It’s by chance that Boldy James started working with Alchemist. Long before 2020’s Price of Tea in China came out, Boldy was hanging out in his car when a guy who was chilling with his friends got too fresh with him. Boldy proceeded to knock the guy’s five front teeth …
Read More »Jason Isbell Won't Back Down on Vaccine Mandates
When Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit took the stage in Austin, Texas, on August 9th, it was just a few hours after he had announced a new set of Covid protocols for all of his upcoming concerts: Isbell’s live shows would now require all attendees to provide either proof …
Read More »Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge Almost Got M. Night Shyamalan to Direct a Blink-182 Video
Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge reunited for a chat about nearly getting M. Night Shyamalan to direct a Blink-182 video, the white lies Delonge told to help book the band’s earliest gigs, and how dick jokes helped them form an everlasting bond, during a chat on Hoppus’ Apple Music 1 …
Read More »'Ted Lasso' Recap: The Doctor Is In
A review of this week’s Ted Lasso, “Lavender,” coming up just as soon as I find out that George Harrison has died… Is Ted Lasso a good coach, or just a good person? Are the two mutually exclusive? This was occasionally a source of conflict a year ago, when Coach …
Read More »Young Thug Reveals New Album Details Via a Very 'Punk' 'Tiny Desk Concert'
Young Thug performed a set on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series featuring songs from his upcoming album, Punk, backed by a live band including Travis Barker. Punk is Thug’s second proper studio release and follows 2019’s So Much Fun. Last weekend, Thug premiered a new song, “Tick Tock,” during his …
Read More »Team Japan, Young Teens Dominate Olympic Street Skateboarding
Japanese skaters won three of the six medals in Skateboarding’s Olympic premier, with Yuto Horigome, 22, and Momiji Nishiya, 13, both taking gold in the street competition. Beside Nishiya on the podium Monday afternoon was another 13-year-old, Brazil’s Rayssa Leal, who took silver, and fellow Team Japan member Funa Nakayama, …
Read More »Jackie Mason, Veteran Comic and Broadway Star, Dead at 93
Jackie Mason, the stand-up comic whose career spanned several decades and became a template and poster child of sorts for Jewish self-deprecation, died Saturday at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital the age of 93. His friend, lawyer Raoul Felder, confirmed Mason’s death to the New York Times. “He died peacefully …
Read More »How Chris LeDoux, 'The Bon Jovi of the Cowboys,' Mixed Country, Rock and Rodeo
By the time Garth Brooks name-checked Chris LeDoux in his debut single, 1989’s “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old),” the real-life rodeo champ and balladeer was already a cult star. LeDoux wrote and sang detail-rich songs about the grueling rodeo circuit with a restless spirit and his own …
Read More »The Oil and Gas Industry Produces Radioactive Waste. Lots of It
Massive amounts of radioactive waste brought to the surface by oil and gas wells have overwhelmed the industry and the state and federal agencies that regulate it, according to a report released today by the prominent environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council. The waste poses “significant health threats,” including the …
Read More »Old Friends Reunite to Get Shot Out of Cannon in New 'Jackass Forever' Trailer
The unparalleled brain trust that is the Jackass crew is back with more brilliant idiocy in the new trailer for Jackass Forever, set to arrive in theaters October 22nd. The new film marks the franchise’s fourth and first in over 10 years, following 2010’s Jackass 3D. It was directed by …
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