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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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“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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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