Rudy Giuliani appears to be in a bit of legal trouble. Maybe even a lot of it. On Wednesday morning, investigators executed a search warrant on the Manhattan apartment of the former New York City mayor and chief legal henchman for former President Donald Trump, The New York Times reported. …
Read More »Good Guys Are Boring. Luckily, 'Mortal Kombat' Luxuriates in the Bad
I’m not usually one to look up the MPAA ratings for movies. But there came a point while watching the new Mortal Kombat that I got curious. A point sometime after hearing Kano, the notoriously aggro Australian mercenary, call someone a “fucking idiot” for what felt the like 50th time, …
Read More »Bootsy Collins Pays Tribute to Late Digital Underground Mastermind Shock G
Bootsy Collins celebrated Gregory Jacobs — the Digital Underground rapper-producer better known as Shock G and Humpty Hump — in a tribute shared with Rolling Stone following the musician’s death Thursday at the age of 57. Collins and Parliament-Funkadelic were a tremendous influence on Shock G, who sampled funk’s elder …
Read More »25 Years After Kristin Smart Disappeared, Prime Suspect Arrested for Murder
UPDATE (4/14): San Luis Obispo District Attorney Dan Dow has announced charges against Paul Flores and his father Ruben in connection with what he is calling the 1996 “homicide” of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. Paul Flores is being charged with first-degree murder and it is being accused of killing …
Read More »Bill de Blasio Burned Out When New York Needed Him Most
A few months before the beginning of one of the most trying years in New York City’s history, Bill de Blasio was in Des Moines, Iowa, sitting unbothered on the veranda of an administrative building on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Devoid of context, it was a strange place to find …
Read More »Flashback: Radiohead Resurrect 'Subterranean Homesick Alien' in 2011
Radiohead revived their Radiohead Public Library concert series this week by sharing an In Rainbows–era performance at the tiny London club 93 Feet East on January 16th, 2008. Seven more shows are coming during the next couple of months. The series kicked off a year ago when the band shared …
Read More »'The Nevers' Can't Muster Enough Magic to Erase Joss Whedon
The Nevers should be a triumphant TV homecoming for Joss Whedon. It’s the first series in more than a decade solely created by the man responsible for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. (He co-created Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. back in 2013 with brother Jed Whedon and sister-in-law Maurissa Tancharoen, …
Read More »'It Rescued Our Entire Plan Overnight.' How Joe Biden Will Help Rockers Retire
Last month, bassist Tony Garnier was worried — and not just because there were still no 2021 tour dates on the books with Bob Dylan, his boss of more than 30 years. Garnier, who’s been a member of the American Federation of Musicians since 1973, had heard — correctly — …
Read More »Trump's Latest Lie: Rioters Were 'Hugging and Kissing' Officers, Posed 'Zero Threat'
The former president went on Fox Thursday night and lied. Trump lied about how his supporters involved in the attack on the Capitol posed “zero threat.” Meanwhile, the assault left five dead, including Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, and injured more than 130 officers. Trump lied about the mob “hugging …
Read More »The Weeknd's 'The Party & the After Party' Paved the Way for our Genre-less Future
Public intrigue in the Weeknd’s dark music has officially lasted a decade. Over the weekend, the once-mysterious chart-topper re-released his 2011 debut mixtape House of Balloons in celebration of its 10th anniversary. It arrived as a reminder of a particular moment in recent history. From the start, the Weeknd was …
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