Wisconsin singer/songwriter Trapper Schoepp was scrolling through articles on Rolling Stone‘s website in March 2017 when he came across a piece about a long-lost Bob Dylan lyric manuscript about the state of Wisconsin that was about to hit the auction block. The article concluded with a complete transcription of the …
Read More »Stacey Abrams Sues to Count Provisional Ballots in Heated Georgia Governor's Race
Stacey Abrams isn’t giving up. The Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia filed a lawsuit Sunday insisting that provisional ballots in heavily Democratic counties around Atlanta be counted before the 2018 election is officially certified. The suit also asks that the deadline to certify the election, set for Tuesday, be …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Lost' Aretha Franklin Movie, New Coens, 'True Detective'
It was a really light week for trailers last week (the main event, i.e. an official full trailer for True Detective‘s Season Three, did not drop until late on Friday) — then, starting last Monday, came the deluge. Prepare to catch up on: a sneak peek at the now-in-theaters, soon-to-be-streaming-on-Netflix …
Read More »New Songwriter Desure Mixes E Street With L.A. on Defiant 'Kick Rocks'
It’s a rare joy when, upon very first listen, a song grabs you with a triple threat of hook, rhythm and lyric. But “Kick Rocks” by new artist Josh Desure does just that. The Los Angeles songwriter —who performs as Desure —crafts a potent blend of E Street horns and …
Read More »Hear Bob Dylan Cover James Brown's 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' in Georgia
Bob Dylan‘s tour touched down at the William B. Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia Wednesday night and wrapped up with a surprise cover of the 1966 James Brown classic “It’s A Man’sMan’s Man’s World.” Dylan strips much of the soul out of the original and turns it into a haunting …
Read More »Carly Pearce, Russell Dickerson Team for 2019 Way Back Tour
Among the numerous country artists who have announced headlining 2019 tours, Carly Pearce and Russell Dickerson will join together for the co-headlining Way Back Tour, set to begin in January. The Way Back Tour gets underway January 24th in Cleveland, Ohio and runs for 11 dates in total, including stops …
Read More »Four Top Intelligence Agencies Issue Election Day Interference Warning
WASHINGTON —As Election Day 2018 gets underway, the nation’s top intelligence and law-enforcement chiefs want you to know that interference and disinformation efforts by foreign countries are still a threat to the U.S. — no matter what President Trump says. In a joint statement released Tuesday morning, the heads of …
Read More »Jim Jones and the Lessons of Jonestown
Tensions at the Peoples Temple camp at Jonestown came to a head with a visit from a concerned congressman. In November 1978, Representative Leo Ryan had flown in with a group of journalists to see just what was going on in the jungle of Guyana, where constituents in Ryan’s home …
Read More »Jonah Hill on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
In his fifth time hosting Saturday Night Live, Jonah Hill didn’t do anything more or less than he had during his first four outings. That sounds like damning him with faint praise, but there’s a consistency to his shows that is admirable. Like many hosts that appear on the show …
Read More »Donald Trump's 'Game of Thrones' Tweet Opens Meme Floodgates
Everything is seemingly a game to President Donald Trump. So, why not tweet out a Game of Thrones meme with his image regarding a serious foreign policy topic? On Friday, the White House announced plans to reimpose sanctions on Iran that were halted as a part of the nuclear deal …
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