Pearl Jam wrapped up the first weekend of the Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, on Sunday night. It was just their second show since 2018, following their September 18th set at SeaHearNow in Asbury Park, New Jersey. It was an epic set featuring the live debuts of the Gigaton …
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UPDATE, Oct 12: Kyrie Irving will not play in any games, nor will he be allowed at practice, until he is able to become a “full participant,” the Brooklyn Nets announced today. This came a day after the news that he would not be able to play home games because …
Read More »Check Back Into Frank Zappa's '200 Motels' With Giant 50th-Anniversary Reissue
Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels is getting a massive 50th-anniversary reissue for the 1971 film soundtrack. Long out-of-print, the new definitive six-CD box set arrives November 19th packed with the original, newly remastered soundtrack and four discs worth of unreleased demos, studio outtakes, work mixes, alternate takes, radio ads, interviews, and …
Read More »Flashback: Genesis Play 'Duchess' on 1981 'Abacab' Tour
Genesis kicked off their reunion tour Monday night with an incredible show at Birmingham, England’s Utilita Arena. The set contained many of their biggest hits, including “Invisible Touch,” “Turn It On Again,” “I Can’t Dance,” and “Throwing It All Away” but also made room for deeper cuts like an extended …
Read More »24kGoldn on Michael Jackson, Drake, and His Favorite Songs of All Time
24kGoldn’s guitar-laced, melodic hip-hop defies a single genre, so it makes sense that his favorite songs are as eclectic as his own music. The 20-year-old rapper submitted his ballot forRolling Stone’snew500 Greatest Songs of All Time rankings, voting for a healthy mix of post-2000s hip-hop and R&B with the occasional …
Read More »The Internet Banded Together to Search For Gabby Petito. What About These Missing People of Color?
The disappearance of van life traveler Gabby Petito during a cross-country road trip with her fiancé prompted a frenzied search for answers by authorities and Petito’s family, who first reported her missing on September 11th. Their efforts have been buoyed by widespread media coverage and public interest, including a big …
Read More »Tourists Arrested for Brawl at NYC Eatery Say Fight Was Over Racial Slur, Not Vaccination Status
UPDATE (9/20): Security footage has cast doubt on the claims that three Texas tourists assaulted an employee at the restaurant Carmine’s after she requested to see proof of vaccination, The New York Times reports (the footage has not been made public, but was reviewed by The Times). The footage appears …
Read More »Right-Wing Conspiracy Rally Collapses Under Weight of Right-Wing Conspiracies
A rally for supporters of the “Big Lie” is looking like a big flop. Reports from the start of the “Justice for J6” rally Saturday show an event much smaller than the January 6th Capitol insurrection. Video from on-scene reporters appears to show more members of the media in attendance …
Read More »They Were Joe Biden's Climate Allies. Now They're His Critics
Hurricanes and wildfires are ravaging the United States, and President Biden is on the road reminding everyone that the climate crisis is real, it’s here, and action — bold action — must be taken to combat the devastation being wrought by rising temperatures. Last week he was in New Orleans …
Read More »Ms. Minaj Isn't Going to Washington
Last week, Nicki Minaj‘s husband Kenneth Petty pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender after moving from New York to California. And, in August, the rapper was sued — alongside Petty — for intimidation by the woman Petty attempted to rape in 1994. Yet, all the internet …
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