On behalf of Patriots fans everywhere, I apologize for the Super Bowl. We know it was a terrible game. We also know you hate us. Hell, I hate us. Even we don’t enjoy this that much anymore. My personal excitement level Sunday night was between enjoying a good cheeseburger and …
Read More »Rolling Stone Live: Atlanta Big Game Weekend Party Recap
On Saturday, February 2nd, Rolling Stone took over the Goat Farm Art Center by Skylight — a performance venue nestled among the ruins of an old cotton gin factory — for Rolling Stone Live: Atlanta, presented by Mercedes-Benz and in partnership with LDV Hospitality. The event featured special performances from …
Read More »Trump Could Be Our Laziest President Ever, According to Leaked Schedules
Axios has obtained leaked, private schedules of President Donald Trump showing how he’s spent his time over the past three months. According to the leaked schedules, our president has spent 60% of his “working” hours since the midterms in unstructured “Executive Time.” Executive Time is supposed to consist of time …
Read More »Hear an Emotional 'Growin' Up' From Bruce Springsteen's New Live Album
Just five days after keyboardist Danny Federici died from melanoma in April of 2008, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band played one of the most emotional shows of their long career at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. The entire band attended Federici’s funeral at Red Bank, …
Read More »'Velvet Buzzsaw': Gore Steals the Show From Art-World Satire's Talented Cast
In theaters for a week before being served up to Netflix subscribers (it’s a new world, folks…), Dan Gilroy’s satire of the Los Angeles art scene gets off to a deliciously depraved start. Velvet Buzzsaw is a bonbon spiked with wit and malice, inviting us to join a nest of …
Read More »'Arctic' Is an Ice-Cold Killer of a Movie
It’s eyeball-freezing cold up there in the Arctic. You can feel it in this movie’s bones. Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen does wonders with the role of Overgård, the downed pilot of a small cargo plane who’s awaiting a rescue that may never come. Overgård doesn’t bang on about his troubles, …
Read More »North Korea Won't Denuclearize, Might Team Up With Russia (Art of the Deal, Folks)
Maybe the most dubious item on President Trump’s self-professed “historic” list of accomplishments is the progress he claims to have made with North Korea. Since meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore last year, Trump has touted his loving relationship with the dictator while promising that the North Korean nuclear threat …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Jenny Lewis, 'Redbull and Hennessy'
“What’s the matter with me?” Jenny Lewis sings on her latest single, “Redbull & Hennessy.” On her first solo offering since 2014’sThe Voyager, Lewis offers a darkly suggestive tale of dissolution and desire. Riding a sparkling Seventies pop-rock piano riff, Lewis’ narrator second-guesses herself into a haze of liquor and …
Read More »See Trailer for 'David Makes Man' From Academy Award Winner Tarell Alvin McCraney
Never shy when it comes to promoting new work from talented African-American artists who grapple with difficult material, Oprah Winfrey‘s OWN network released the first clip of David Makes Man this weekend at Sundance.The clip features the soaring, uplifting voice of Laura Mvula singing her track “Sing to the Moon,” …
Read More »Dawn Rides Mechanical Bull in Sensual New 'Sauce' Video
In honor of her newly-released album New Breed, Dawn’s “Sauce” video has the rising R&B singer showing off some serious sex appeal. Dawn writhes in cut-off denim shorts with the letters spelling out her new album dangling down her backside. She rides a mechanical bull in slow-motion, sings about “working it …
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