A few months ago, Andrew Yang was the longest of long shots to land the Democratic nomination. Now, he’s polling as a fringe contender, thanks in part to some outside-the-box policy proposals that have gained traction in certain corners of the Internet. In a recent interview with the Daily Beast, …
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The Rolling Stones will release a new best-of compilation LP, Honk, on April 19th via Polydor/Interscope. The career-spanning project is available as a single-CD and 2-LP edition featuring 20 songs, along with a deluxe 3-CD/4-LP set with 46 cuts. Both versions boast eight top 10 singles (“Brown Sugar,” “Tumbling Dice,” …
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Nancy Pelosi must be sick of talking about it. Alas, if she were only blessed with a president whose actions wouldn’t provoke the question! However, the Speaker of the House has been stuck with possibly the worst commander-in-chief in American history: a man whose campaign and associates are under constant …
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Tool will embark on a short North American tour this spring as they continue to prep their long-awaited new album, Pitchfork reports. The trek opens May 5th with a set at Welcome to Rockville in Jacksonville, Florida. The band will play a mix of festivals and headlining shows over the …
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President Trump is not a hard man to influence. Extreme, unrelenting flattery is pretty much all it takes to get his ear (see: Fox News). A Mar-a-Lago membership also does wonders. Trump’s for-profit club in Palm Beach, Florida, has been a hotbed of bizarre conflict of interest scandals since the …
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Jerry Lee Lewis, one of the last Fifties rock & roll architects alive and performing, has been hospitalized, the singer’s representatives announced via his Facebook page. Here is the full message: “Last night, Jerry Lee Lewis suffered a minor stroke. He is with his family, recuperating in Memphis and the …
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WhileReal Housewives of Atlantastar and Grammy winner Kandi Burruss was in theCelebrity Big Brother house, two singles from her catalog as a songwriter were back in the news. Both Weezer and Ariana Grande recently produced fresh spins on a pair of classics that have Burruss’ name in the credits: the …
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Bethel Woods has announced that Ringo Starr and Santana will lead the original Woodstock site’s 50th anniversary celebration to the legendary 1969 festival. New York’s Bethel Woods Center for the Arts’ half-centennial event – a separate festival from the one being organized by original Woodstock founder Michael Lang in Watkins …
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H.R. 1, better known as the For the People Act, has won praise from many Democrat-friendly pundits. The first proposed legislation of the Democratic House would, among other things, expand voting rights by encouraging same-day registration, force presidents and vice presidents to release tax returns, and ban members of Congress …
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Hasan Minhaj tackled the Saudi Arabia censorship controversy regarding his Netflix show Patriot Act in the host’s first episode of 2019. Two months after Minhajquestioned Saudi Arabia’s role in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggiandcriticized Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salmanin an October episode, Netflix removed the episode from the …
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