Beach Boys frontman Mike Love, ostensibly an authority on beaches, recorded a cover of Ramones “Rockaway Beach” for his upcoming solo album. The cover has more in common with the Beach Boys than the snarling punk original, thanks to big vocal harmonies and even a little Brian Wilson–style “ooh-ee-oooh” falsetto …
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Toby Lingle was cremated in a 49ers cap, a Star Wars T-shirt and sunglasses shortly after his funeral at Highland Park Community Church in Casper, Wyoming. He was 43. The outfit was the daily wear for an aggressively coarse and casual man. Lingle was that guy, the one who told …
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The 2020 Democratic presidential primary is shaping up to be an outsize field, with two dozen declared candidates in the running. On Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel Live! unveiled a song to help voters remember them all. Kimmel’s jaunty piano singalong bounced through the names of all 24 major contenders, from party frontrunners …
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According to a fact check by the Associated Press, President Trump and his Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie are purposely taking credit for improvements made to a veterans healthcare program that started under President Obama. At a rally in Pennsylvania last week, President Trump said, “We passed VA Choice …
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After significant blowback from fans following the first trailer for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie – and then a promise to change Sonic’s bizarre look before the movie’s immanent November 2019 release date – director Jeff Fowler took to Twitter once more to announce that the film’s release date …
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Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie is a Republican. He is a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. And he’s gay. And he hopes that you will accept him as he is, for all three of those things. In an emotional video posted on his …
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Beast Coast — the hip-hop collective featuring Flatbush Zombies, Pro Era (Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, CJ Fly, Powers Pleasant) and the Underachievers— tap into a reggae vibe with their laid-back new song “Snow in the Stadium.” Producer Erick The Architect weaves the numerous verses between his smooth R&B …
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Megan Thee Stallion and her “thee hotties” female posse are out to take Ill Will Jackson down, “a known hater,” via a “fever that will never be forgotten” in the Houston rapper’s new Blaxploitation-flavored, Seventies-tipped video for “Realer.” The track appears on her 300 Entertainment debut LP, Fever, which dropped …
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With his 2017 album Flower Boy, Tyler, the Creator set out to answer a simple, burning question: Who dat boy? The result was nothing short of a revelation. Tyler bloomed almost literally, burrowing into his past and emerging from the closet amidst naturalistic motifs and a sun-drenched landscape of woozy …
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Last week after a flurry of states made news by passing legislation that would restrict a woman’s right to choose, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) decided to visit one of those states, Georgia, to protest the anti-abortion bills that she said are a “nationwide assault on women’s constitutional rights.” On Sunday …
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