Paul Simon and Edie Brickell performed a stripped-down quarantine cover of the Everly Brothers‘ 1957 song “I Wonder If I Care As Much.” The couple harmonize the tune against a blank wall, singing in precise harmony over Simon’s gently strummed acoustic guitar. At the end of the the clip, they …
Read More »Frank Ocean Shares Two New Songs 'Dear April' and 'Cayendo'
Frank Ocean has released two new tracks, “Dear April” and “Cayendo.” The singer first previewed the songs, which appear on special vinyl releases for fans, last October during his first-ever PrEP+ club night in New York. The songs, produced by Ocean alongside Daniel Aged, have been dropped as acoustic versions, …
Read More »Harry Styles Talks Meditating, Cooking, and Adjusting to Life in Quarantine
Harry Styles shared his quarantine experience on a FaceTime call with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, discussing his adjustment to isolation, his daily schedule, and thoughts on the ongoing pandemic. “I think we’re kind of adjusting to the new normal,” he told Lowe. “I think for a lot of people, the …
Read More »Andrew Cuomo's Treatment of Prisoners Reveals He's Leaving Some At-Risk New Yorkers Behind
When presidents are this bad, it makes just about anyone look good. That is why we shouldn’t sanctify Andrew Cuomo right now. Juxtaposed next to Trump — who recklessly ignored warnings about the pandemic and appears ready now to sacrifice Americans to it for the sake of Wall Street — …
Read More »Hear the Song Prince Secretly Wrote for Kenny Rogers
There are few more transcendent in pop culture than the late, great Prince. Not only was he a master performer, songwriter, singer and guitar player, he was also a massive music fan who lent his genius to all genres, including country. He often enjoyed working under a pseudonym: Prince had …
Read More »Andrew Yang: We Need Universal Basic Income to Save the Economy from a Coronavirus Depression
WASHINGTON — Andrew Yang has dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary, but his signature plan to give every American adult a $1,000 a month has never been more popular. With the novel coronavirus likely to plunge the economy into a recession and decimate the livelihoods of people who own …
Read More »How Long Do We Need to Change Our Lives in Response to Coronavirus?
Oregon was one of the first states to document community spread of the coronavirus — meaning that patients who got sick with COVID-19 illness had been going about their daily lives, without a connection to anyone known to be infected or at high risk due to travel abroad. Yet as …
Read More »Two American Servicemen Killed by Rocket Attack in Iraq
Two Americans and one British service member were killed during a rocket attack on a military base north of Baghdad on Wednesday. Twelve coalition personnel were also wounded. According to the AP, as many as 30 107-mm Katyusha rockets were launched from a rigged truck discovered by the Iraqi military …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Talks Sobriety, Chris Cornell and Having 'the Midas Touch'
In a new interview with Zane Lowe, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that Ordinary Man — his first solo LP in a decade — is the first album he’s made completely sober. “I thought it was the drugs and the alcohol that made it all work,” he told Lowe. “But it’s not …
Read More »The Bloomberg Myth Explodes on Live TV
What a catastrophe Wednesday night was for Mike Bloomberg. The New York plutocrat was kicked in the teeth by Elizabeth Warren in the first minutes — she denounced him as a Trump-like “arrogant billionaire” who called women “horse-faced lesbians” — and never made it back to his feet. Bloomberg stood …
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