Novelist Rumaan Alam refuses to be confined to one race, gender, or sexuality when he picks up the pen. In his newest novel, Leave the World Behind, he slides easily into an array of personas, which proves that when it comes to the end of the world, we all pretty …
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Brian Wilson and Al Jardine have disavowed Donald Trump’s Beach Boys campaign fundraiser, held on Sunday in Newport Beach, California, and headlined by fellow founding member Mike Love’s touring version of the band. “We have absolutely nothing to do with the Trump benefit today in Newport Beach. Zero,” Wilson and …
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Ozzy Osbourne first encountered Eddie Van Halen in 1978, when Black Sabbath welcomed Van Halen as their openers. It wasn’t long before the Iron Men realized that the young Californians had enough energy to keep them on their toes, but Osbourne nevertheless appreciated Eddie’s guitar playing. Here, the singer remembers …
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Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers dove into the insanity of President Donald Trump’s bout with Covid-19 on their respective late-night shows Monday, October 5th. After a chaotic weekend of uncertainty and conflicting reports about the president’s health, Trump left Walter Reed Medical Center and returned to the White …
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Sadie Dupuis never intended for her song “Ghost (of a Good Time)” to become a quarantine anthem. The synth-pop tune was partially inspired by her memory of a Bushwick, Brooklyn, show that started at 1 a.m., but its true subject is binging a Netflix series all day — something many …
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President Donald Trump made it clear during a press conference this week that he was reluctant to step down from his position should he lose the 2020 presidential election on November 3rd. The president refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, saying, “We’ll see what happens.” “So much …
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Lee Kerslake, the longtime drummer for the metal band Uriah Heep who also played on Ozzy Osbourne’s first two solo albums, died Saturday at the age of 73 following a long battle with prostate cancer. Kerslake’s former Uriah Heep bandmate Ken Hensley confirmed the drummer’s death in a statement (via …
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Prince’s “I Need a Man,” which the late icon wrote and recorded for an unrealized Bonnie Raitt collaboration, has been released for the first time as part of the massive Sign O’ the Times reissue. Originally recorded by Prince’s pre-Vanity 6 offshoot the Hookers in August 1981, Prince revived the …
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Black Pumas perform a trio of songs from their self-titled debut on the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s In My Room series. Eric Burton and Adrian Quesada recorded their set in a room at the Hotel Saint Cecilia in their hometown of Austin, Texas, bringing just their guitars and a …
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Oregon governor Kate Brown, until Friday, could not get President Donald Trump on the phone. She noted this the day before, when she also revealed her state has never seen this amount of uncontained wildfire. The skies have turned into a literal hellscape and more than one million acres have …
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