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 …
Read More »Green River and the Birth of Seattle Grunge: The Oral History
When Green River hit their groove, they played a vicious mix of snarling punk and gigantic hard-rock riffs. It was a heavy, menacing sound, and in the mid-Eighties, nobody really knew what to call it. “I think we just considered ourselves rock & roll guys who grew up on punk …
Read More »ZZ Top Tap Cheap Trick, Bad Company for 50th Anniversary Shows
ZZ Top will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a “Texas Bash” featuring Cheap Trick and Bad Company. The three bands will play a trio of shows in May: the 17th at Dallas’ Don Equis Pavilion, the 18th at Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion and the 19th at Austin’s Austin360. Tickets …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Commemorates Bat-Biting Anniversary With Plush Toy
To commemorate one of the most infamous moments in Ozzy Osbourne‘s career – and one of the most notorious incidents in rock history – the singer has released a limited edition plush toy of a bat with a detachable head. The 12″ doll is a bizarre tribute to the winged …
Read More »Lady Gaga Apologizes for R. Kelly Collaboration: 'I'm Sorry … For Not Speaking Out Sooner'
Lady Gaga has apologized for working with R. Kelly in a Twitter statement. The singer, herself a victim of sexual assault, introduced the lengthy apology by noting, “I stand by anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault.”“I stand behind these women 1000%, believe them, know they are …
Read More »Legal Weed Already Facing Backlash in New Jersey
If all goes according to plan, legal recreational marijuana will soon be growing in the Garden State. This week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is reportedly meeting with lawmakers to began hashing out the remaining sticking points of the “New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory and Expungement Aid Modernization Act,” a bill …
Read More »Apple Just Bought a Company that Acts Like a Record Label. Why?
The plan was to sell flowers. Following a successful music-industry career throughout the Eighties and Nineties, working with the likes of Kenny Loggins and Paul Simon, Denzyl Feigelson moved to Hawaii. There, semiretired, the South African exec launched an online floral company (based on the the bones of a sluggish, …
Read More »Claire McCaskill Says GOP Senators Privately Admit Trump Is 'Nuts'
Outgoing Senator Claire McCaskill has nothing to lose after she was unseated in the 2018 midterms, so she is speaking her mind on her way out of office. In an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, the Missouri Democrat said her Republican colleagues privately acknowledge that President Donald Trump is “nuts.” …
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