They don’t make ’em like Jac Holzman anymore. Maybe they never did. While music executives are keen to brand their firms “technology companies” these days, Holzman, 89, is already several laps ahead. After co-founding Elektra Records in his dorm room in 1950 then bringing the label into Kinney National (now …
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Sheriff John Marshall is standing in front of his fellow AA members. “I’m not good with anger,” he says, and from the way this lawman is acting and the manner in which he’s addressing a number of folks offscreen, you know this is an understatement. He’s not good with controlling …
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As part of our newly updated survey of the500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making and impact of key records from the list. Bob Dylan‘sBlood on the Trackscame in at number nine. The following piece was originally published in a Dylan special …
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In our latest RS Interview: Special Edition video series, Rolling Stone‘s Jeff Goodell spoke with Gina McCarthy, the former head of the EPA under President Barack Obama. She’s currently the president and CEO of the NRDC Action Fund and they discussed President Trump’s environmental record, life under Covid-19, and the …
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If anyone thought Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would simply go away quietly following her unsuccessful bid to win the Democratic nomination for president, they were mistaken. Warren appeared on MSNBC this week and blasted President Trump for his refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he were …
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With every album since 2013’s Fuse, Keith Urban has had less and less creative fucks to give. Sticking to the confines of the country music genre hasn’t interested him in years. Listen to “Even the Stars Fall 4 U” on Fuse, “The Fighter” on Ripcord, or “Coming Home” on Graffiti …
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Senate Republicans appear to have the votes. Though they preached four years ago about how confirming a Supreme Court justice in an election year would be a slap in the face to the American people, enough of President Trump’s henchmen in the Senate have changed their minds to all but …
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A simple message to President Trump’s supporters: He doesn’t like you. In fact, you disgust him. Well, not all of you. The rich and powerful, he likes. If you’re on TV on a regular basis, your net worth is at least eight figures, or you live in a glitzy zip …
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After months of threats against Chinese-owned social media apps, the Trump administration announced plans to ban TikTok and WeChat from U.S. app stores as of this weekend. “At the president’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data,” said Commerce Secretary Wilbur …
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Cuties director Maïmouna Doucouré defended her film, and reaffirmed her intent and the film’s meaning, in an op-ed for The Washington Post. As Doucouré explains Cuties — originally released in France as Mignonnes —tells the story of an 11-year-old girl, Amy, who (like Doucouré), emigrated to France from Senegal. In …
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