Before there was Curb Your Enthusiasm, there was the HBO comedy special Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm. Well, if we’re being pedantic, before there was either of those, there was Seinfeld, without which neither version of Curb would have a reason to exist. But back in that 1999 special, Seinfeld‘s …
Read More »Meet the Jewish Former Southlake Student Who Spoke Out Against Teaching 'Two Sides' of the Holocaust
At a school board meeting in Southlake, Texas on Monday night, former student Jake Berman took the mic and uttered these powerful, and unfortunately necessary, words: “The facts are that there are not two sides of the Holocaust. The Nazis systematically killed millions of people.” He went on to describe …
Read More »Flashback: The Beatles Play a Frenetic 'Long Tall Sally' in 1962
Earlier this month, Paul McCartney spoke to The New Yorker about the Rolling Stones in a less than artful way. “[The Beatles’] net was cast a bit wider than [the Stones’],” he said. “I’m not sure I should say it, but they’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what …
Read More »The Weeknd Pushes 2022 Tour, Plots Move From Arenas to Stadiums
UPDATE (10/18): The Weeknd is shifting around his 2022 tour plans, pushing back the start of the trek to next summer and moving his gigs from arenas to stadiums. In a statement, the Weeknd said, “Due to constraints of arenas and the demand for more shows I want to do …
Read More »Mötley Crüe Singer Vince Neil Breaks Ribs After Falling Off Stage
Vince Neil suffered broken ribs after falling from the stage during the Mötley Crüe singer’s concert Friday at theMonsters On The Mountainfestival in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. In video from the incident (via Blabbermouth), Neil and his band were in the middle of performing Mötley Crüe’s“Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go …
Read More »Summer Walker and JT From City Girls Crush All Romantic Competition on 'Ex for a Reason'
Summer Walker and JT from City Girls fire a warning shot at current partners and their former flames on their new song, “Ex for a Reason.” Produced by the Buddha Bless and Sean Garrett, the track boasts a swift, shimmering R&B groove, and while the tone of Walker’s vocals are …
Read More »Prince's Vault Gifts Us With Previously Unheard 'Do Me, Baby' Demo
The Prince Estate and Warner Records have dropped a demo version of Prince’s “Do Me, Baby” to mark the 40th anniversary of Prince’s Controversy, which originally arrived on October 14th, 1981. The previously unheard track was recorded in 1979. The slinky track will be available as a limited-edition cassette and …
Read More »Chad Smith on Why the Chili Peppers' 2022 Tour Is 'Scary' — and Netflix Drum Doc 'Count Me In'
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis wrote in his 2004 autobiography, Scar Tissue, that the band’s drummer, Chad Smith, originally came to Los Angeles from his native Detroit with dreams of becoming a movie star — though Kiedis apparently failed to fact-check that bit with his bandmate. “That’s bullshit,” …
Read More »Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell Star as Deeply Problematic Doctor, Patient in 'The Shrink Next Door'
In the new trailer for the peculiar Apple TV+ seriesThe Shrink Next Door,Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd set the stage for an unconventional (read: unprofessional) patient and psychiatrist relationship. With Rudd as the overbearing Dr. Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf and Ferrell as the impressionable Martin “Marty” Markowitz, the duo retell the …
Read More »All Tomorrow's Parties: How Todd Haynes Made the Perfect 'Velvet Underground' Doc
Todd Haynes remembers walking into a record store in L.A. — it would have been some time around 1974, when he was about 13 years old — and seeing the cover for David Bowie’s “Diamond Dogs.” The image of the future Thin White Duke staring out at him “completely scared …
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