I’m starting to get a bit worried for Eric André’s health. We’re huddled together at a bar in Austin, Texas, during SXSW, where the gonzo comedian typically holds court, and he’s sucked in about a half-dozen whippets thus far, laughing maniacally and locking eyes with me each time his big, …
Read More »Putin Continues to Terrorize This Ukraine City, Long After His Troops Left
KHERSON, Ukraine — The city is free between the hours of eight a.m. and three p.m. The rest of the day belongs to the Russians: by late afternoon, the streets are empty, the few businesses left operating mostly closed. Traffic dies down to almost nothing. Before the war, 220,000 people …
Read More »A College Girl Found Deepfake Porn of Herself Online. Who Did It Shocked Her
Taylor Klein will remind you of someone you know. A math-whiz engineer from an engineering family, her Facebook feed is littered with photos of her eating ice cream, studying, and enjoying the great outdoors — the most innocent of pastimes. We are introduced to her via video diary, where she …
Read More »Animal Collective's Ancient Fleetwood Mac Cover to Come Out This Spring
Proving they were two decades ahead of 2020’s TikTok trends, a new reissue of Animal Collective‘s first full-length album, 2000’s Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished, will feature a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” which they recorded at the time. The reissue, out May 12, comes with an EP, A …
Read More »Miley's Weird Journey: From 'Hannah Montana' to 'Flowers'
Miley Cyrus is just 30 years old, but on her way to her summational new album, Endless Summer Vacation, she’s already gone through a full career’s worth of nearly Bowie-worthy transformations: Disney star; can’t-be-tamed teen; twerking hitmaker; Flaming Lips-affiliated lysergic explorer; rootsy singer-songwriter; classic-rock cover artist; Eighties revivalist. And that …
Read More »We Built 'Swift City': Glendale, Arizona Changes Name Ahead of Taylor Swift Eras Tour Opener
Take me down to the Taylor Swift City where the grass is green and the Swifties are pretty? Is this a thing?? Who knows, but on Monday, the city of Glendale, Arizona announced that it will temporarily change its name to “Swift City” for two days to celebrate the launch …
Read More »Sharp Dressed Men: Elvis Costello, Billy Gibbons Jam on ZZ Top Classics
Billy Gibbons linked up with Elvis Costello to play a handful of ZZ Top classics during a special charity gig in Nashville Sunday night, March 12. Gibbons and Costello played a slew of hits, including ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Jesus Just Left Chicago,” “Thunderbird,” and “La Grange.” Gibbons also …
Read More »Biden Is Betraying a Climate Promise and Democrats Won't Let Him Forget It
Democratic lawmakers are condemning the Biden administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope. The decision represents a clear reversal of Biden’s 2020 campaign promise to end the approval of new oil and gas permits on federal lands and waters. In a joint statement released …
Read More »The Feds Say Pras Is a Foreign Agent. Now the Fugee Tells His Side
I t was one of those beautiful and unseasonably warm fall days in New York City, November 2019, when Pras Michel, founding member of the Fugees, documentary filmmaker, and man about town, was headed to a lunch date, a first date with a woman he hadn’t met before. Around noon, …
Read More »A 'Game of Thrones' Star Fights for Our Future
“We need to imagine a different version of our future,” says Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The photogenic Danish actor from Game of Thrones and the upcoming Apple TV+ series The Last Thing He Told Me is set to feature in a new Bloomberg Originals series, Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal. An Optimist’s …
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