President Trump held a press conference on Saturday to give an update on how the government is handling the coronavirus. Per usual, the president’s words included a mixed bag of half-truths and misinformed statements. Trump first told Americans that “there’s no reason to panic at all” and although “additional cases …
Read More »Harry Styles Plays Piano Underwater in 'Falling' Video
Harry Styles‘ latest Fine Line single is the ballad “Falling.” He recently performed the song at the Brit Awards earlier this month. In the moody, Dave Meyers-directed video, a sullen Styles contemplates the glass of brown liquor sitting atop his piano as he begins to perform the song. The piano is full …
Read More »Pence Is Handling Coronavirus. But First, CPAC
The day after President Trump announced Vice President Mike Pence would be in charge of the country’s response to coronavirus, Pence found time in his schedule to speak at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference that claims to be the “largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world.” …
Read More »The 'Black Questions' at Debates Are Awful
Black History Month ends Saturday, both too soon and not soon enough. It is contained within the shortest month, but the whole enterprise can be rather exhausting. Twenty-eight days is not enough time to forgive past sins, yet we still see too many in America treating it like racial Lent, …
Read More »Flashback: Johnny Cash Puts His Stamp on 'Sunday Morning Coming Down'
In a 1970 newspaper interview, songwriter Kris Kristofferson recalled his arrival in Nashville a few years earlier by saying he “rocketed straight to the bottom.” A couple of years later he would become one of the most-covered songsmiths in town, with songs including “For the Good Times,” “Help Me Make …
Read More »Soccer Mommy Chases Down Happiness on 'Bloodstream'
Following her performance at Bernie Sanders’ campaign rally in Houston Sunday, Soccer Mommy has released the third and final single from her album Color Theory, out this Friday via Loma Vista. The track, “Bloodstream,” is the album opener, and a meditation on childhood loneliness and chasing down happiness. “Hydrangeas blooming of …
Read More »Watch Heavyweight Champ Tyson Fury Lead Post-Fight 'American Pie' Sing-Along
Newly crowned heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury led a singalong of Don McLean’s “American Pie” during an in-ring post-fight interview soon after his much-anticipated rematch with Deontay Wilder. “I said I’d sing a song tonight, didn’t I?” Fury, surrounded by his team of trainers, told the sold-out crowd at Las …
Read More »Justin Bieber Chose to Eat Ant Yogurt Rather Than Shave His Mustache on 'Corden'
Justin Bieber and James Corden tortured each other with gross food and personal questions about bad fans, the movie Cats, and more during a round of “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts” on The Late Late Show Thursday. The game centers around a platter of nauseating dishes — beetle …
Read More »America Announce 50th Anniversary Tour
America has announced a 50th anniversary world tour. The soft rock group will celebrate the anniversary of their 1971 self-titled debut, when Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and the late Dan Peek went to Number One with “A Horse With No Name.” The band’s trek starts this week, kicking off in …
Read More »Squirrel Flower's Tender-Hearted Indie-Rock Breakthrough
A very small number of babies each year are born en-caul — that is, born completely inside an intact membrane, surrounded by amniotic fluid. For Ella O’Connor Williams, who performs under the name Squirrel Flower, her rare birth has become a metaphor for her life. It’s also the subject of …
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