Sturgill Simpson is set to appear on a panel at the 2019 Comic-Con in San Diego. The Grammy-winning songwriter will discuss his involvement in the new Japanese anime film Sound & Fury, a project that mixes American rock music with the colorful Japanese animation style. Slated for Saturday, July 20th, …
Read More »Most People Smoke Weed to Relieve Pain or Go to Sleep
Marijuana used to have a subversive reputation. But a new study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of Miami found that the majority of people smoke weed for a very boring reason: they just want to get some sleep. Published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, …
Read More »Martina McBride's 'Independence Day': How a Song About Domestic Violence Got Mistaken for a Patriotic Anthem
When Martina McBride’s “Independence Day” was released to country radio in April 1994, it was easy to mistake the country song for a U-S-A! U-S-A! anthem. It was titled after America’s most patriotic holiday after all, and its irresistible chorus of “Let freedom ring!” seemed custom-made for small-town Fourth of …
Read More »Blink-182 Ache for Better Times on New Song 'Happy Days'
Blink-182 released “Happy Days,” the third single off their upcoming album, on the annual “Blink-182 Day,” which coincides with the 182nd day of the year. While the trio’s previous new LP samplings, “Blame It On My Youth” and the 50-second “Generational Divide,” featured bassist Mark Hoppus and guitarist Matt Skiba …
Read More »Tucker Carlson on North Korea: 'To Lead a Country, It Means Killing People'
The nightmare that is America’s reality show president naturally brings with him a Fox News TV character/national security advisor. Yep, Fox News’ own Tucker Carlson accompanied President Donald Trump on his trip to North Korea to meet with the tyrant Kim Jong-un. And, Trump left behind his actual national security …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Mark Ronson featuring Angel Olsen, 'True Blue'
“Fucking around, I’m falling in love,” a distant, muffled Angel Olsen utters at the beginning of “True Blue,” the unexpected highlight from Mark Ronson‘s sparkling new record Late Night Feelings. The track has been ringing in minds since its release last week—its disco sludge smearing over summer windows like a …
Read More »Hear the Real Story of Bob Dylan's 'Rolling Thunder Revue'
Martin Scorsese’s new documentary on Bob Dylan‘s Rolling Thunder Revue is brilliant — and laced with deliberate, mischievous fiction, from Sharon Stone spinning imaginary tales of hanging out on the tour as a teenager to interview segments with a pretentious documentarian who doesn’t actually exist. On a new episode of …
Read More »Mueller Is Testifying. Will It Matter?
Robert Mueller doesn’t want to testify. The public statement he delivered late last month made that clear. “The report is my testimony,” he said. “I would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before Congress.” But the now-former special counsel’s report and statement weren’t enough …
Read More »Why Brittany Howard Put Alabama Shakes on Hold and Made a Wild Solo Album
Last year, Brittany Howard called a meeting with her bandmates and told them some news they probably didn’t want to hear. Alabama Shakes — who met in high school, broke through with 2012’s “Hold On” and went on to win four Grammys — would not be recording a follow-up to …
Read More »Bernie Sanders Burns Trump on Iran Strike: 'It's Like Setting a Fire, Then Putting It Out'
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was decidedly not impressed with President Donald Trump‘s decision to call for a military strike on Iran and then, minutes before it was to occur, calling it off. During his appearance on Face the Nation, host Margaret Brennan asked Sanders about Trump’s decision, …
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