Last week, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Army is discharging reservists and recruits who joined the military as part of a promised path to citizenship. I’ve spent time since then trying to remember if I served in the Army with anyone who wasn’t a U.S. citizen. And the …
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Stephen Colbert donned a striped blue wig and silver suit for a new Hunger Games-inspired farewell to former head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt on Monday’s Late Show. Pruitt resigned last week. Resuming his role as Julius Flickerman, brother of the film’s Caesar Flickerman, Colbert’s The Hungry to …
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Gorillaz‘s headlining set at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival ended abruptly Saturday after rapper Del the Funky Homosapien was injured in a stage fall while performing “Clint Eastwood.” The 2001 single was Damon Albarn and company’s final song of the set, however the band were forced to abandon “Clint Eastwood” midway through …
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Following months of corruption allegations, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned on Thursday. The news came in the form of two tweets from President Trump. EPA Deputy Andrew Wheeler, a former coal-industry lobbyist, will take over for Pruitt on an interim basis. By the time he resigned, Pruitt was …
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On Sunday, Massachusetts became the seventh state in the nation – and the first east of the Rocky Mountains – where adults can legally purchase recreational marijuana. But for those hoping to toke up in the Bay State, there’s just one catch: There’s nowhere to buy it. Massachusetts voters legalized …
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Given thatMusic From Big Pinkcame out in the turbulent summer of 1968, it’s tempting to frame the album as a set of soothing sounds for troubled times. Don’t believe it. TheBand‘s debut LP was quietly radical. In a period when the musical landscape was overrun with psychedelic whimsy, their synthesis …
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J Balvin unveiled his new video for “No Es Justo,” the reggaeton superstar’s new single featuring Zion and Lennox. The video finds the three singers hanging out with three younger versions of themselves on the streets of Brooklyn. “No Es Gusto” is the latest single off Balvin’s new LP Vibras, …
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In a Vanity Fair cover story,Kendrick Lamarreacted to Kanye West‘s controversial comments about slavery and President Trump, enthused about his recently awarded Pulitzer Prize for Music and addressed a white fan’s usage of the “n-word” onstage during one of his shows. Lamar mostly remained neutral in his comments about West, …
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It’s just after 9:00 P.M. on Tuesday as the polls close in New York’s 19thcongressional district. Jeff Beals’ inner circle huddles over empty pizza boxes, laptops and phones at their campaign headquarters – a converted tattoo parlor – in downtown Woodstock. Across the street, a watch party buzzes on optimistically …
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The Doors will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their third albumWaiting for the Sun with a reissue featuring 14 previously unreleased tracks. The two-CD, one LP set is available to pre-order ahead of its September 14th release via Rhino. Of the 14 unreleased recordings, nine are early “rough mixes” cut …
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