In this second installment of our two-part deep-dive into the history and influence of King Crimson‘s “21st Century Schizoid Man,” we look at how various lineups of the band have made the song their own, and how it’s inspired artists from the worlds of prog, metal, punk, hip-hop, and beyond …
Read More »As Legal Pot Rolls Out, Boston Cannabis Week Focuses on Social Justice
This past Sunday, the Underground at Ink Block, an 8-acre underpass in Boston, transformed into the perfect festival backdrop for the final day of Cannabis Week. Headliner Lupe Fiasco impressed onlookers with a set that combined high-energy antics with masterful lyrical execution, while BIA brought raw stamina to a crowd …
Read More »Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers Pay Tribute to Ric Ocasek With 'Just What I Needed' Cover
Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a sizzling rendition of the Cars‘ “Just What I Needed” during a concert in Singapore Sunday. The cover pays tribute to frontman Ric Ocasek, who died unexpectedlySeptember 15th at the age of 75. In the video, a shirtless Anthony Kiedis and Flea take the reigns …
Read More »'The Politician' Review: Electoral Satire Gets a Vote of No Confidence
“I will do better at appearing more authentic from now on,” Astrid (Lucy Boynton), girlfriend to high school hero River (David Corenswet), says early in The Politician, after he suggests sex with her feels fake. River insists that she needs to be more authentic, not just appear that way. “I …
Read More »The Doors' Robby Krieger on 'Touch Me' and the Lyric Jim Morrison Refused to Sing
When the Doors‘ producer, Paul A. Rothchild, suggested adding orchestral strings and horns to guitarist Robby Krieger‘s song “Touch Me,” Krieger was not happy. It was two years after Sgt. Pepper, and he says he was wary of the band being seen as copycats. “I said, ‘Oh, God. Now we’re …
Read More »Who Are Ohio's Anti-Heroin Vigilantes Helping?
Listen to an audio version of this story below: By the time Shannon Scaletta was 25, she had lost her mom, dad, and sister to addiction. At eight, her father died of a cocaine overdose. At 20, her mother was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for killing a …
Read More »Three Companies Subpoenaed in Weed Vape Illness Investigation
Update Thurs., Sept. 19, 2019: This story has been updated with comment from True Terpenes. “Our Viscosity Extract Modifier contains zero mineral oil or vitamin e acetate. It is a proprietary botanical extract. We have reason to believe this rumor is a malicious act from a competitor and are currently …
Read More »The Secret Origin of Sublime
Founding Sublime bassist Eric Wilson and his bandmates in the band’s current incarnation, Sublime with Rome (singer/guitarist Rome Ramirez and drummer Carlos Verdugo), joined host Brian Hiatt in our SiriusXM studio for a recent episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, sharing stories from the band’s founding as well as its …
Read More »Joe Biden, Meet Black Voters
Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen, the fast-food chain that had America going insane for its new chicken sandwich for a minute there, is fresh out. But they promise it’ll be back sometime soon, so maybe I’ll have a chance to see what the hype is about. I just hope no one mentions …
Read More »'Good Boys' Review: R-Rated Innocence
They could have just called it Superbad, Jr.Good Boys,producersEvan Goldberg and Seth Rogen‘s spiritual prequel to their (very) seminal coming of age comedy Superbad, certainly believes there are unending laughs in watching three 12-year-old boy virgins say “fuck” a lot, mess around with molly, and get sex wrong. (I never …
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