Elon Musk made headlines this week when he launched into a rant directed at California’s shelter-in-place mandate during a Tesla Q1 earnings call — and Trevor Noah was quick to poke fun at the tech entrepreneur on The Daily Show. On the earnings call, Musk criticized the state’s requirement that …
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In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Rep. Rashida Tlaib to discuss her initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic and how she deals with Trump. Matt and Katie respond to Hillary Clinton’s conversation with Joe Biden, and the multifaceted tone-deafness of Clinton …
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Michael Moore spoke with Stephen Colbert about combating the coronavirus, the “Trump virus” and what he called “the pre-Trump virus” on The Late Show Tuesday. While ousting Trump from office in November was first on Moore’s mind, he acknowledged that the president “didn’t fall out of the sky” and that …
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In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by David Rees, political-prediction maker and former Get Your War Oncartoonist forRolling Stone. Matt takes “a little shot at our ownRolling Stonefor its Andrew Cuomo cover.… He’s one of the biggest douchewads in politics, a …
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For many, the name Kim Carnes calls to mindone particular song title: “Bette Davis Eyes.” That’s what spending nine weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981 will do.Two years before thatsong hit the charts, though, Carnes was approached by country-pop superstar Kenny Rogers to work on …
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With much of the music industry reeling in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Recording Academy and its charitable foundation MusiCares announced on Tuesday that the two organizations have set up a $2 million COVID-19 Relief Fund for music industry members in financial need. A spokesperson for the Recording …
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It’s almost unheard of for musicians to change their name after 25 years, especially when that change is part of a marketing campaign for an American casual dining restaurant known for their chicken wings. In either a coup for marketing professionals everywhere or a sign that no one (even legendary …
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The Rolling Stones have just unveiled dates for a summer tour of North American stadiums. The run kicks off May 8th at SDCCU Stadium in San Diego and wraps up July 9th at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. They toured the U.S. just last year and rarely repeat countries in …
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Hayley Williams, known best as the lead singer of Paramore, has announced her debut solo LP, Petals for Armor, due out May 8th. On Wednesday, she released her lead single from the album, called “Simmer.” The accompanying Warren Fu-directed short film for the song was written by Williams and her …
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Everyone loves an elusive singer-songwriter, and U.K. musician Bill Fay is a prime example. He started making music in the Sixties as a college student, leading to a brief stint on an imprint of Decca Records, during which he released two albums: a self-titled debut in 1970, followed in 1971 …
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