Pasquale Rotella is on his way to Burning Man via a tiny plane, which he loathes. “I’d rather pack up an RV and drive 15 hours and wait another seven hours in line,” he says with a laugh. That was how he used to travel the first 14 times he …
Read More »Bob Dylan Documentarian Murray Lerner Dead at 90
Famed music documentarian Murray Lerner, who captured Bob Dylan going electric and Jimi Hendrix‘s legendary Isle of Wight performance, died Saturday from kidney failure, Variety reports. He was 90. Lerner’s son, Noah, said the filmmaker died at his home in Long Island City, New York after falling ill about three …
Read More »Read Donald Fagen's Moving Tribute to Steely Dan Partner Walter Becker
Following the death of Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker, his longtime collaborator and bandmate Donald Fagen penned a tribute to the guitarist/bassist who died at the age of 67. In the tribute, Fagen reminisces about their time as college students and how a “very rough childhood” in part molded Becker …
Read More »'Stranger Things': Watch the Video Game-Themed Season One Recap
In case you missed it, a recap of the first season of Stranger Things is now available as a sizzle reel styled like an old school Eighties Nintendo-style video game – and it suits the show’s nostalgic themes perfectly. The two-and-a-half minute clip kicks off with synthesized beats familiar to …
Read More »John Oliver: Trump's Border Patrol Surge Could Be 'Devastating'
In anexecutive ordermade last January,President Trumpcalled for the Customs and Border Protection team to add an additional 5,000 agents. The move, he promised, would help deter terrorism and crime.John Oliver argued on Sunday’s Last Week Tonightthat increasing border forces might have the reverse effect and lead to “devastating consequences.” The …
Read More »Philadelphia Phillies Scrap Plans to Honor Pete Rose
The Philadelphia Phillies canceled plans to induct baseball star Pete Rose onto their Wall of Fame next weekend amid allegations of statutory rape. Rose was set to be honored on August 12th by the team with whom he won the 1980 World Series, but those plans were scrapped. Rose’s bobblehead …
Read More »Watch Coldplay's Chris Martin Cover Linkin Park's 'Crawling'
Chris Martin paid tribute to the late Chester Bennington during Coldplay‘s tour-opening concert Tuesday at East Rutherford, New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, performing a solo piano rendition of Linkin Park‘s Hybrid Theory hit “Crawling.” Martin stripped back the nu-metal song to a melancholy core, removing the original’s distorted angst and quiet-loud …
Read More »Carol Burnett to Star in Unscripted Netflix Comedy Series
Netflix has ordered 12 episodes of A Little Help With Carol Burnett, a new unscripted comedy starring the veteran comedian alongside a group of children aged four to eight, according to Deadline. Burnett and her youthful co-stars will offer advice to celebrities and average men and women facing complicated real-world …
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