What even is this world we are living in? British network Sky News promoted its upcoming coverage of President Donald Trump‘s visit to the United Kingdom with an ad featuring a giant baby balloon version of the president. In the ad, as an gigantic shadow looms over Britain, citizens look …
Read More »Duff McKagan Gets Woke and It Works on New Solo Album 'Tenderness'
Duff McKagan, Guns N’ Roses’ second-best singer (or is it third-best? where’s Izzy?), gets woke on his mellow new solo album. Amid twanging steel guitars, gospel backup singers and fiddle filigrees, he variously addresses America’s opioid epidemic, school shootings, sexual assault, homelessness and his own transgressions, but it never feels …
Read More »Food Fighters: Watch Competitive Eaters Go Hot Dog-Crazy in New '30 for 30′ Trailer
In the annals of legendary sports rivalries, few are more fraught, complex and stomach-churning than the one between competitive eaters Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi. For several years, the pair went head-to-head in the annual Nathan’s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest, and their story is the subject of a …
Read More »Moby Cancels Book Tour Dates Following Natalie Portman Controversy
Moby has canceled the U.K. and Ireland dates of a book tour promoting his new memoir, Then It Fell Apart, days after Natalie Portman criticized a passage from the text in which he describes dating the actress two decades ago. “I’m going to go away for awhile,” Moby wrote on …
Read More »Stretching the Truth: How Incels Are 'Jelqing' for a Bigger Penis
It’s no secret that there are a lot of angry young white men on the internet; it’s also no secret that a substantial percentage of these men are angry because they aren’t getting laid. Known as “incels” (short for involuntarily celibates), these men are fueled by the belief that the …
Read More »Rep. Duncan Hunter Admits Taking Photos of Dead Combatants While in Marines
Rep. Duncan S. Hunter (R-CA) told a crowd at a border event this weekend that while he served as a Marine, he took photos of the bodies of dead combatants. Hunter, who appeared at the event with his former congressman father, admitted to this while defending Special Warfare Operator Chief …
Read More »Perry Farrell Rips Strongmen in New 'Pirate Punk Politician' Video
Perry Farrell unleashes a blast of blistering agitprop in the video for his new song, “Pirate Punk Politician.” The track will appear on the Jane’s Addiction frontman’s new album, Kind Heaven, out June 7th via BMG. Per a statement, the video was directed by a collection of artists known as …
Read More »Heavy-Metal Auteur Trevor William Church Keeps It in the Family
In 1992, when Trevor William Church was 10 years old, his dad took him to see Van Halen. It was a typical father-son outing, except for the fact that the band’s then-frontman, Sammy Hagar, happened to be Bill Church’s former boss. That night, the elder Church, who played bass on …
Read More »Will Smith Taps DJ Khaled for New Version of 'Aladdin' Song 'Friend Like Me'
Will Smith teams with DJ Khaled for a new hip-hop version of “Friend Like Me,” a song from Guy Ritchie’s upcoming live-action remake of Aladdin. Smith adopts a suitably family-friendly, Fresh Prince-style flow for the cut, proclaiming the wish-granting gift of his character, Genie, over a booming bass riff, fluttering …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Mattiel, 'Je Ne Me Connais Pas'
With a cutting garage-rock guitar riff and vocals that squeal with excitement, Mattiel sound like they’re embracing their very own manifest destiny — or, at least, making fun of dudes who think that way — on “Je Ne Me Connais Pas,” the latest single from the Atlanta band’s upcoming Satis …
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