Daft Punk, the defunct, dome-headed dance duo, are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their final album, Random Access Memories, by reissuing the album with 35 minutes of previously unreleased music across nine tracks. The expanded edition of the album will be available on double-CD and triple-LP, and it will be …
Read More »Pence: Cutting Medicare, Social Security Ultimately Needs to Be 'On the Table'
Republicans excoriated President Biden for suggesting during his State of the Union address earlier this month that some party members want to cut Medicare and Social Security. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy may have said doing so is off the table, but the GOP is clearly thirsting to cut entitlements, and …
Read More »Drag Star Shea Couleé Wants to Take You Into Her Queer, Creative Underground World
In 2017, ahead of a star-making appearance on Season Nine of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the Chicago artist Shea Couleé wrote, directed, and starred in a lushly shot, intensely fashionable 10-minute short film called Lipstick City. Couleé takes on two roles: Mrs. Couleé and Shea, unlikely allies who journey through a …
Read More »Trump Bashes Biden Then Jets to McDonald's During East Palestine Visit
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio —Donald Trump traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday to try to make political hay out of the Feb. 3 train derailment that released hazardous toxins into the town on the state’s border with Pennsylvania. The former president spoke for around 10 minutes to a hand-selected group …
Read More »Rolling Stones Recorded a New Song With Paul McCartney
The Rolling Stones have enlisted the help of a prominent bassist for a new project they’re working on: Paul McCartney. A source with knowledge of the sessions confirmed McCartney’s involvement in the project, saying he contributed bass to one new Rolling Stones song. The collaboration was first reported by Variety. …
Read More »Bauhaus' Peter Murphy to Lead David Bowie Tribute Tour Alongside Guitarist Adrian Belew
The Bauhaus reunion tour of 2022 may have imploded after a mere 13 shows, but frontman Peter Murphy will be back on the road in October to front the Celebrating David Bowie tour alongside guitarist Adrian Belew, Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, a Perfect Circle bassist Matt McJunkins, guitarist Scrote, Devo/A Perfect …
Read More »Trump Defends Putin as Biden Visits War-Torn Ukraine
Donald Trump on Monday night touted his great relationship with Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and defended his past assertion that he trusted the foreign leader over his own intelligence community. “Putin never, ever would have gone into Ukraine if I were president,” Trump told supporters at a Florida rally. “I …
Read More »Damson Idris on the 'Tragic' End of 'Snowfall' and Dating Lori Harvey
During Snowfall’s sixth and final season, Franklin Saint, played by Damson Idris, declares, “I want the life I was so close to having I could taste it until they ripped it away.” “They” refers to dirty CIA agent Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson) and his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis) and Uncle …
Read More »Trump One-Ups Nikki Haley's Only Campaign Plank
Donald Trump is calling for all presidential candidates to take mental competency and physical health tests to demonstrate their fitness for office. “ANYBODY running for the Office of President of the United States should agree to take a full & complete Mental Competency Test simultaneously (or before!) with the announcement …
Read More »Don Lemon Returning to CNN, Will Undergo 'Formal Training' Following Sexist Comments About Nikki Haley
CNN anchor Don Lemon will return to the network on Wednesday after making sexist comments about Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley and the years women are “considered to be in their prime” during a broadcast last week. As CNN itself reported, the network’s CEO, Chris Licht, announced Lemon’s return in …
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