Following the release of her inaugural LP When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? earlier this year, Billie Eilish made her Saturday Night Live debut as musical guest, appearing on the Woody Harrelson-hosted Season 45 premiere. Appearing in a box made to look like Grand Central station in …
Read More »Billie Eilish Sets 'Where Do We Go?' Arena Tour
Ahead of her Saturday Night Live debut, Billie Eilish has announced the North American leg of her Where Do We Go? World Tour, which finds the singer invading arenas in 2020. The trek kicks off March 9th in Miami, Florida and includes stops at venues like New York’s Madison Square …
Read More »How a White Supremacist's Haircut Became a Symbol for Hate
As recently as a few years ago, the bowl cut was primarily known as an unfashionable hairstyle popular among toddlers whose parents cut their hair, and 1990s child stars. Over the past few years, however, some far-right extremists have appropriated references to the hairstyle as a chilling symbol of racism …
Read More »The Abuse of Power and the Constitutional Remedy
[Originally published in RS 150, December 20th, 1973] Richard Goodwin is perhaps best known as the brash special assistant to Senator, and then President, Kennedy. He was one of JFK’s two main speechwriters and also became the President’s specialist in Latin American Affairs (even once holding a midnight-to-dawn secret meeting …
Read More »Could The Weeknd Beat Adam Sandler in Hand-to-Hand Combat?
On Tuesday morning, the Safdie Brothers, A24, and Adam Sandler dropped the long-awaited trailer for their upcoming film, Uncut Gems. It’s entirely soundtracked by an ominous version of Travis Scott and The Weeknd’s 2015 song, “Pray For Love.” Kevin Garnett plays Kevin Garnett. Lakeith Stanfield marvels at an iced-out Furby …
Read More »David Hasselhoff Taps the Cars' Elliot Easton for Glitzy Cover of Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Head On'
David Hasselhoff dropped a sprightly rendition of Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Head On” featuring the Cars‘ Elliot Easton on guitar. The shoegaze cover will appear on Hasselhoff’s upcoming LP Open Your Eyes, out September 27th via Cleopatra Records. The Baywatch icon stays true to the original “Head On,” which Jesus …
Read More »Emmys 2019: The Complete Winners List
Outstanding Drama Series Game of Thrones Better Call Saul Bodyguard Killing Eve Ozark Pose Succession This Is Us Outstanding Comedy Series Fleabag Barry The Good Place The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Russian Doll Schitt’s Creek Veep Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Billy Porter, Pose Jason Bateman, Ozark Sterling K. Brown, …
Read More »The Hill's Krystal Ball on Trump's Appeal and Why Centrism Sucks
In the latest episode of Useful Idiots, Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper call up Krystal Ball of The Hill to discuss the Democratic primary, why centrism sucks, and how Trump appeals to his base. “A lot of people say this guy’s a billionaire, he doesn’t get you, he doesn’t understand …
Read More »The U.S. Government Just Killed 30 Innocent People
In the past 10 years, an estimated 16,000 civilians have died in Afghanistan, according to the United Nations. The United States killed 30 more Wednesday when a drone strike intended for an Islamic State stronghold instead struck a group of farmers resting after a day picking pine nuts. In addition …
Read More »New Mexico Aims to Set a New Bar for Affordable Higher Education
New Mexico isn’t going to wait for federal action to make public colleges and universities more affordable. On Wednesday, the state went ahead and said it hopes to make them all tuition-free. Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the ambitious plan to allow all of the state’s residents to attend …
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