country Cruise
Lucinda Williams and her loose three-piece band have just kicked into “Right in Time,” the lead-off track to her 1998 breakthrough album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and the venue is, quite literally, rocking. Williams is somewhere in the Atlantic onboard the fourth installment of the Outlaw Country Cruise …
Read More »Keith Richards Reveals Rolling Stones' Studio Plans and Why They Still Tour
“I’m OK, man, as usual — freezing!” says Keith Richards, calling from his home in Connecticut on a recent January afternoon. The guitarist is checking in to talk about the 30th anniversary reissue of Talk is Cheap, his classic album with his solo project the X-Pensive Winos, which is out …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Joe Lovano, 'Rare Beauty'
“Rare Beauty,” a standout track from Joe Lovano’s new album Trio Tapestry, starts with a deep, resonant tom-tom rumble from drummer Carmen Castaldi. Lovano’s tenor saxophone and Marilyn Crispell’s piano enter with a snaking, up-and-down line, which Castaldi accompanies and answers. The way the instruments swirl together, intuitively tracing out …
Read More »Hear Francisca Valenzuela's Entrancing New Song with MS MR's Alexmaax
Chilean-American indie-pop star Francisca Valenzuela teams up with L.A.-based producer Alexmaax, A.K.A. Max Hershenow of electronic duo MS MR, in the spellbinding new dance track, “0y1.” This marks Hershenow’s debut under his new solo moniker. An umbral reflection on digital love, “0y1” is the first of several songs that Valenzuela …
Read More »TLC's Chilli on Weezer's Surprise 'No Scrubs' Cover: 'Clearly, They're Not Scrubs'
On Thursday, Weezer followed up the surprising success of their 2018 cover of Toto’s persistent hit “Africa” withThe Teal Album, a collection of10 faithful covers by the rock band ranging from Black Sabbath (“Paranoid”) to Michael Jackson (“Billie Jean”). The most surprising — and immediate fan favorite — has been …
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