Duff McKagan has unveiled his latest solo track “Last September,” a #MeToo-inspired ballad off the Guns N’ Roses bassist’s upcoming album Tenderness. McKagan said in a statement of the #MeToo movement, “I heard and read some awful stories. As the father of two girls, I felt the need to write …
Read More »The SATs Are Trying to Level the Playing Field — Sort Of
When news of the college admissions scandal, a.k.a. Operation Varsity Blues, broke way back in March, many were left wondering what, exactly, had gone wrong with the college admissions system. Now, the College Board, the governing body for the SATs, has taken steps to address critiques that the SATs are …
Read More »Exclusive: David Crosby Looks Back on Drugs, Bandmate Conflicts in Documentary Trailer
David Crosby reflects on drug addiction, personal tragedy and conflicts with former bandmates in the new trailer for David Crosby: Remember My Name. The Cameron Crowe-produced documentary — which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival — will open in New York and L.A. on July 19th. The clip opens …
Read More »Doris Day, 'Pillow Talk' Star and Hollywood Icon, Dead at 97
Doris Day, the actress and singer who became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the Fifties and Sixties, died Monday after contracting pneumonia, The Associated Press reports. She was 97. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day’s death, saying she died at her home in Carmel Valley, California, surrounded by …
Read More »Howard Stern: Donald Trump 'Did Not Want to be President'
Howard Stern offered his take on Donald Trump‘s psyche and said “deep down he did not want to be president” during an interview with The New York Times. Trump was a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show from the early Nineties through 2015, when he announced his presidential campaign. …
Read More »Trump Unleashes Tweetstorm Defending White Nationalists Booted From Facebook
President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of tweets and retweets on Friday night and Saturday morning covering topics like the right-wing personalities who were booted off Facebook this past week and, of course, North Korea, which launched a short-range projectile off its coast Saturday morning, according to South Korean officials. …
Read More »How Columbine Changed Childhood in America
A few weeks ago, I was touring preschools for my 2-year-old son — a favorite activity of the anxiety-prone first-time parent — when I noticed an unfamiliar document on the walls of one of the classrooms. Next to safety protocols for how to respond to a fire or a natural …
Read More »They Were a Small Indie Band in New York. Then Beyonce Made a Request
About two months ago, Emily Sprague, the singer-songwriter behind the New York-based indie collective Florist, received an email from her publishing company with the subject line “‘Thank You’ for Confidential Project.’” When Sprague opened the email, she was shocked. “I started reading and saw Beyoncé’s name, and I was just …
Read More »29 Things Trump Couldn't Recall While Answering Mueller's Questions
President Trump was never interviewed by the Special Counsel’s Office. His legal team, fearing their client might trip and fall into a “perjury trap,” negotiated for the president to provide written answers to a set of questions. We learned today, as the first portions of the Mueller report became publicly …
Read More »Hear 'Janey Don't You Lose Heart' From Bruce Springsteen's New Live Album
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band had been on the road for well over a year when the Born In The USA tour wrapped up with a four-night stand at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in late September 1985. Springsteen was at the absolute pinnacle of his success after …
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