Finding a solid work-life balance is one thing, but Jimmy Kimmel has started having a hard time maintaining a work-Oscars balance. The comedian revealed earlier this year that he wouldn’t be returning to host the Academy Awards. He first hosted back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018, then returned in 2023 …
Read More »Minnesota's Music Community Reacts to Tim Walz's Rise: 'I Have So Much Hope'
When Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Aug. 6, most Americans were only vaguely aware that he existed. In the days that followed, we’ve learned about his background in education and the National Guard; his enthusiasm for flannel shirts, camo hats, and hunting; his …
Read More »What the Future of Buying Art on the Blockchain Can Look Like
For people not so familiar with the art market, normally most people expect to buy physical art paintings in galleries, through auction markets (like Sotheby’s or Christie’s) or the artist directly. Typically when there is a painting, only one buyer gets to own it. Although group ownership is possible, and …
Read More »The Psychedelic Underground's Future Is in Consumer Packaged Goods
I recently traveled with a posse of fantastic colleagues to this year’s South by Southwest Conference in Austin to present a panel titled “Psychedelic Entrepreneurship and the Underground Economy.” My session with master satirist Dennis Walker, journalist Mary Carreon, and mushroom testing pioneer Reggie Harris was a blast, and we …
Read More »Elon Musk's Daughter on Dad's Biography: 'Sad Excuse for a Puff Piece'
For the past few weeks, Vivian Jenna Wilson, the estranged daughter of Elon Musk, has taken to the Threads platform to deliver scathing criticism of her father, characterizing him as a cruel absentee father who is “desperate for attention and validation from an army of degenerate red-pilled incels and pick-mes,” …
Read More »Sturgill Simpson Debuts Melancholy New Music at Outside Lands Festival
Sturgill Simpson is, once again, in the midst of an intriguing creative restart. The ambitious country/psych-rock/bluegrass artist announced earlier this summer that you can call him Johnny Blue Skies now, the better to match the melancholy tone of his eighth studio album, Passage du Desir. If you’re wondering why he’s …
Read More »Post Malone Says His Daughter Saved His Life Following 'Rough Path' Struggling With Loneliness
Post Malone doesn’t have to look far to find a reminder of his daughter: Her initials, “D.D.P.,” are tattooed on his forehead. The sweet tribute is just one example of how fatherhood has impacted Malone. During an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, the musician opened up about the ways in …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Tearfully Dedicates Disney Legend Honor to Hannah Montana: 'She Made Miley'
During her final audition for Hannah Montana, 12-year-old Miley Cyrus wore her heart on her sleeve and her life-changing manifestation on her chest. “I should have my own TV show,” read the shirt she wore beneath a blue jacket in the tape. She was right. In the nearly two decades …
Read More »Severe Weather Is Threatening the Future of Outdoor Concerts
When organizers were mapping out this year’s pop-punk Summer School tour, they envisioned it as a daylong event akin to its spiritual predecessor, the Warped Tour. Although most shows on the July and August run would be indoors, a few would take place outside. But before the 25-city trek even …
Read More »Isaac Hayes Estate Demands $3 Million for Trump's Unauthorized Use of 'Hold On, I'm Coming'
Donald Trump is guilty of many crimes (starting with at least 34 felonies, to be exact), and one of them is questionable taste in music. We say “questionable,” not “bad,” because while the song choices at his campaign rallies are often fine in themselves, the former president has the nasty …
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