Two days prior to Bobby “The Brain” Heenan’s death, I’d searched for some vintage Shawn Michaels via the WWE Network at my eldest son’s request. I settled on HBK’s Intercontinental Championship defense against Tatanka at the notorious outdoor boondoggle that was WrestleMania IX in Paradise, Nevada. My boy, who’s not …
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Earlier this week, NPR reported that American Recordings and Universal Music had sent a cease-and-desist letter to Stormfront Radio, the weekly radio show for the white supremacist site Stormfront, over its regular use of Johnny Cash‘s cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.” At the time, Rosanne Cash, the …
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It’s a sort of lopsided smile, almost like a child’s-drawing version of what a grin is supposed to look like. Even more than the eyes and the jawline and that chin, which would later by framed by long Swingin’ Sixties sideburns and covered by a ragged Seventies beard, it’s the …
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YouTube in 2007 was the Wild West of freak comedy. Offbeat humor, celebrated through cheaply produced and easily distributed clips, dominated the young video-hosting platform, founded two years prior. Catchy songs about shoe shopping and trippy animations starring sleepy unicorns were elevated to the “Featured Videos” section of the site, …
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In this golden age of journalistic low points, the decision by 60 Minutes togive a soapbox to the garbage bag full of old taco meat that is Steve Bannon might be the lowest yet. CBS gives airtime to people like Bannon in the hopes of boosting the flagging ratings afflicting …
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Harry Styles stopped by the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge for a short set that included a cover of Fleetwood Mac‘s “The Chain.”After performing his singles “Sign of the Times” and “Two Ghosts” from his self-titled solo album, Styles and his band launched into a faithful rendition of the Rumours …
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Fifth Harmony dropped their surprise new video “Deliver” Friday, the latest visual from the now-quartet’s self-titled album. “Surprise, Harmonizers! We wanted to DELIVER something special as a thank you for your incredible support,” Fifth Harmony tweeted to fans before the David Camarena-directedvideo’s premiere. “Deliver” sees the four Fifth Harmony members …
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Stone Temple Pilots will mark the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Core, with multiple reissue editions. The massive Super Deluxe edition houses live tracks from their 1993 MTV Unplugged performance, which includes an unreleased version of signature song “Wicked Garden” that Billboard premiered. Bassist and co-founder Robert DeLeo told …
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Here is an unpopular observation about Donald Trump‘s latest assault on immigrants: It might work, politically. Delivering the odious message through his feckless, oft-humiliated Justice Department subordinate, Jeff Sessions, Trump this week announced that the Department of Homeland Security would stop processing applications under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals …
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Singer Rickie Lee Jones is a longtime Steely Dan fan who collaborated with the late Walter Becker on her 1989 album Flying Cowboys. In recent years, Jones was asked to serve as opener during Steely Dan’s Carnegie Hall residencies in New York, where she joined the band onstage during their …
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