T he classified ad in the local paper for Manly, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, read: “Medical Stool Donor Needed. $100 [per week]. Yep, you read it right. I need your poo!” A 30-year-old man named Dave had placed the ad, seeking a donor for regular “fecal microbiota transplants” (FMTs), …
Read More »XXXTentacion Killing: Fourth Suspect Arrested
Police arrested the fourth suspect in the shooting death of 20-year-old rapper XXXTentacion (real name Jahseh Onfroy) Tuesday. Trayvon Newsome, 20, was taken into custody shortly before 5 p.m. ET, according to a statement posted by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office on Twitter. Newsome surrendered at his lawyer’s office in …
Read More »Hear Will Hoge Hammer Idle Politicians in New Song 'Gilded Walls'
Will Hoge recently released his new song “Gilded Walls,” a scathing takedown of privilege and political inaction set to a blistering blues-rock groove. Alongside thepreviously released “Thoughts & Prayers,”the song will be featured on the singer-songwriter’s explicitly political new album My American Dream, due this October and produced by Hoge …
Read More »Meet Jorja Smith, the Mercury Prize-Shortlisted Favorite of Drake and Kendrick
Jorja Smith just wrapped a sold-out show at Chicago’s 1,300-capacity Thalia Hall, but she still has work to do. The 21-year-old London singer takes a seat backstage as her hairdresser appears and begins to meticulously braid each strand of Smith’s hair into tight knots – an eight-hour process that has …
Read More »Hear the Doors' Rare 'Hello, I Love You' Rough Mix
“What a great opener, ‘Hello, I love you, tell me your name,’” theDoors‘ drummer John Densmore says. “Like, whoa, OK. That’s aggressive. You’re in love with me but you don’t know my credentials?” He laughs and says that kind of pickup line was not frontman Jim Morrison’s style at all, …
Read More »Good Charlotte to Lead Press Freedom Concert in Maryland
One month after a deadly shooting targeted a Maryland newspaper, Good Charlotte will perform at an Annapolis music festival celebrating press freedom. The still-in-the-works festival will take place July 28th, exactly one month after a shooter opened fire on the Annapolis office of the Capital Gazette, killing five employees. The …
Read More »Watch Hank Williams Jr., Brad Paisley Duet on 'I'm Gonna Get Drunk and Play Hank Williams'
Brad Paisley and Hank Williams Jr. shared a bill together Thursday night in Ohio, and they did what any forward-thinking fan might’ve hoped they would do: join together for a raucous duet of “I’m Gonna Get Drunk and Play Hank Williams.” The meta-country tearjerker first appeared on Williams’ 2012 LP …
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