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 …
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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 …
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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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On Monday, rising star Lizzo found herself in the midst of a controversy. After ordering food from the delivery service Postmates, she didn’t receive her food, prompting an accusatory post on Twitter. “Hey @Postmates this girl Tiffany W. stole my food she lucky I don’t fight no more,” she wrote …
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The Gofire vaporizer looks like a walkie-talkie with a mouth groove on top. Hardly as sleek as other, more discreet weed vapes, it packs weight, literally: It’s over half a pound, about five inches tall, and nearly an inch thick. And at $349 (a preorder special deal) it carries a …
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Neal Casal, the influential roots guitarist who played with Willie Nelson, Shooter Jennings, Ryan Adams, Phil Lesh and more, has died at the age of 50. “Neal was a gentle, introspective, deeply soulful human being who lived his life through artistry and kindness,” read the announcement of his death on …
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During a town hall about health care in New Hampshire on Friday, Democratic candidate Joe Biden asked the audience to ponder how American citizens would have reacted if Barack Obama had been assassinated after becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in 2008. Towards the end of his speech, Biden began …
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Mark Kelly, the fighter pilot-turned-astronaut and husband of retired congresswoman Gabby Giffords, announced in February that he is running to unseat Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) in 2020. His campaign has been doing quite well. In July, it announced that Kelly had raised $4.2 million in the second quarter, more than …
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Late last week, the YouTube deepfake creator Ctrl Shift Face uploaded a mind-bending video in which Bill Hader transforms into Tom Cruise and Seth Rogen while impersonating the two actors. The root video is an interview Hader did with David Letterman on The Late Show in October 2008, during which …
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President Trump has been calling a lot of people racist lately. Most of these people, as it so happens, are people of color. This is not a coincidence. Trump’s latest target is Reverend Al Sharpton, who is in Baltimore on Monday following the president’s tweets that the congressional district of …
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