Chance the Rapper, Future, A$AP Rocky and Meek Mill lead the lineup for Rolling Loud’s 2019 Los Angeles edition. Lil Uzi Vert, Juice WRLD, Young Thug, Lil Baby and Playboi Carti will also headline the hip-hop festival, set for December 14th and 15th at Banc of California Stadium. Other performers …
Read More »Future 25: Kay Hanley and Michelle Lewis, Co-Directors of Songwriters of North America
Michelle Lewis and Kay Hanley, two songwriters who double as the executive directors of advocacy group Songwriters of North America, describe their roles as “first responders to a fire,” their organizational missive as “building an army for when the big fights erupt,” and their career trajectory as de facto union …
Read More »Watch Billie Eilish's Gravity-Defying 'Bad Guy' Performance on 'SNL'
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 …
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