Don Henley has filed a lawsuit seeking the return of the personal Eagles lyric sheets that were recently the subject of a separate criminal trial. While the charges against former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi and rock memorabilia dealer Edward Kosinski were abruptly dropped during the …
Read More »Taylor Swift Gets Flowers From Her 'Irish Fan Club' U2 as the Eras Tour Touches Down in Ireland
Taylor Swift made it through three Eras tour shows in London without once playing “London Boy,” the deep cut from her 2019 album Lover. The sentiment of the record hasn’t aged all that well, but looking ahead at her three-show run beginning in Ireland tonight, “You know I love a …
Read More »Gerontocracy Says Biden is A-OK
After Joe Biden‘s debate debacle Thursday night, many Democratic officials and operatives — uniformly described as in a “panic” — are calling for the 81-year-old president step aside, to make way for a younger, more robust, politician to be nominated at the party convention in Chicago this August. But the …
Read More »Redd Kross Made a Cheeky Public Access TV Show for Fun 'Main Attraction” Video
On the latest episode of The Cosmic Elastical Show, brothers Steven and Jeff MacDonald explain their motivations (love, of course) in multi-part harmony against a starry night sky with old-school video effects that recall 1980s public access TV. The overwhelming kitsch of the scene makes for the perfect setting for …
Read More »See Rina Sawayama Perform 'Bad Friend' With NewJeans' Hyein at Tokyo Show
K-pop stars NewJeans played a pair of sold-out shows at Japan’s Tokyo Dome this week, and on Thursday, the group welcomed Rina Sawayama onstage for a surprise appearance to perform one of that singer’s biggest hits. During each gig, the members of NewJeans each deliver a short solo set, and …
Read More »Hear How Many Genres Tom Morello Can Fit Into New Song, 'Soldier in the Army of Love'
It’s a family affair. Tom Morello and his teenage son, Roman, cowrote the elder Morello’s rock-rap-soul-Broadway fusion single, “Solider in the Army of Love.” In just three minutes, Morello connects references to New Testament apostles and the Clash to Black History Month and a coming earthquake — all over a …
Read More »Prince Harry Accused of 'Deliberately' Destroying Evidence in Phone Hacking Case
Prince Harry has been ordered to explain himself after the publisher of The Sun said the royal “deliberately destroyed” potential evidence related to his phone hacking suit against the tabloid, The Telegraph reports. At a hearing yesterday, June 27, a lawyer for News Group Newspapers (which is owned by Rupert …
Read More »Is Lip Critic the Wildest Band in New York?
P icture yourself walking up to a nondescript brick building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on an 80-degree spring night, and through a grimy gray metal door off a narrow hallway. It’s dark inside the room, with candles laid out along the base of the bare white walls and about 75 people …
Read More »Jay-Z and Nas' First Collaboration Finally Released… on a Shaquille O'Neal Album Reissue
Jay-Z and Nas’ earliest collaboration has finally gotten an official release on the reissue of — seriously — Shaquille O’Neal’s 1996 album, You Can’t Stop the Reign. The song is called “No Love Lost,” and it features Shaq alongside Jay, Nas, and fellow New York City MC Lord Tariq. But …
Read More »Supreme Court Allows Politicians to Criminalize Homelessness
The Supreme Court just ruled that politicians can essentially criminalize homelessness. The court ruled in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson that an Oregon town can ban sleeping outdoors. The 6-3 ruling fell along ideological lines. “Sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime,” liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in …
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