Missiles fell, lives were lost, and millions of civilians hoped to escape with their lives as Russian President Vladimir Putin launched at attack on Ukraine. It’s a war, a humanitarian crisis, a tragedy, a horror, and a time when real journalists are counted on to provide timely, accurate, and pertinent …
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Eddie Vedder resumed his Earthling tour Monday, Feb. 22, at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington after a Covid outbreak caused the band to postpone a couple of California gigs. The show featured covers of Tom Petty’s “Room at the Top,” the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen,” the Who’s “I’m …
Read More »Tulsi Gabbard to Speak at CPAC, Joining Its 'Great Un-Wokening'
Tulsi Gabbard, the former Hawaii congresswoman who sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, is completing her metamorphosis from iconoclast progressive to hardcore conservative by appearing as a featured guest at the Trumpy love-in known as the Conservative Political Action Conference. CPAC 2022 begins Wednesday in Orlando, where Gabbard will …
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They make a big deal about songwriting in Nashville. The country music industry throws parties when a song hits Number One, banners crowing about chart success are staked in the yards of the publishing offices lining Music Row, and the craft itself is spoken about in hushed, reverent tones — …
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Since September, Nineties supermodel Linda Evangelista has been embroiled in a lawsuit over a cosmetic procedure that she said did the opposite of what it advertised, and ruined her famous physique. Evangelista is suing Zeltiq, the company that markets CoolSculpting, claiming the so-called fat-freezing treatment left her “permanently disfigured.” CoolSculpting …
Read More »What Are the Best AirPod Alternatives? These Earbud Brands Deserve a Look (and Listen)
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. You’ve already cut the cord when it comes to your cable, but the latest data shows that millions of people around the world have cut the cord when …
Read More »Brad Pitt Sues Angelina Jolie in Winery War Now Involving a Russian Oligarch
Brad Pitt’s new lawsuit accusing Angelina Jolie of going behind his back with an “unlawful” business deal has it all: grapes, wrath, and a Russian oligarch. In his complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles, Pitt accuses Jolie of secretly selling her half of the ex-couple’s controlling interest in their famous …
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John Paul Jones has re-recorded the 1971 Led Zeppelin classic “When The Levee Breaks” with help from 17 musicians from around the globe, including guitarist Derek Trucks, drummer Stephen Perkins, harmonica player Ben Lee, singer Susan Tedeschi, singer Elle Márjá Eira, slide guitarist Keith Secola, and vocalist Mihirangi. Sebastian Robertson …
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Singer-songwriter Nûdem Durak was already two years into her 19-year prison sentence when one of the few threads that connected her to freedom was cut. Before her 2015 incarceration, Durak was living in Cizre, Turkey, singing songs in both Turkish and her ethnically native tongue, Kurdish. She was subsequently accused …
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Anyone who hears the Crystal Method’s new single “Post Punk” may recognize a familiar voice laced throughout it: “I don’t want to be a punk. I don’t want to belong to any of it. I just want to be.” It sounds just like Iggy Pop talking about the Stooges in …
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