Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? That classic line, delivered by Johnny Rotten in January 1978 during The Sex Pistols’ farewell show at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, remains the stuff of legend. The frontman appeared to hint that the Pistols – for many, the purest distillation of the punk …
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Mrs. Smith was getting her nails done when she found out Kirk Hammett was game for a wah-off. In a January web interview, Smith, the Upper East Side socialite turned unlikely viral guitar hero, had thrown down a gauntlet before the famously wah-wah-pedal–happy Metallica member. “I’m the number-one wah-wah abuser,” …
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The cast of Reality Bites reunited Saturday at the Tribeca Film Festival to celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary. As the end credits rolled during the special screening, Lisa Loeb made a surprise appearance to sing her “Stay (I Missed You),” the hit single from the Reality Bites soundtrack. Loeb tweeted …
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The words “hologram tour” conjure images of a cold, dystopian future. Video of the Japanese concert sensation Hatsune Miku looks a bit like a scene from Blade Runner 2049. The Tupac hologram is still surreal. And the technology could give Kiss the ability to launch final tours in every city …
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Madonna unveiled a sultry and slinky new song “Medellín,” featuring Colombian singer Maluma. The track is set to appear on the pop icon’s forthcoming album, Madame X, due out June 14th. “Medellín” also finds Madonna reuniting with her longtime collaborator, the French producer Mirwais. The track is centered around a …
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Silicon Valley execs: they do the darnedest things! They inject themselves with the blood of dewy-skinned twenty-somethings in an effort to regain their youthful vivacity. They buy dogs and inexplicably tell people that they’re wolves. And they get high during podcast interviews and start weirdly inflammatory feuds with Thai rescue …
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One week after the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony invaded Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, HBO has shared the first trailer for their annual Rock Hall special, which airs Saturday, April 27th. This montage from the upcoming special focuses on the evening’s all-star induction and acceptance speeches: David …
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The Cranberries try to move past a bad nightmare on their new song, “Wake Me When It’s Over.” The track will appear on the group’s forthcoming final album, In the End, out April 26th. Lead guitarist Noel Hogan described the song as “very much a classic Dolores [O’Riordan] song,” with …
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The victimization of white America put forth by conservatives and right-wing media has taken hold, according to the results in a new poll from Hill-HarrisX. A whopping 75 percent of registered Republican voters said that white Americans face discrimination. A majority of Independents, 55 percent, sided with Republicans and said …
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In the wake of last week’s damning Congressional testimony by Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer-fixer, it’s a smart time to search for precedent. Picture a White House mired in scandal and ever-widening investigations. The administration digs in and fights back. An executive wages war on the investigators by dismissing …
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