Back in 2013, a five-minute interview with a man who was identified as Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker, went wildly viral. In the clip, the man who identifies himself as Kai — a frizzy-haired skateboard kid with his hair tied back in a bandana — describes using a hatchet to save …
Read More »'Stairway' to History: Inside the Met's Dazzling New Exhibit of Rock Instruments in New York
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to an overwhelming collection of historical art objects, including a mummy mask from 60 A.D., Greek bronzes from the 8th century B.C. and the original “Washington Crossing the Delaware” painting. Starting April 8th, it will also welcome a different type of antiques …
Read More »Flashback: Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Cover Jimi Hendrix in 2010
After a six-year break, Eric Clapton has announced that the Crossroads Guitar Festival is returning with a two-night event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on September 21st and 22nd. It’s the kind of guitar-master summit that only Clapton could put together featuring Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., …
Read More »How Metallica's Lars Ulrich Landed a New Gig: Soundtrack 'Thunder' Drummer
Late last year, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich worked on a recording that was incredibly unusual for him. He pummeled his kit for two days, generating militaristic rattles and big, tribal rhythms. As he played, he watched footage of Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac yanking money out of the walls of …
Read More »The Prodigy Invite Fans to Line Keith Flint's Funeral Procession Route
The Prodigy have invited fans to take part in a funeral procession for Keith Flint ahead of the singer’s March 29th memorial service in Essex, England. Flint died by suicide on March 4th at the age of 49; a coroner later revealed that Flint hung himself in his Essex home. …
Read More »Extremely Chill Trump Doesn't Even Care If the Mueller Report Goes Public
Last week, the House of Representatives voted 420-0 for a measure calling for the Justice Department to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s final report to the public. The resolution made its way over to the Senate, where Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) blocked it from being brought up for a vote, …
Read More »'Blaze' Star Ben Dickey on Post-Movie Depression, New Solo Album
When Ben Dickey returned home to his farm in Louisiana after spending months working on Ethan Hawke’s film Blaze, he fell into a depression. “I was still in a Blaze way,” says Dickey, who, after playing the role of Seventies country outsider Blaze Foley in his acting debut, says he …
Read More »How Do You Impeach a President? Like This
The possibility that President Trump will face impeachment no longer seems far-fetched. Congressional investigations — on the Trump organization, the Trump campaign, the Trump transition team and the Trump administration — are ramping up, while Special Counsel Robert Mueller seems ever closer to releasing his report on the depth of …
Read More »Pearl Jam Named Record Store Day 2019 Ambassadors
Pearl Jam will serve as the official ambassadors of Record Store Day 2019, set to take place April 13th at independent record stores around the world. To accompany the announcement, Pearl Jam shared a video in which guitarist Mike McCready goes crate-digging and discusses the important role record stores have …
Read More »Liam Neeson Talks Racist Revenge Fantasy on 'Good Morning America'
UPDATE:The red carpet event for the New York premiere of Liam Neeson‘s new film, Cold Pursuit, has been canceled, The New York Times reports. A spokesman for the film’s distributor, Lionsgate, confirmed the decision to call of the media-heavy event just hours before it was scheduled to take place Tuesday …
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