The owner and three employees of Girls Do Porn, the porn company accused of lying to and coercing women into shooting content for them, were arrested and charged with sex trafficking on Thursday. According to an FBI press release, Girls Do Porn owners Michael Pratt, along with chief videographer Matthew …
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It’s officially “Autumn Sweater” season — both the garment and the 1997 Yo La Tengo song. So to celebrate, Boston’s Palehound unveiled a pitch-perfect cover of the shaker-laden track. Palehound’s Ellen Kempner does little to mess with the perfection of the I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One cut. …
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While in Nashville in September for the Americana Music Festival, Texas songwriter Paul Cauthen recorded a stirring live performance of his song “Slow Down” for ACME Radio. It’s a sparse, haunting take, with Cauthen summoning the Johnny Cash-like baritone that has become his calling card. But Cauthen must also summon …
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This story was originallypublished byGristand appears here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Adrienne Titus was heading back to her parents’ village on a sweltering afternoon in early July when she saw the dead salmon. She had been fishing upstream with her mother on the banks of the gorgeous Unalakleet …
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Rick and Morty promise their usual quota of warped, hilarious sci-fi escapades — enough for Rick to stamp Morty’s “adventure card” — in the show’s new Season Four trailer. Five new episodes will debut starting Sunday, November 10th at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block. “It’s been …
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Lauren Alaina tugs at the heartstrings, John Calvin Abney bids farewell to his father, and Jason James gets bombastic in this week’s list of must-hear country and Americana tunes. Jillian Cardarelli, “I Never Do This” Produced by behind-the-scenes powerhouse Alex Kline, “I Never Do This” finds Jillian Cardarelli getting her …
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Jessie Reyez depicts the harrowing experience of losing one’s love to deportation in her potent new song “Far Away.” The track will appear on her forthcoming debut studio album via FMLY/Island, which is due out next year. In the Peter Huang-directed clip, the Colombian-Canadian singer dances alone while her partner …
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Lana Del Rey is currently on tour for her latest albumNorman Fucking Rockwell, a record that both pays tribute to and grapples with the disillusionment of Seventies rock and folk music. Appropriately, Del Rey has been peppering her live set with covers of Laurel Canyon musicians; during the opening night …
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At a rally in May, President Trump laughed when a supporter suggested shooting migrants to prevent them from crossing the Southern border. “That’s only in the Panhandle can you get away with that statement,” the president said to a cheering audience in Panama City Beach, Florida. On Tuesday, we also …
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Angela Lansbury — the 93-year-old actress best known for playing the writer-turned-detective Jessica Fletcher on the long-running TV show, Murder, She Wrote — gave her official seal of approval to famed reggae duo Chaka Demus and Plier’s 1993 hit, also titled “Murder She Wrote.” CBC’s Radio Q DJ Tom Power introduced …
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