Some of us have spent nearly as much time in Springfield as we have in our own actual hometowns. So much has changed in the decades since The Simpsons debuted on Fox in 1989 (and streaming now on Disney+), but some things never grow old. Which led to an even …
Read More »Rush's Geddy Lee: My 5 Favorite Bass Songs
Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass, a recent book by the Rush frontman, is a history of the instrument that includes photos from his own collection. Lee will be promoting it with a book tour later this month that includes stops in Pittsburgh (December 8th), New York City (December …
Read More »See Aretha Franklin's Stunning Piano Rendition of 'O Tannenbaum'
Video of Aretha Franklin’s stunning solo piano rendition of the yuletide classic “O Tannenbaum” —performed in 2015 at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center — has been released for the first time. The Queen of Soul served as surprise guest at the Wynton Marsalis-led 2015 Big Band Holidays concert, where …
Read More »Hear Paul McCartney's Infectious New Songs 'Home Tonight' and 'In a Hurry'
Paul McCartney has shared two infectious new songs “Home Tonight” and “In a Hurry,” a pair of unreleased tracks from the Egypt Station sessions. They will be included on his Record Store Day Black Friday release. Both tracks, recorded with producer Greg Kurstin, illustrate that the 77-year-old rock legend’s pop …
Read More »Zuckerberg Cozied Up to Trump at White House Dinner Meeting
President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Mark Zuckerberg met over dinner at the White House in October, according to a report from NBC News citing a Facebook insider. Also in attendance was Peter Thiel, a Facebook board member, Trump donor and Silicon Valley financier who backed Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit …
Read More »Adam Schiff's Hair Is Not on Fire
WASHINGTON — Adam Schiff, the Intelligence Committee chairman and leader of the impeachment inquiry in Congress, was walking around New York City with a friend when the thing happened. It happens in airports, bookstores, restaurants. Strangers stopped him on the street and said he had to “save the democracy” or …
Read More »Trumpocalypse Now? Ranking the Republicans Who Could Replace Trump on the 2020 Ticket
There was, hard as it is to remember, a time before Donald Trump dominated American politics. There will be a time after Trump as well — and if Democrats get their way, that time could come sooner than the 2020 election. As Trump’s Ukraine scandal continues to spiral outward, Democrats …
Read More »The Swampy Reason Trump Declared November National American History and Founders Month
Reports are circulating — on Twitter and elsewhere— that Donald Trump has cancelled Native American Heritage Month and replaced it with a new designation: National American History and Founders Month. They’re wrong. On Thursday, Trump continued a tradition started by President George H.W. Bush back in 1990 and declared the …
Read More »Lizzo Refutes 'Truth Hurts' Credit Controversy: 'That Song Is My Life'
Lizzo rebuffed claims that she did not properly credit two songwriters on her hit “Truth Hurts” in a note posted on Twitter Wednesday. “That song is my life, and its words are my truth,” the musician wrote. Last week, songwriting brothers Justin and Jeremiah Raisen claimed that in April 2017 …
Read More »Flashback: Tom Petty Plays a Swaggering 'Shadow of a Doubt' in 1980
On June 6th, 1980, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers arrived in Hollywood to perform on the short-lived variety show Fridays. Before they launched into the classic “American Girl” from their 1976 self-titled debut, the band played “Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid),” a track from their then-new record Damn …
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