More than half a century after he joined Pink Floyd, David Gilmour will be auctioning off about 120 of the iconic guitars he played both with the band and on his solo releases. “Everything has got to go,” he jokes. “It’s the spring sale.” The instruments that will be on …
Read More »Bon Scott's 1978 Letter – on Money, Drinking, Touring – Heads to Auction
Bon Scott, the late AC/DC singer who fronted the band from 1974 to 1980, vents about financial struggles, hard drinking and the band’s grueling tour schedule in a handwritten August 1978 letter headed to auction. The note, addressed to Valerie Dalli, his girlfriend at the time, is set to start …
Read More »Christopher Nolan Locks in 2020 Release Date for Next Film
Christopher Nolan has locked in a release date for the Dunkirk director’s next film. However, no other details about the much-anticipated blockbuster have been revealed. Warner Bros. announced Friday that Nolan’s next film would open in IMAX on July 17th, 2020, Variety reported. The film was also described as an …
Read More »The Shutdown's Tipping Point
Racism and Republicanism been bedfellows for generations now, and advocates of both ideals have had their reasons for seeing the government fail. Few things have helped spark racial and economic progress, such that it is, like the bedrock legislation of the 1960s. Court decisions and federal programs have helped inch …
Read More »Nav, 88Glam Show Line Between Haves and Have-Nots in 'It's a Flex' Video
Hip-hop duo 88Glam and fellow Toronto native Nav unveiled a gloomy new video for their recent collaboration, “It’s a Flex.” 88Glam’s 88 Camino said the Dan Le-Moyne-directed clip is centered around “fashion, decadence and dissipation.” In the video, Camino, Derek Wise and Nav perform the gauzy, boast-filled cut in a …
Read More »A Transgender Veteran's Response to President Trump's Military Ban
The Supreme Court allowed President Trump’s ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military to go into effect Tuesday morning, ostracizing thousands of active service members and sparking another divisive controversy in American politics. There are an estimated 150,000 transgender United States veterans, according to a UCLA Williams Institute …
Read More »Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: The Rolling Stone Interview
When Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitterin 2006, he had no idea he and his colleagues were creating what would become a universally accessible, global, seamless, 24/7 platform for tens of thousands of people to yell at him. In any case, back then, billionaire tech execs were still — at least in …
Read More »BTK Killer Doc Trailer: Daughter Tells FBI 'You've Got the Wrong Man' After Arrest
Kerri Rawson, the daughter of infamous serial killer Dennis Rader aka BTK Killer, has broken her silence in her first television interview. It’s part of a two-hour 20/20 documentary that will air on ABC on February 1st. Rader tortured and murdered 10 people in Wichita, Kansas, beginning with the murder …
Read More »Kenny Beats Is a Rap Therapist Who Will Also Make You a Great Album
Kenny Beats leans back and forth in a swivel chair, his movements matching the rhythm of his words, his face darting in and out of the conference room shadows. He’s describing L.A. rapper03 Greedo’s last days of freedom before he turned himself in to serve 20 years in prison for …
Read More »Kanye West Sounds Revitalized on YNW Melly Song 'Mixed Personalities'
Kanye West became hip-hop establishment because he was never willing to conform to other artists’ styles. But in the last few months, the 41-year-old visionary reversed course, skewing his own sound by ingratiating himself to the SoundCloud generation. In some cases, it’s been commercially successful (albeit creatively bankrupt) like“I Love …
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