Fyre Festival co-organizer Billy McFarland, who just began his prison sentence, atoned for defrauding hundreds of people.“I am incredibly sorry for my collective actions and will right the wrongs I have delivered to my family, friends, partners, associates and, you, the general public,” McFarland said toPeople. McFarland was found guilty …
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Janelle Monáe sat down for an intimate conversation about her albumDirty Computer at New York’s 92nd Street Y on Tuesday night. The artist also elaborated on her tour in support of the LP, film projects and work with her organization Fem the Future. Monáe revealed how far back the concept …
Read More »See Doyle Bramhall II's Video for Eric Clapton-Featuring Song 'Everything You Need'
Doyle Bramhall II has unveiled his new video for “Everything You Need,” the Eric Clapton-featuring track off the guitarist’s upcoming LP Shades. Bramhall II, the son of renowned Texas musician Doyle Bramhall, has long collaborated with Clapton on the guitar god’s albums, from 2000’s Riding With the King to 2013’s …
Read More »From Rock Pioneer to Prison: Hear the Story of MC5's Wayne Kramer
In his new book,The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer has some wild stories to tell: His Detroit band’s improbable journey from polite covers act to noisy rock insurrectionists; his own descent into crime and imprisonment; and his comeback as a …
Read More »Watch Neil Young Perform New Love Song 'Eternity'
Neil Young played the first show of his two-night stand at Port Chester New York’s Capitol Theater on Wednesday. Midway through, he broke out a new song called “Eternity.” “The first time we played this we played it on a train,” he said. “We don’t have a train, but we’re …
Read More »Big Tobacco Is Already Eyeing Pot
According to cannabis industry experts, it’s very likely that the country’s largest tobacco companies will get into the marijuana business, in some way, when it is possible. The question becomes how much control these corporate giants will have over the industry, what they will do to marijuana products and how …
Read More »Rod Rosenstein's Impeachment Threat Grows by the Minute
Steel yourselves. A cry for impeachment is coming — for Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who oversees Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation. According to an explosive report in the New York Times, Rosenstein last year proposed the idea of recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th …
Read More »'Better Call Saul' Recap: Something Stupid
A review of tonight’s Better Call Saul coming up just as soon as I’m hit with a bag of sandwiches… “You do your thing, I’ll do mine.” -Jimmy Jimmy‘s legal suspension began midway through Season Three, which means we have now been through more than an entire season’s worth of …
Read More »'Forever' Review: Quasi-comedy Is Strange, Surprising and Sometimes Funny
Amazon‘s new series Forever, which debuts Friday, has been as shrouded in mystery as anything in recent Peak TV memory. For a long time, it was simply referred to as “Untitled Fred Armisen/Maya Rudolph comedy series,” and the identities of those stars and co-creators Alan Yang (Master of None) and …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres Trolls Cher With Cheesy Impersonation of 'If I Could Turn Back Time'
Cher appeared onThe Ellen Show on Friday to promote her latest Abba tribute album,Dancing Queen, due later this month. During herEllenappearance, Cher endured a DeGeneres’ karaoke rendition of her 1989 classic “If I Could Turn Back Time,” which she eventually sang in an awkward duet alongside Ellen. Throughout her appearance, …
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