Slipknot canceled their headlining set at Knotfest Mexico Saturday after a broken barricade sparked safety concerts at the festival. Evanescence’s set preceding Slipknot was also impacted by the barricade problem, which began after the security barriers were pushed down during Behemoth’s set, Revolver reports. Despite multiple attempts, organizers were unable …
Read More »'The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show' Is Campy, Weird, Retro Fun
In late 2016, Kacey Musgraves put together a brief but full-scale tour to accompany the release of A Very Kacey Christmas, her first holiday album. Coming on the heels of the singer’s second LP Pageant Material, the tour’s set list was a mixture of cuts from that record as well …
Read More »Austin Jenckes Recruits Jaren Johnston, Lauren Jenkins to Raise Mental Health Awareness
When Austin Jenckes was just a teenager, his father committed suicide. Naturally, it was a tragedy that has shaped the Washington State songwriter’s life and informed his music. But the loss also turned Jenckes into a passionate proponent of mental health awareness. On December 2nd, he’ll host a benefit concert …
Read More »Two Leading Republicans Praise God For Bringing Us Trump
According to Rick Perry and Nikki Haley, we can thank God for bringing us, possibly, the most corrupt president America has ever seen. On Sunday, soon-to-be former Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, told Fox News viewers that President Trump is “The Chosen One.” He hedged his statement by saying that …
Read More »'Without Question' There Will Be an Ethics Investigation Into Devin Nunes, High Ranking Dem Says
Democratic congressman and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith (D-Wash.), said Republican Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) will “quite likely” and “without question” face an ethics investigation regarding new allegations that have surfaced this week regarding Nunes and Ukraine. MSNBC’s Joy Reid asked Smith whether or not the …
Read More »Lindsey Graham Is a Coward, Exhibit 39204
House Republicans spent the week rhetorically hiding from a mountain of evidence that President Trump sought to extort Ukraine into helping him in the 2020 election. Over in the Senate, Lindsay Graham took a slightly different tact: physically hiding from an Iraq War veteran who had concerns about the commander-in-chief. …
Read More »Baby Yoda: An Evolutionary Psychologist Breaks Down His Scientific Cuteness
Baby Yoda has been awakening the hearts (and biological clocks) of the Internet since his recent premiere in The Mandalorian, thenew Star Wars show on Disney+. With his massive eyes and tiny Jedi cloak, the mini Yoda — who is a member of Yoda’s species and not Yoda himself — …
Read More »'I Thought You Might Have Been High When You Said It': Booker Slams Biden on Legal-Weed Stance
While speaking at a town-hall event in Las Vegas on Saturday, Joe Biden took a stance that is none too popular in the modern Democratic Party: that marijuana should not yet be legalized on a federal level. “It’s a debate,” the former vice president explained after expressing his belief that …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Becca Stevens, 'Good Stuff'
Dance music has always embraced empowerment pop anthems — think “I Will Survive,” “I’m Every Woman,” and “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough),” each a classic of rhythm and roar. In and of themselves, those relentless disco beats serve as a forceful riposte to feelings of suppression. Becca Stevens’ “Good …
Read More »'His Dark Materials' Recap: Mother Superior
The show is called His Dark Materials. But who are we kidding? It’s all about her. HBO‘s latest fantasy epic struck gold when it cast Ruth Wilson as its villain, Mrs. Coulter. In lesser hands, the sinister head of the General Oblation Board and leader of its “gobblers” would be …
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