This week, the music world mourned the death of Steve Harwell, a founding member and frontman of Smash Mouth whose distinctive delivery helped turn “Walkin’ on the Sun” and “All Star” into multi-generational pop hits. Until his retirement in 2021, he and bassist Paul Delisle were the two consistent members …
Read More »Rolling Stones Announce New Album of Original Music, First in 18 Years
The Rolling Stones announced their new album, Hackney Diamonds, and premiered the video for its first single, the hard-rocking “Angry,” at a press conference Wednesday in East London. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood sat down with Jimmy Fallon to talk about the making of their upcoming LP, their …
Read More »Jimmy Buffett Told Us How He Wanted To Be Remembered
Like all artists of any note, Jimmy Buffett had more than his share of paradoxes: He was a laid-back lover of the tropics who became a business titan, a writer of heartbreaking story-songs who founded a tribe of Parrotheads. In our 2020 interview, posted here for the first time, Buffett …
Read More »Roman Polanski, Woody Allen and Luc Besson Cast Dark Cloud Over Venice
“Judge the art, not the artist.” That is the mantra we hear each and every time someone in the entertainment world is accused of heinous behavior, and it’s one that was repeated by artistic director Alberto Barbera prior to this year’s Venice Film Festival. In an interview with The Guardian, …
Read More »The Punk-Rock Predator
I f there was one punk group that positioned itself as a leader of a movement for inclusivity, radical change, and allyship in the early 2000s, it was Anti-Flag. Co-founded by Justin Geever, a.k.a. Justin Sane, in Pittsburgh in 1993, members flitted in and out until the group solidified in …
Read More »The Climate Crisis Could Mean the Twilight of the American West
I first visited the Grand Canyon in 1967 with two school friends and an elderly teacher who filled his summers by taking young students on long road trips, camping across the country. I mostly remember the color of the sky and the immensity of the chasm, with the Colorado River …
Read More »Danny Brown Comes Clean: 'I Didn't Know How Long I Was Going To Be Living'
D anny Brown sits quietly at a hotel restaurant table in Manhattan’s West Village, staring off into the distance with a stoic expression. The outdoor seating area is absent of any other guests besides the rapper and his manager, but he’d stand out even in a crowded room: Today he …
Read More »Conspiracy Theory Kingpin Calls for Hunter Biden's Execution
Conspiracy theorist Stew Peters made a startling demand for public executions at the latest stop on the ReAwaken America tour — calling for the death of Joe Biden’s son Hunter as well as Dr. Anthony Fauci, whom Peters insisted should “hang from a length of thick rope until he is …
Read More »Taylor Swift Announces Eras Tour Concert Film
Taylor Swift will bring the grandeur and the glory of the Eras Tour to the big screen with a concert film set to hit theaters Oct. 13. “The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far and I’m overjoyed to tell you that it’ll …
Read More »Weed At Walgreens?: What Biden's Push to Make Marijuana Less Illegal Could Mean
The Biden administration’s Health and Human Services Department has recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration move cannabis from Schedule I — a drug category that includes heroin and LSD —to Schedule III,where it will be considered roughly as addictive as Tylenol with codeine. It’s a big deal: the first time …
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