Iggy Pop has shared a short but mesmerizing new song, “Free,” which will serve as the title-track for his next album, out September 6th via Loma Vista. “Free” finds Iggy Pop exploring ambient soundscapes tinged with jazz, as soft synths sail underneath a swell of horns and a lead trumpet …
Read More »AC/DC Post Vintage 'Highway to Hell' Videos for 40th Anniversary
AC/DC are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their landmark album Highway to Hell by posting archival videos from their July 13th, 1979 appearance on the Dutch TV show Countdown on their official Youtube channel. The group has unveiled “Highway to Hell,” followed by “The Jack” on July 24th and “Whole …
Read More »After Two Weeks, A$AP Rocky Is Still Detained in Sweden
UPDATE 7/19: A$AP Rocky will be held in pre-trial detention for another week. The Stockholm District Court agreed to the prosecution’s July 25th extension request to continue the investigation, according to BBC News, The New York Timesand CBS News. “We have worked intensively with the investigation and need more time,” …
Read More »How Bringing 'The Real World' to Facebook Watch Revitalizes TV's Longest-Running Social Experiment
In 1992, MTV premiered an ambitious, new social experiment: the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives taped to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real. Soon after its debut, The Real Worldwas a bonafide hit. …
Read More »Border Patrol Agents' Commemorative Coin Declares: 'Keep the Caravans Coming'
This story was originally published by ProPublica. An unofficial commemorative coin has been circulating among Border Patrol agents at the U.S./Mexico border, mocking the task of caring for migrant children and other duties that have fallen to agents as families cross into the U.S. On the front, the coin declares …
Read More »Is Belle Delphine, a.k.a. Bathwater Gamer Girl, the Greatest Troll On the Internet?
Last week, a 19-year-old cosplayer and Instagram model named Belle Delphine posted a photo of herself in the tub, holding a jar and a pastel pink game controller. “i am now selling my BATH WATER for all you THIRSTY gamer boys 💦,” she wrote in the caption, accompanied by a …
Read More »Another Woman Has Accused Jeffrey Epstein of Sexual Misconduct
Following news of the arrest of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy charges, another woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against the billionaire. Jennifer Araoz, 32, told NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie that when she was just 14, an unnamed woman approached her …
Read More »RS Recommends: 'Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties'
It’s hard to explain Tom O’Neill’s new book Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties without sounding like a conspiracy theorist down a rabbit hole —you try telling your friends that a reporter spent two decades researching the links between one of America’s most notorious …
Read More »'F-ck Trump' Chants Interrupt Fox News World Cup Broadcast from Bar in France
Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot was broadcasting live from Lyon, France, after the U.S. Women’s national team claimed victory in the championship game against the Netherlands when chants from the bar turned political. “History has just been made! We are here in a sports bar in Lyon, …
Read More »Florence and the Machine Detail 'Lungs' 10th Anniversary Box Set
Florence and the Machine are marking the 10th anniversary of their debut album, 2009’s Lungs, with a double vinyl box set, alongside anniversary colored vinyl and cassette editions. They will be released on August 16th and are available for pre-order. The limited edition burgundy vinyl and cassette anniversary editions comprise …
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