UPDATE (12/3): Zac Brown has released a music video for “Swayze.” You be the judge. There’s a meme going around this week about the “worst solo I have ever heard.” Zac Brown must have seen it and thought, “Hold my beer.” On Friday, the country singer and leader of the …
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As Kim Gordon explains in the new “video” for her song “Air BnB,” the video was supposed to be shot in an actual Air BnB. “Think faux mid-century modern on top of the Hollywood Hills with a great view of the city and lots of grass,” she explains via title …
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San Francisco Supervisor Catherine Stefani created a stir this week, winning unanimous passage of a resolution to label the NRA a “domestic terrorist organization,” citing the gun lobby’s violent rhetoric and promotion of loose gun laws. The NRA has blasted the measure as an “absurd” stunt and “an unprovoked assault …
Read More »His Ego Bruised by Denmark, Trump Flashes God Complex: 'I Am the Chosen One'
To mangle Twain, it’s better to remain silent and be thought a malignant narcissist than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. “I am the chosen one,” Donald Trump declared to reporters Wednesday on the White House lawn, looking toward the heavens. The president was reflecting on his trade …
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It would be easy to assume that the new movie Blinded by the Light — which squeezes maximum uplift out of the tale of a 1980s British-Pakistani teen in the gritty U.K. town of Luton who finds liberation in the music of Bruce Springsteen — is part of the current …
Read More »4 Ways Washington Could Help Stop White Nationalist Violence — Now
WASHINGTON —Oak Creek. Charleston. Pittsburgh. Charlottesville. Poway. And now, El Paso. That’s just to begin the list of places victimized by violence fueled by racism, bigotry, homophobia, or white supremacy — a list that grows longer with no end in sight. Hate crimes climbed by 17 percent in 2017, according …
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Sam Fender is still a month away from releasing his debut album, but the 25-year-old singer-songwriter has been touring across his native England at such a relentless pace during the past two years — moving up from tiny clubs to massive festivals like Glastonbury and winning the Critics’ Choice Awards …
Read More »Bianca Devins Murder Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Brandon Clark, the man suspected of murdering 17-year-old Bianca Devins and posting photos of her body on Discord and Instagram, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. He faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. Clark, 21, is accused of killing Devins in the early morning hours …
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