When fears of the COVID-19 pandemic first started circulating, Brodie Grody, a stripper in Portland, Oregon, saw her income dwindle to about half of what it usually was. “People were scared,” she says. “They were going out less. They were buying fewer lap dances and sitting at the stage less …
Read More »'In My Room' With Angelique Kidjo
With the coronavirus crisis rapidly unfolding, artists around the globe are coming up with innovative ways to keep the lights on and the music playing — without leaving the house. With this in mind, Rolling Stone has launched a new IGTV performance series, “In My Room.” The debut episode featured …
Read More »How Alaina Castillo Held the Internet Captive by Strangely Addictive Lullabies
Two years ago, Houston, Texas native Alaina Castillo was an unassuming high school senior at Clear Falls High — who was covertly building her own mini-empire on YouTube’s ASMR community. In her first of several videos, titled “Sing You to Sleep,” she soothes her viewers’ senses with an extra hushed …
Read More »Coronavirus Has Hammered the Stock Market — But It Could Be Good for Warner Music Group's IPO
You don’t have to be Gordon Gekko to see how spiraling anxiety over coronavirus has already wrought damage upon global industries. The arrival of James Bond’s latest outing, No Time To Die, is being delayed by six months after its backers decided that stay-at-home corona precautions could damage its box …
Read More »Democrats Have a Turnout Problem
WASHINGTON —At his final rally in South Carolina last Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made a plea to the boisterous crowd gathered to see him. “I’m asking you to bring out your friends and your coworkers and your neighbors,” Sanders said, “so we can have the largest voter turnout in …
Read More »The First Time: SZA
SZA discusses her early penchant for grotesque writing, her love of marine biology and her time as a young gymnast in the latest installment of “The First Time.” The recent Rolling Stone cover star — alongside Megan Thee Stallion and Normani — said that the first poems she wrote in …
Read More »Even Republicans Are Worried the Trump Administration Isn't Ready for a Coronavirus Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control on Tuesday issued a warning that the coronavirus is likely to break out in the United States. “It’s not so much of a question of if this will happen in this country any more but a question of when this will happen,” said Dr. Nancy …
Read More »'Better Call Saul' Season Premiere Recap: Magic Man
Better Call Saul is back for its fifth season. A review of the premiere, “Magic Man,” coming up just as soon as I hear good things about the new vending machine over by family court… “See, this is why this works. I go too far, and you pull me back.” …
Read More »David Crosby Answers Your Questions About Divorce and Internet Addiction
David Crosby begins his newest Ask Croz advice video by responding to a reader who finds the whole idea of this franchise to be utterly ridiculous. “Why would I want life advice from a guy who has so famously screwed up his own life,” writes the reader, “and admits it …
Read More »Hear David Bowie's Rare 'Live Eno Mix' of 'The Man Who Sold the World'
Following five weeks of unreleased and rare David Bowie tracks from the Earthling era, the singer’s “The Man Who Sold the World (Live Eno Mix)” completes the six-track Is It Any Wonder? EP. “The Man Who Sold the World (Live Eno Mix)” predates the EP’s other offerings by two years, …
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