In August, Louis C.K. performed at New York’s Comedy Cellar in his first set since admitting to sexual misconduct and harassment of female coworkers, stirring up controversy and debate about whether he deserves a comeback. This weekend, C.K. returned to the Cellar on Sunday night for another surprise set, the …
Read More »Zombie Apocalypse Now: 'Night of the Living Dead' at 50
“It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder.” “Yeah, they’re dead, they’re all messed up.” Who the fuck premieres a movie in Pittsburgh? Specifically, who premieres their movie in Pittsburgh, on a Saturday in October, during matinee hours, …
Read More »Jefferson Airplane's Jorma Kaukonen: Marty Balin's Death 'Reaffirms the Power of Love'
Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen mourned and praised former bandmate Marty Balin, who died Thursday at age 76, in an emotional statement on his blog. “Marty’s passing reaffirms the power of love, the power of family, the power of possibilities,” he wrote. Kaukonen moved from grief to optimism throughout the …
Read More »Balsam Range Win Big at 2018 Bluegrass Awards
First-time recipients and repeat winners were honored at the 29th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards in Raleigh, North Carolina, held Thursday night. Balsam Range, a five-piece band from North Carolina’s Haywood County, took the evening’s top prize as Entertainer of the Year, an award they previously won in 2014. Doyle …
Read More »The Queen: Aretha Franklin
& #8220;I think of Aretha as Our Lady of Mysterious Sorrows,” Jerry Wexler once said of Aretha Franklin. Wexler was the Atlantic Records producer who, in 1967, helped raise the singer to her sudden and incomparable soul heights. “Her eyes are incredible, luminous eyes covering inexplicable pain. Her depressions could …
Read More »Clinic to Offer 'Young Blood' Transfusions
By the end of this year, New Yorkers might be able to go to a clinic and have young blood pumped into their veins like chic, modern vampires, thanks to start-up Ambrosia Medical. Earlier this year, Ambrosia completed the first clinical trial in the U.S. to test the possible health …
Read More »Janice Dickinson on Bill Cosby: 'The Rape Is Etched Into My Soul'
Janice Dickinson spoke of how she continues to grapple with the trauma of allegedly being raped by Bill Cosby after the disgraced comedian was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. “The harrowing memory of the rape continues to …
Read More »Fyre Festival Organizer's Lawyer Claims 'Mental Illness' in New Court Letter
Randall Jackson, the lawyer of Billy McFarland, organizer of the failed Fyre Festival venture, filed a letter claiming that his client suffers from “mental illness.” Jackson wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Naomi Buchwald describing how McFarland wasdiagnosed with alcohol abuse, ADHD and bipolar disorder, which led to his …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Brandon Seabrook Trio, 'Bovicidal'
One of the wilder musical episodes this writer has heard in 2018 gets going a little more than three minutes into “Bovicidal,” the opening track on a new album by guitarist Brandon Seabrook’s eponymous trio. As double-bassist Henry Fraser sets up a steady pulse, the leader solos over top, moving …
Read More »'Breaking Bad' Collects Series' Music for Limited-Edition, Vinyl-Only Box Set
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Breaking Bad, the beloved series will collect five LPs-worth of music that featured during the show’s five seasons for a limited-edition, vinyl-only box set. Limited to 5,000 copies, the Breaking Bad Original Soundtrack arrives November 30th and boasts five “Albuquerque crystal”-colored 10″ records, each …
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