Over the past three decades, sketch comedy group The State has created an MTV series, a comedy album, a book, and a CBS special in addition to several spinoff projects like Reno 911!, Viva Variety, Stella, Wet Hot American Summer, RISK!, and Children’s Hospital. But the logistics of bringing the …
Read More »'Five Nights at Freddy's' Started as a Video Game — But Launched a Musical Subgenre
In an era of complicated first-person shooters, detailed world-building, and dueling consoles, one of the internet’s most popular games built a gaming fandom with a simple point-and-click. First released in 2014, Five Nights at Freddy’s was an indie game initially crowdfunded, then released for players on Steam by developer Scott …
Read More »Drake Used SZA's First-Draft Vocals on 'Slime You Out' — She Wondered If He Was Sabotaging Her
The SZA verse we hear on “Slime You Out,” her first-ever collaboration with Drake from his eighth studio album For All the Dogs, isn’t the one she expected to land on the song. In a recent interview with the WSJ Magazine, the singer revealed that she had actually recorded two …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians First Live Event Taps Tierra Whack & Lil Yachty and Jon Batiste & Gucci Mane
Musicians on Musicians, the Rolling Stone franchise that pairs artists from across genres and regions for in-depth conversations about life, music and everything in between, is moving from the page to the stage. On Nov. 10, the first-ever Musicians on Musicians live event will take place at New York’s St. …
Read More »What Was It Like To Replace Robbie Robertson in the Band?
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »'Fake Bullshit Shows': Guess Who Co-Founders Sue Ex-Bandmates
Guess Who founding members Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman have sued fellow original members Jim Kale and Garry Peterson as well as the band itself, accusing them of misleading fans to believe that the current iteration of the group — which Bachman and Cummings have labeled as “little more than …
Read More »Bibi's War: How Incompetence, Opportunism, and Rejection Led to a Catastrophe for Israel and Palestine
The tanks are rolling into Gaza, as the Israeli invasion seems to finally be happening, after a pause for humanitarian aid and mostly-fruitless negotiations for the release of 220 hostages being held by Hamas. No one knows how this will end, but one thing is clear: This will be remembered …
Read More »Inside the Alliance Defending Freedom, the Anti-LGBTQ Org Where Mike Johnson Spent Almost a Decade
The Alliance Defending Freedom has been busy this year. Its senior legal council, Matt Sharp, has been on the move, parachuting into different state courthouses to testify or voice support for some of the record-shattering 501 anti-LGBTQ bills that have been introduced in legislatures this year — more than 70 …
Read More »Trump Called Him 'Delusional.' Now He Wants 'Coward' Mike Pence's Endorsement.
“Weak,” “delusional,” “wimp,” “liddle,” and “gone to the Dark Side” are all insults that Donald Trump has flung at his former vice president, Mike Pence. But now that Pence has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, Trump very much wants his endorsement. Trump, who defended his supporters chanting “Hang …
Read More »Striking Actors Say They Won't Cave to Studios' Holiday Threat
David Hyde Pierce has heard the rallying cries of striking actors from outside the building he’s been rehearsing in. The Frasier star has been performing in the off-Broadway musical Here We Are for the last month, and finally found time to join union members Friday on the picket lines outside …
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