UPDATE (9/20): Teton County, Wyoming, coroner Dr. Brent Blue says that an autopsy will be done on the remains matching the description of Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito on Tuesday. Per CNN, the identity will be confirmed via photos, personal ID, or DNA. Petito’s family paid tribute to the young woman on …
Read More »'Death Doesn't Gnaw at Me': A Lost Interview With Norm Macdonald
In August of 2018, Norm Macdonald was making the publicity rounds for his new Netflix talk show, Norm Macdonald Has a Show. The last time he’d sat behind a desk was as the anchor of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment in the mid-Nineties, a gig that got him tossed …
Read More »Flashback: Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder Perform 'Bobby Jean' in 2016
Pearl Jam are returning from a three-year live hiatus on Saturday night when they headline the Sea.Hear.Now Festival on the Asbury Park, New Jersey, beachfront. They had plans to tour the world last year in support of Gigaton, but they were forced to postpone everything due to the pandemic. That …
Read More »The True Story of Norm Macdonald, Comedy's Best Liar
Yesterday, Norm Macdonald, comedy legend, SNL cast member, and reluctant prose stylist, died after a battle with cancer. It ended in a draw; the cancer is dead too. In one of his acts, Norm said: “When the fuckin’ sickle of death is over my goddamn neck, I’m gonna be so …
Read More »Spotify's King of Sleep Music Outstreams Lady Gaga, Somehow
On an average day on Spotify, megastars like Olivia Rodrigo and Drake routinely rack up the biggest stream counts. But in recent weeks, a new name has captured the attention of digital marketers who spend their days scrutinizing the streaming platform: Sleep Fruits Music. All of Sleep Fruits Music’s tracks …
Read More »VMAs 2021: MTV Parties Like a Damn Sociopath
How do you sum up a MTV Video Music Awards night that begins with Madonna serving leather dominatrix vibes, then ends with Lil Nas X yelling “Let’s go, gay agenda”? A night where one of the highlights is Billie Eilish refusing to clap for Jennifer Lopez? A night where Justin …
Read More »Former Journey Frontman Steve Perry Announces Holiday Record 'The Season'
Former Journey frontman Steve Perry is releasing the holiday record The Season, which will arrive in stores on November 5th. “I hope when people hear this record, they’re teleported in the same way I was when I recorded all these songs,” he says in a statement. “I hope it brings …
Read More »'All That Sacrifice Was for Nothing': Afghans Seethe 20 Years After 9/11
Nilofar Ayoubi first heard about the 9/11 attacks on the radio, as there was no TV or internet growing up under the Taliban. Within weeks, U.S. warplanes began bombing Taliban and Al Qaeda targets in Afghanistan, and Northern Alliance rebels were blitzing across the plains with support from American special …
Read More »Big Mad Anti-Vaxxers Are Planning a Walkout — and It's Flopping
When President Biden announced last night that his administration would be instituting vaccine mandates for up to 100 million Americans, no one expected anti-vaxxers and far-right extremists to be particularly happy. Yet one would’ve thought they would’ve organized something a little better than this. In response to Biden’s mandate, which …
Read More »The Replacements Drop New Animated Video for 'Sorry Ma' Standout 'Shutup'
The Replacements have released a new animated music video for “Shutup,” as part of the 40th-anniversary celebration of their 1981 debut, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash. The clip pairs the snotty, 85-second anthem with animated scenes that provide the perfect accompaniment to Paul Westerberg’s extremely literal and …
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