Pearl Jam have released newly remixed digital-only versions of Ten and No Code to celebrate the albums’ 30th and 25th anniversaries, respectively. Ten and No Code were released exactly five years apart, with the former dropping August 27th, 1991 and the latter arriving August 27th, 1996. The new mixes for …
Read More »New Bob Ross Doc Exposes the Battle to Profit Off the Painter of Happy Clouds
Bob Ross was known for his permed hair and his sanguine PBS TV series, The Joy of Painting, where he taught art to viewers nationwide for more than a decade in the 1980s and early Nineties. But as a titillating trailer suggested last week, his career wasn’t all happy trees …
Read More »OnlyFans May Have Rescinded Their Sexual Content Ban, But Sex Workers Remain Skeptical
Earlier this year, artist and sex worker Lena Chen co-created an interactive game called OnlyBans in which players take on the role of a sex worker on a digital platform parodying subscription websites like OnlyFans. The objective of the game is to establish a following and earn “money,” all while …
Read More »Spider-Man Breaks the Multiverse in New Trailer for 'No Way Home'
Tom Holland’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man finds himself caught in a tangled web of multiverse chaos in the new trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home, set to open in theaters on December 17th. The trailer opens with Parker grappling with the fallout from Spider-Man: Far From Home, in which his old foe …
Read More »UB40 Founding Member, Saxophonist Brian Travers Dead at 62
UB40 saxophonist and founding member Brian Travers died Sunday, August 22nd, after a lengthy battle with cancer, according to a statement from the band. He was 62. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our comrade, brother, founding UB40 member and musical legend, Brian David Travers,” …
Read More »Maren Morris Guest Hosts 'Kimmel,' Sings About Weed Laws, Interviews Willie Nelson
With Jimmy Kimmel off for the summer, Maren Morris guest-hosted his namesake Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night, ably stepping into the late-night comedian’s shoes — and even bantering with the show’s de facto sidekick and parking-lot attendant Guillermo. Morris delivered a monologue that touched on everything from her time …
Read More »Willow Drops Live Performance Video for 'Lipstick' With Travis Barker
Willow has released a live video for her song “Lipstick,” off her new pop-punk-inspired album Lately I Feel Everything. The clip features the singer performing onstage with Travis Barker on drums and two guitarists shredding to the impassioned rock song. “I spread my wings/The song they sing/I owe it all to …
Read More »Is 'The Viewing Booth' the Best Documentary of the Year?
“To suffer is one thing; another thing is to live with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate… Images transfix. Images anesthetize… But after repeated exposure to images, [an event] also becomes less real.”—Susan Sontag, On Photography Ra’anan Alexandrowicz had …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Timepieces are enveloped by an aura of precision and sophistication. Whether it’s a 16th-century objet d’art encased in precious metals and hand engraved, or the digital tech of …
Read More »Beach Boys Drop Stunning A Cappella Version of 'Surf's Up,' Alternate 'This Whole World'
Ahead of the release of their massive box set of 1970’s Sunflower and 1971’s Surf’s Up, the Beach Boys dropped an a cappella version of the latter’s title track. “Surf’s Up (A Cappella)” isolates Carl Wilson’s lead vocals with stunning clarity. His take was cut for the ill-fated Smile sessions …
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