It’s a perfect rock & roll story, really, the kind always worth re-telling — the one about the night Jack Black and Kyle Gass officially arrived as Tenacious D. It was their first show ever, at a Los Angeles coffee shop called Highland Grounds, and in the crowd, eyeing these …
Read More »'Summer of Soul': A Legendary Long-Lost Concert, An Instantly Classic Concert Film
If you had walked up to Harlem‘s Mount Morris Park, on just about any given Sunday in the summer of 1969, you’d have run in to a crowd. There would be vendors selling food, kids running around, families grilling meat, folks lounging in the sun. You’d hear laughter, and chatter, …
Read More »How the Dream of a Porn-Content House Fell Apart
L ucy and Zoe are best friends. They eat together. They shop together. They do TikTok dances together. And they have sex with a strap-on while wearing Fourth of July-themed hats on the camming platform Chaturbate together. They are partial to theming shows around national holidays: In February, their room …
Read More »'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Fails to Take Into Account the Life of the Woman We Still Love
It’s a movie called The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, so you know there must be a battle at stake. And there is. Lee Daniels’ new movie, which stars a charismatically downplayed Andra Day as the titular, completely singular, and in many ways unknowable Lady Day, is set primarily in …
Read More »'My Experience Is My Expertise': Deja Foxx on Being a Presidential Campaign Staffer at 19, Influencers, and Sexuality in Politics
“Why would you deny me the American dream?” Deja Foxx’s biting question to former Republican Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona at a town hall meeting in 2017, coupled with her impassioned defense of reproductive rights, launched Foxx as a leading political voice of her generation when she was only 16 …
Read More »The Best Podcasts of 2020
Like so many other parts of our lives, podcasts were different this year. For people suddenly working remotely, there were no more commutes. Instead, podcasts soundtracked evenings making dinner, weekends doing chores, long walks to stretch our legs, or drives to clear our heads. For those still working outside of …
Read More »Why Did the 2021 Grammys Snub the Weeknd?
It’s a beautiful day in Grammy land — if you’re Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, Phoebe Bridgers, or any of the other artists who deservedly cleaned up when nominations for the 2021 awards were announced. For many others across the world of music, it’s time to call their managers, take …
Read More »Trump's Tantrum and the Constitution's Imaginary 'No Do-Overs Clause'
It’s really hard to fully capture the current stage of the presidential election. At the same time that former Vice President Joe Biden and his supporters are feeling a confidence that the prize is just around the corner, President Trump has moved on to third-grade lawyering that barely passes the …
Read More »The Last Word: Wayne Coyne on Fatherhood, Drugs, Divorce, and Nearly Dying
“It will probably sound horrible to say this to some people, but music and art is not first in my life — and maybe it never was. There’s nothing worth sacrificing for your music and art.” This statement might come as a shock when you consider its source: merry prankster …
Read More »Biden: 'Trump Failed to Protect America. So Now He's Trying to Scare America'
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden went after President Trump in a speech on Monday in Pittsburgh, laying the responsibility of what ails the country at the feet of the man in charge. In an attempt to blunt some of the nonsensical charges coming from Trump and his campaign, Biden took …
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