Five years after the release of David Bowie‘s first masterpiece, Hunky Dory — which replaced the perception of Bowie as a one-hit space oddity with the idea Bowie as an ever-ch-ch-changing moon-age messiah — he offered up some characteristic mythmaking. In a 1976 Melody Maker interview, Bowie claimed Hunky Dory‘s …
Read More »Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig Navigate Airborne Toxic Event in 'White Noise' Trailer
Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig navigate the banalities of daily living in a world gone awry in the new trailer for the Noah Baumbach-directed film White Noise. The satirical comedy-drama is based on the acclaimed 1985 novel of the same name by Don DeLillo, which traces a year in the …
Read More »Camila Cabello Embraces Her Own Christmas/'Quismois' Meme in New Video
Camila Cabello has seen the Christmas/quismois memes and wants to help spread a bit more goofy holiday cheer. On Monday, Cabello posted a short clip of her “preparing” to record a proper version of the holiday standard, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Cabello performed that song at a White House …
Read More »Why Dominating Your Field Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Nobody looks at an elite runner chipping away at their mile time and asks, “Is that athlete improving?” The increments may be tiny — a second or even milliseconds — but you can see their improvement as their pace grows faster. You can put a number on it. In the …
Read More »AOC on Ticketmaster: 'Fans Are Being Absolutely Fleeced'
Live Nation and Ticketmaster are once again facing severe backlash from music fans, this time following the disastrous on-sale period for Taylor Swift’s upcoming Eras tour that left thousands of Swifties angry as Ticketmaster’s website glitched and crashed due to the overwhelming demand for tickets. Customers lamented the same issues …
Read More »Normalize Cannabis through SAFE Banking Reform
As state after state legalizes cannabis, you’d think it would be easy street for U.S. cannabis businesses. True, cannabis is a booming industry — but it’s one that’s being held back by outdated federal laws that prohibit banks from providing financial services to cannabis businesses that are legally licensed at …
Read More »Atlanta City Council Settles Rayshard Brooks Wrongful Death Suit for $1 Million
The Atlanta City Council has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Rayshard Brooks — a Black man shot and killed by a white police officer in 2020 — for $1 million, The New York Times reports. The settlement comes three months after a special prosecutor cleared Garret …
Read More »This TikToker Wants the Internet to Like Periods. She Needs People to Like Her First
Even if you don’t know Nadya Okamoto‘s name, there’s a good chance if you’re on TikTok, you’ve seen her work, or more specifically, intimate details about her life, career, and menstrual cycle. Okamoto wants to change how the world thinks about periods — but it’s a bloody fight. Okamoto, 24, …
Read More »Take a Delightfully Strange Road Trip with a Donkey in 'EO,' a Fantasia of the Animal and Human World
Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, a winding misadventure about a sweet-tempered donkey, inarguably qualifies as an animal’s-eye view of all that’s warm and cruel, comical and arbitrary about human nature. And of the world of animals, which can be so beautiful and terrifying at once. It’s similar to other, more sobering movies …
Read More »Bob Dylan Didn't Actually Hand-Sign All Those Copies Of His New Book, Publisher Admits
Publishing giant Simon and Schuster is issuing refunds for the $600 “hand-signed” edition of Bob Dylan’s new book The Philosophy of Modern Song after it turned out Dylan’s autograph was a “penned replica.” Simon and Schuster announced the news on Instagram, writing, “To those who purchased The Philosophy of Modern …
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