Fifty years ago this month, Steve Railsback was a 23-year-old actor in New York when he caught a newspaper headline that Sharon Tate and four others had been brutally massacred in a house in L.A. “I remember thinking, ‘God, what’s happening in this fucking world?’” Railsback recalls. Seven years later, …
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Joan Baez took the stage of Woodstock a little before 1 a.m. on the first evening, following sets by Ravi Shankar, Melanie Safka, and Arlo Guthrie. She was six months pregnant and missing her husband David Harris, who was in a Texas prison for refusing to fight in the Vietnam …
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Fleetwood Mac brought their world tour down to Australia for a month-long run of shows late last week, and during the second concert at the RAC Arena in Perth Sunday they expanded the setlist by playing the Peter Green-era classic “Man of the World” for the first time since 1969. …
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It was a bit scary to go out there and plug into this ocean of hair, teeth, eyes, and arms. It was incredible. I’ll never forget the way the music sounded bouncing up against a field of bodies. You never forget that sound. For the band as a whole, it …
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Saoirse Kennedy Hill, the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, has died of an apparent overdose at the age of 22. In a statement on Thursday, the Kennedy family said that paramedics were called to a medical emergency at the family compound on Cape Cod in Hyannis Port, Mass. Although the …
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Hey, CNN. Big night tonight. Feeling ready? Good. Of course you are. But just in case you’re still light on tough debate questions, or in case some corporate beancounter somewhere has demanded you treat this debate like a UFC fight night (there was a bit of a hiccup there earlier …
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On Monday, American Horror Story premiered the latest teaser for its ninth season, American Horror Story: 1984. The new series appears to be a retro homage to Eighties summer-camp horror flicks, such as the Friday the 13th series and its iconic antagonist, Jason Voorhees. The season premieres September 18th on FX. …
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America’s racist-in-chief was at it again on Saturday morning, spewing racism and hate on Twitter. Triggered by House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Saturday morning’s edition of Fox and Friends, President Donald Trump went on an unhinged rant about the congressman’s city while using blatantly racist terms …
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Not so long ago, there was no public shame in being a dirty old man. While political pundits proclaimed 1992 the Year of the Woman, Donald Trump was manhandling an NFL cheerleader on camera, with pedo-predator Jeffrey Epstein snickering right next to him. In the early 2000s, when Donald Trump …
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Beastie Boys will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their classic 1989 LP Paul’s Boutique with the first-ever digital release of six rare EPs from the era. Over the span of three weeks, the six EPs – featuring B-sides, remixes, live versions and more – will appear on streaming services, beginning …
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