Pedestrians on the sidewalks of downtown Chicago hold up cellphone cameras, drivers honk in frustration and the police don’t quite know what to do. It’s not every day that 300 young scooter riders flood the streets, ignoring red lights and turning a loading dock into a temporary stadium – to …
Read More »Puppy Bowl XIV: What You Need to Know About the Fuzziest Starting Lineup
Team Ruff and Team Fluff are set to face off against each other in the highly anticipated Puppy Bowl XIV on February 4th, and fans of the playful competition are in for a treat: more ways to interact with their favorite fuzzy game day. This year’s furry face-off, which will …
Read More »See Honky-Tonk Revivalist Charley Crockett's 'Jamestown Ferry' Video
Last year, Texas-based roots singer Charley Crockett played more than 170 shows. With his holiday break, he hit the road again, this time with his girlfriend to shoot a new music video for his version of “Jamestown Ferry,” released last September on his covers collection Lil G.L.’s Honky Tonk Jubilee. …
Read More »Solange Cancels New Year's Eve Concert Due to Health Issues
Solange has canceled her New Year’s Eve performance that was to take place during the Afropunk Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. The singer revealed she has been treating an autonomic disorder and her doctors have advised her to bow out of the trip and concert. “Wrote, deleted and rewrote this …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Shows Romance's Highs and Lows in 'Love' Video
Kendrick Lamar explores the highs and lows of romance in the new video for “Love,” a track off the rapper’s Damn. In the artfully composed video, the course of a relationship is shown from the perspective of a dinner table, where Lamar and his girl make love, talk and loudly …
Read More »10 Best TV Episodes of 2017: 'The Good Place'
This year, we’ve asked 10 writers to pick some of their favorite TV episodes from 2017 and weigh in on why they were great stand-alone eps and the highlights of our viewing year. Today: Brian Tallerico on The Good Place‘s “Dance, Dance Resolution.” What was the funniest half-hour of television …
Read More »Sean 'Diddy' Combs Wants to Buy Panthers, and Curry, Kaepernick Want In
Update: Sean “Diddy” Combs is serious about purchasing the Carolina Panthers, multiple sources recently told Yahoo! Sports. In the hope of making it a reality, he is already looking to set up meetings with potential investors. Colin Kaepernick, who expressed interest on Monday in being involved, is doing the same …
Read More »Hear the Decemberists' 'Ben Franklin's Song' From 'Hamilton' Project
The Decemberists resurrected an unused set of Hamilton lyrics with “Ben Franklin’s Song,” the first installment of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s monthly “Hamildrops” series. The triumphant, expletive-laced folk-rock track chronicles Franklin’s numerous accomplishments as an inventor, writer and diplomat. “Do you know who the fuck I am?” bandleader Colin Meloy sings on …
Read More »Dire Straits Bassist John Illsley Talks Hall of Fame, Possible Reunion
Dire Straits went through a lot of lineup changes over their relatively brief time as an active band. Nine musicians joined frontman Mark Knopfler during the run, some lasting for little over two years. The only person to make it all the way from the first album in 1977 to …
Read More »Death of a Porn Star
Popular porn star August Ames took her own life last week after finding herself in the middle of a controversy over cyberbullying and homophobia. In her four years working the adult film industry, the 23-year-old had performed in over 270 scenes for major studios, amassing over 600,000 Twitter followers. In …
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