President Trump and his administration are masters of spinning information to sell an agenda to the public. But while bending opinion may be as easy as spouting a few false claims, it takes more than hollow bluster to subvert federal regulations in order to oppress the disadvantaged to a degree …
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While in the midst of his Best Teef In The Game Tour, Anderson .Paak stopped by CBS This Morning‘s Saturday Sessions for a three-song performance. .Paak and his band shared a funk-tinged trio of tracks including “Make It Better” and “King James” from his 2019 LP Ventura. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BdGD1Ap7eY The drummer …
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Fiona Apple shared her cover of The Beach Boys’ “In My Room,” featuring Jakob Dylan. The breezy California pop record is featured on the soundtrack to Echo in the Canyon, a new documentary on the birth of the California Sound. Apple and Dylan also contributed a second duet to the soundtrack, …
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Welcome to Jennyville. Population: …It’s complicated. On a spring morning in Nashville, though, it’s four: the town’s titular Jenny Tolman, producer Dave Brainard, Tolman’s publicist and me. We’re seated in Brainard and Tolman’s home studio, discussing the origins of Tolman’s forthcoming album There Goes the Neighborhood, and its fascinating, funny …
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Did Aladdin just get woke? Looks like it. It’s an inspired choice to cast Guy Ritchie’s live-action version of Disney’s 1992 animated hit with persons of color. That’s Will Smith as the Genie, embodying the character Robin Williams brought to hilarious vocal life in 1992 and doing the role proud. …
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This post contains spoilers for all of Fleabag Season Two, now available on Amazon Prime Video. When the first season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s Fleabag debuted back in 2016, it seemed to fit into a long tradition of TV shows where characters break the fourth wall and address the audience directly. …
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On May 31st, Patti Smith will appear on Peyote Dance,an album with the experimental musicians of the Soundwalk Collective. The New York-based group are known for making new art out of “found sounds” – everything from antenna effects to old classical recordings.The new album will include “Ivry,” a new song …
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Republicans and Democrats alike can’t agree on much in American politics, but they can agree on Westerosi politics: They both want Jon Snow to ascend to the Iron Throne on theGame of Thronesseries finale airing Sunday on HBO. A poll, conducted by Firehouse Strategies and Optimus, revealed that 50 percent …
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One month after Armin van Buuren debuted his remix of Van Halen’s “Jump” at Ultra Music Fest with a little onstage help from David Lee Roth, the track is now available to stream. The Dutch trance DJ’s new take starts sparse with a slow-building rhythm and Roth’s lyrics before exploding …
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Nearing the end of her all-star 80th birthday concert at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, Mavis Staples stopped to express her joy to the crowd. “You can’t do nothing with me,” she said, between sips of hot tea. “I’m just above the clouds.” Thankfully, she’d brought everyone in the house …
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