It’s not easy to get to a classroom and study filmmaking these days — but that doesn’t mean that you can’t learn about the craft straight from pros in the entertainment industry. That’s one of the reasons why Rolling Stone joined forces with IndieWire, New York University’s Tisch School of …
Read More »Processing Grief During a Pandemic, When Nothing Is Normal
It’s been seven months since I held my mother’s hand as she died in hospice from leukemia. For the first six of those months I traveled nonstop, working remotely and visiting friends and family, partly to catch up on what I had missed in the year and a half that …
Read More »I Remixed Grimes into the Pop Star of My Coronavirus Dreams
“What’s Grimes?” My boyfriend looked at me with utter confusion — and a warranted tinge of fear — when I, a person with no audio mixing skills whatsoever, told him I wanted to spend a good chunk of our weekend remaking the futuristic songstress’ latest single. He knew what this …
Read More »Hear Lynyrd Skynyrd's Reflective New Song 'Last of the Street Survivors'
Lynyrd Skynyrd have shared their first new song in nearly eight years as the Southern rockers unveiled “Last of the Street Survivors,” a play on their classic 1977 LP Street Survivors. The track is available to stream and download for free for a week here. In recent days, Lynyrd Skynyrd …
Read More »Trent Reznor on Rock Hall of Fame Induction: 'I'm Pretty Freaked Out'
Trent Reznor has sold millions of records, played to oceans of fans at festivals all over the world, and even won an Oscar. But the Nine Inch Nails leader was in a “state of shock” when he called into Rolling Stone to discuss his group’s admission into the Rock & …
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