Twitter has reinstated the account of white nationalist Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. Fuentes was permanently banned from the platform in July 2021, and attempted to skirt the ban following Elon Musk’s October takeover of the social media platform. The decision to reinstate Fuentes is the latest digital pardon the billionaire …
Read More »Widow of Gang of Four's Andy Gill Slams Spotify for Choosing Joe Rogan Over Neil Young
The widow of Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill — who died in Feb. 2020 following a bout with pneumonia that was posthumously suspected to be Covid-19 — penned an open letter to Spotify slamming the streaming service for ostensibly choosing Joe Rogan’s vaccine misinformation over Neil Young’s music. “If …
Read More »'World of Women' NFTs Are Cracking Crypto's Boys-Club Image
If the list of best-selling NFTs was a party, it would have been filled with cartoon bears that look like frat boys, dive-bar-crawling apes, and puking children — until a group of glowering, Amazonian women threw themselves into the mix. The NFT scene really is overwhelmingly, grossly male. It is …
Read More »Ilhan Omar: Kevin McCarthy Is a 'Coward and a Liar' for Not Condemning Boebert's Islamophobic Comments
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) called Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a “liar and a coward” for his refusal to condemn remarks by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) where she suggested that Omar, a Muslim who wears a hijab, was a terrorist who might detonate an explosive device in the Capitol. But, …
Read More »'A Bunch of Kooks': Michael Flynn Described QAnon as a 'Disinformation Campaign' in Recorded Call
Michael Flynn, who once filmed his family at a July 4 barbecue saying the QAnon oath, “Where we go one, we go all,” said in private that the Q conspiracy theory was “total nonsense” and a “disinformation campaign created by the left.” In a recording of a phone call purportedly …
Read More »Foo Fighters Celebrate Unity, Longevity in Rock Hall Speeches: 'We Stick Together Like a Family'
In their first year of eligibility, Foo Fighters were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the Cleveland museum’s Class of 2021. The induction marks the second for frontman Dave Grohl, who was previously enshrined as a member of Nirvana in 2014. Following news of …
Read More »Chuck Berry's 'Live From Blueberry Hill' Announced in Honor of 95th Birthday
St. Louis’ Blueberry Hill was a special place for rock & roll innovator Chuck Berry. Not only did he perform his final show there in 2014, the musician played myriad shows at the restaurant and club in his lifetime. Now, the new live albumLive From Blueberry Hillis slated for a …
Read More »Britney Spears on Possible Conservatorship End: 'There's a Lot of Things That Scare Me'
As the conservatorship over Britney Spears appears closer to reaching an end than ever before, the singer took to Instagram to share her ambivalent feelings and thoughts on navigating her life free from the constraints that have been imposed on her for 13 years. “I’ll just be honest and say …
Read More »The Nets Are Benching Kyrie Irving Until He Gets Vaccinated
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving may miss a significant portion, if not all, of the upcoming NBA season due to his refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Nets General Manager Sean Marks released a statement on Tuesday noting that the all-star guard “will not play or practice with the team …
Read More »Tears for Fears Return for First Album in 17 Years
Seventeen years after Tears for Fears last released an album of new music, the beloved band behind “Head Over Heels,” “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” will return in 2022 with The Tipping Point. Ahead of the LP’s arrival on February 25th via Concord Records, Tears for Fears …
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