They hear him before they see him, but they know who he is, and they’re terrified. He is whistling “The Farmer in the Dell,” and by the time he swaggers around the corner of the West Baltimore block, a shotgun visibly dangling beneath his trademark grey duster, Omar Little has …
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Laura Jane Grace remembers bailing on Bruce Springsteen the last time he came to see her play in a new excerpt from Black Me Out, her new release in Audible’s Words + Music series. The clip opens with Grace recounting the outpouring of support that followed as Against Me! embarked …
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John Densmore vividly remembers the words longtime Doors producer Paul A. Rothchild used to describe “Riders on the Storm”: “cocktail music.” “When he heard it, it was in an early rehearsal and it hadn’t evolved into what it became,” the drummer says of the dramatic track, a cowboy ghost story …
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President Joe Biden on Thursday night promised to “hunt down” the terrorists responsible for Thursday’s suicide bombings outside the Kabul airport that killed 12 U.S. service members and injured 15 others, noting that hehas already directed the Pentagon to develop operational plans to “strike ISIS-K assets, leadership and facilities.” “We …
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Furiously writing emails wasn’t how Callie Young wanted to start her 2021. But that’s what happened in the late hours of January 2nd when a fan frantically messaged the Los Angeles-based pop singer to ask why her song “Problematic” had vanished from Spotify the day before. Young reached out to …
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LL Cool J invited several friends including Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, Remy Ma and French Montana for a medley of hits during his We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert performance on Saturday. The rapper performed his 1990 classic “Mama Said Knock You Out” for the crowd, with Rev Run joined …
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Kiss are returning to Las Vegas. The grease-painted, high-heeled rock band announced 12 shows at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino’s Zappos Theater beginning December 29th. Along with New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day performances, the Kiss residency will run into February. “You do have to take a moment to …
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At a time when politics and disease are dominating headlines, the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games managed to create space for athletes and fans to come (virtually) together and celebrate sport. The pandemic created a lot of fears ahead of time, but as of now, it appears Covid-19 was contained …
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On the first day of the House select committee investigation into the January 6th insurrection, officers from the U.S. Capitol Police and D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department who responded that day gave harrowing testimony about the abuse they endured at the hands of an angry mob of Trump supporters. “That day …
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine” was once again featured at an Olympic ceremony, with John Legend, Keith Urban, Angélique Kidjo and more collaborating on a version to kick off the Tokyo games. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-pictures/tokyo-2021-olympics-opening-ceremony-photos-1201365/ This version of “Imagine” was arranged by composer Hans Zimmer, and along with the aforementioned artists, …
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