Since May 2020, youth organizers across the country have been mobilizing against police brutality and working for systemic change in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. Some of them had organized for social justice before, but many of them took to the streets for the first time and without an …
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Born a year after Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani was listening to and drawing from the same era of music as his fellow guitar hero, who died Tuesday at 65. Both men would grow to become virtuosos of the instrument, but Satriani says Van Halen had something else that set …
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In his new book, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy shares his detailed thoughts on the art of songwriting, from practical tips to philosophical observations on the creative process. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the workings of …
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Megan Thee Stallion delivered a powerful performance of her “Savage” remix as part of the rapper’s active Saturday Night Live debut. Midway through the rendition of “Savage,” gunshots stopped the performance and, through audio clips, Megan Thee Stallion slammed Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who recently opted not to pursue …
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Roald Dahl’s The Witches is being adapted into a film once again, this time starring Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, and Stanley Tucci. It arrives on October 22nd on HBO Max. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the trailer opens with a young boy (Jahzir Kadeen Bruno) arriving to stay with his grandma …
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Punk legends the Circle Jerks will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their seminal 1980 LP Group Sex with a new vinyl reissue featuring previously unreleased rehearsal recordings. Due out October 30th, the reissue pairs the 15-minute, 14-song album — released exactly 40 years ago on October 1st, 1980 — with …
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The impact that Rob Halford and his band Judas Priest have had on heavy metal is immeasurable. His black-leather outfits gave the genre its trademark look, his pitch-perfect vocals gave it some drama, and his penchant for riding motorcycle onstage gave it some larger-than-life flair.When Halford came out as gay …
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UPDATE (9/29):Bonnaroo has pushed back its rescheduled 2021 dates from June to September 2nd through 5th. Fans will still be able to rollover tickets to the new dates, though refunds will be available for those who can’t attend. ** Bonnaroo 2020 has been canceled because of continued concerns over COVID-19. …
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A new documentary, The Orange Years, will chronicle the rise of Nickelodeon and how the networked reshaped children’s television and effectively helped raise a generation of kids. The film will be available on on-demand services on November 17th. The new trailer forThe Orange Years opens with one of the network’s …
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A strange virus is causing fatalities throughout Middle America. A group of folks who’ve been chatting online for some time think there’s some bigger, deep-state conspiracy behind it all; they’ve found a series of documents that they believe possess clues as to the nefarious forces behind not just this pandemic, …
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