Bert Kreischer has told the story so many times that he almost seems surprised that you want to hear it again. Almost. It’s not like it’s the Greatest Story Ever Told — it’s just a strong contender for the greatest story Kreischer has ever told, which is saying something. As …
Read More »Death at a Frat-Boy Fight Night
T he evening of the fight, Nathan Valencia was nervous. It was the first time that Valencia, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas had participated in Fight Night, the annual event hosted by rival fraternity Kappa Sigma. Like other frat functions, Fight Night …
Read More »Noel Gallagher Once Again Slams the 1975: 'This Is F-cking Sh-t'
Noel Gallagher has once again taken a brief respite from clashing with his brother to poke fun at another target: The 1975. Gallagher has been making the rounds in support of his new album Council Skies, and interviewers have focused in on quotes by the 1975’s Matty Healy saying that …
Read More »OK Go and Post Settle Lawsuit Over Same-Name Cereal
Indie pop band OK Go and breakfast titan Post have settled their legal action against each other stemming from a planned line of “OK Go!” cereals. As Rolling Stone reported in April, after Post launched their new line of on-the-go, just-add-water cereals in a few test markets, lawyers for the …
Read More »Great, Now I Have to Side With the Brands for Pride Month
Over the past decade or so, it’s been a casual sport among LGBTQ people (and allies) to mock brands for their cringe attempts at celebrating Pride Month. Although much of this marketing feels well-intentioned and harmless at worse, it’s ultimately self-serving: companies can look “progressive” by doing the bare minimum …
Read More »9 Things We Learned About 'Street Fighter 6' From Its Creators
Street Fighter 6 is officially here and it’s very good. Fans agree with the game seeing record-breaking player numbers on day one. In a time when most non-Smash Bros. fighting games have waned in popularity behind larger live service and battle royale games, the latest entry in the storied franchise …
Read More »Federal Judge Strikes Down Tennessee's 'Unconstitutional' Drag Bill
Over two months after Tennessee’s restrictive anti-drag law was scheduled to go into effect, a federal judge has blocked the bill, deeming it “unconstitutional.” In a ruling issued after midnight Friday, District Judge Thomas Parker wrote that “the Court finds that — despite Tennessee’s compelling interest in protecting the psychological …
Read More »On 'Bangerz,' Miley Cyrus Shook Culture and Ass. It Took a While to Shake Off the Shame
Ten years ago, Miley Cyrus the artist was largely overshadowed by Miley Cyrus the post-Disney wild child. At 20 years old, she was a specimen unleashed on the world to be examined under various microscopes, with more scrutiny than ever. She summed up her newfound freedom in the opening shot …
Read More »The Weird Connection Between David Lynch and 'The Wizard of Oz'
David Lynch does not like talking about his movies. He’d prefer the work speak for itself, thank you very much. But in bending over backwards to avoid discussing what something might “mean,” or deflecting questions with humor and/or cryptic pronunciations, the Blue Velvet filmmaker occasionally drops a breadcrumb hint about …
Read More »Crypto's Richest Man Is Waiting Out the Chaos
T here was a moment, late last fall, when Changpeng Zhao seemed like the smartest guy in crypto. The news was sudden and definitive: Binance, Zhao’s international trading post, announced plans to buy its biggest rival, FTX, led by the young American Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF. It looked like a …
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