For the second time in four years, the iconic green cardigan worn by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana‘s MTV Unplugged performance will head to the auction block. And, before you ask, yes, it has never been washed. “It’s very important that we don’t wash it,” Darren Julien of Julien’s Auctions told …
Read More »Best Movies and TV to Stream in September: 'The Politician,' 'Transparent Musicale Finale,' and 'Wu-Tang'
On Netflix, Zach Galifianakis extends a Funny or Die sensation to feature length; Ryan Murphy makes a splash with a cutthroat political series; Sacha Baron Cohen takes leave of TV for a more serious turn; and Booksmart breakout Kaitlyn Dever gets on the true crime bandwagon alongside Toni Collette and …
Read More »Beatles Art Director on Secrets of the 'Abbey Road' Cover
Fifty years ago, the Beatles walked across a street in London for a photo shoot that would become the cover of their next album, Abbey Road — an anniversary that was commemorated on Thursday with crowds and news crews. But for John Kosh, the Apple Records art director who had …
Read More »How Hootie and the Blowfish Embraced Their Past for One of Summer's Biggest Tours
In a locker room converted into a makeshift dressing room in North Augusta, South Carolina, the members of Hootie and the Blowfish are gathered in front of a TV, watching Tiger Woods tee off. It’s the beginning of Woods’ Masters comeback, and the band is invested — it played his …
Read More »Paul Rudd on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Unlike scripted shows, which often build to a finale, Saturday Night Live starts just as fresh with its last episode as its first. So the fact that the season went out with something of a whimper is a function of the show’s creative DNA rather than a failure to sum …
Read More »The Liberal Embrace of War
The United States has just suspended flights to Venezuela. Per the New York Times: CARACAS — The United States banned all air transport with Venezuela on Wednesday over security concerns, further isolating the troubled South American nation… A disinterested historian — Herodotus raised from the dead — would see this …
Read More »Inside the Search for a Better High
It was once simply understood that, if you smoked weed, there were good effects and there were bad. A strain for relaxation might also lead you to gorge an entire box of cookies; a variety that helped ease social anxiety for a party might leave you unable to mutter a …
Read More »The Black Keys Get Back to Basics
On the morning of September 5th, Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach walked into Auerbach’s Nashville studio, picked up their instruments and became the Black Keys again. By season’s end, they had finished their ninth album, the self-produced “Let’s Rock” (yes, that’s really the title). As usual, they created the entire …
Read More »Holographic Frank Zappa Plays Guitar Solo in New Tour Promo
Frank Zappa‘s digital stand-in cranks out a guitar solo in rehearsal footage for the upcoming tour featuring a hologram of the late guitarist-composer. In the clip, “Zappa” is decked out in blue jeans and a black T-shirt, wielding his signature red Gibson SG — a visual that calls to mind …
Read More »Jay Inslee Wants to Be the First Climate President. Is America Ready?
On a recent Sunday morning, Jay Inslee, the Democratic governor of Washington state, paid a visit to the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency. He was part of a group of governors who had come to meet with EPA chief Andrew Wheeler, the face and leader of President Trump’s all-out …
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