John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman was recently denied parole for the 12th time since first becoming eligible in 2000 — 20 years after he gunned down the former Beatle outside of his Upper West Side apartment. And recently unsealed transcripts from the latest parole hearing, where he admitted that …
Read More »The Positive Cultural Impact of Web3
Technology has influenced humans in more ways than most care to admit. But perhaps none of the technological innovations have had as much impact on our lives as the internet. Almost everything humans do revolves around communication, and since this is what the internet focuses on, it is not surprising …
Read More »The Fast Times and Bizarrely Long Afterlife of the New York 2000s Rock Explosion
The best scene in Meet Me In the Bathroom, the excellent new documentary on the rock & roll scene that slouched into New York in the beginning of the 21st century: a parking lot under the Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn, Labor Day weekend, 2002. An afternoon punk show, maybe semi-quasi-not-illegal. The …
Read More »The MAGA Election Takeover Is Happening One County at a Time
It began in a dumpster two nights after the election. Inside the dumpster, a woman shuffled through papers wearing surgical gloves. “Active crime scene in Spalding County Georgia where ballots for President Trump were discovered in a dumpster,” the video was titled on Facebook. At just 13 seconds, the video …
Read More »Jack Antonoff Offers Taylor Swift Art Bro Reassurance on 'Anti-Hero' Bleachers Remix
Jack Antonoff’s mission to transform Taylor Swift into Bleachers is almost complete. The singer’s close collaborator joined her on a newly recorded arrangement of Midnights single “Anti-Hero,” this time bringing his band into the fold for a conversational, dual perspective rendition that channels the production style Antonoff usually saves for …
Read More »'The Whale' Trailer Gives a First Look at Brendan Fraser's Ovation-Worthy Performance
A24 has finally released a teaser trailer for the upcoming drama The Whale — spotlighting the first look at actor Brendan Fraser‘s full-body transformation for the role. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, The Whale is adapted from the acclaimed Samuel D. Hunter play, detailing the life of a 600-pound gay man …
Read More »Watch Bruce Springsteen Tell Dirty Jokes, Salute Veterans at Acoustic Gig
Bruce Springsteen performed at Standup For Heroes — an annual fundraiser for the Bob Woodruff Foundation that mixes music with comedy — at New York’s David Geffen Hall on Monday night. The bill also included the Lumineers, Jon Stewart, Jeff Ross, Amber Iman, Hasan Minhaj, and Iliza Shlesinger. With the …
Read More »Meet the Artist Who Made a Sacred, 3,000-Pound Tomb for Some Flamin' Hot Cheetos
By day, he’s an animator for an ad agency in Seattle. But outside of his 9-to-5 job, he’s “Sunday Nobody,” a pseudonymous artist whose grandly absurd projects aim to delight a young, internet-savvy audience, using the kind of cultural touchstones that make for overnight virality. In fact, you may have …
Read More »Kanye West Sued for Unauthorized Boogie Down Productions Sample Use on Stem Player
Phase One Network, the asset management company overseeing the catalog of Boogie Down Productions, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Kanye West. The lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, alleges that West sought licensing permissions for the “South Bronx”-sampling Donda track “Life of the Party,” but later retracted his request …
Read More »Trump Keeps Musing About Journalists Being Raped in Prison — He's Not Joking
Donald Trump ended his pre-midterm rally blitz in disgusting fashion, calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “an animal,” championing the death penalty, and giddily imagining the prison rape of the journalist who reported on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “The leaking from the Supreme Court is unbelievable,” …
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