This piece is part of our ongoing coverage of the 20th anniversary of Almost Famous. It is, in fact, all happening: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of writer-director Cameron Crowe‘s hilarious, heartwarming masterpiece Almost Famous — one of the greatest music movies ever made and certainly the best film about …
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Anita White has spent decades singing the blues as Lady A. Weeks after Grammy-winning country trio Lady Antebellum changed their name to Lady A to acknowledge the former name’s racial connotation, she worries she’s being erased. The black Seattle blues singer has been in talks with the band for weeks …
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Scoring over 500 movies and television shows, as well as over 100 classical works, film composer Ennio Morricone (who passed away at 91) wrote, orchestrated, and toured ceaselessly, refining and expanding his repertoire to accommodate different visions and the ever-shifting sounds of the day. Yet despite its eclecticism — or …
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It was just a week ago now that Derek Chauvin, then still employed as a Minneapolis police officer, pressed his left knee into the neck of George Floyd for what, on video, seemed like an interminable amount of time. It was a total of eight minutes and 46 seconds, nearly …
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Radio personality Kevin Ryder was “baffled” by KROQ’s “cold, heartless attitude” when he and his morning-show team were fired at the end of March. The station has long been an alternative/rock staple in Los Angeles, the second-largest market in the country, and Ryder had been on the air for more …
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Even though it will mean a huge dent in his income for the foreseeable future, Ron Gallo wants you to stay the fuck home. That’s exactly what he did this past Saturday (and again on Sunday, for the European audience), after his show at Melted Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio, …
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Through the years, as the Batman legend has kept evolving, so has his arch-villain nemesis: the Clown Prince of Crime. Every era gets the Joker it deserves, and under the greasepaint, this most iconic of bad guys is a complex character: He needs to be funny to become truly terrifying. …
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This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Clash‘s London Calling. Well, sort of. The album came out in England on December 14th, 1979, but didn’t cross the Atlantic to America until January 1980. That’s just a matter of weeks, but it’s the reason that NME has called it one …
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Donald Trump is obsessed with beingTime’sPerson of the Year. As early as 2013, he was retweeting supporters saying that he should be given the honor. And for years before he he was named Person of the Year in 2016, Trump displayed a Photoshopped Timecover in his golf clubs depicting himself …
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Our phones were locked in little mesh pouches so we communicated the way people did in the Dark Ages: we reenacted Vines. Last night, deep inside The Forum in Los Angeles, a group of young men formed a circle around their friend who was wearing a Florida Marlins hat ––one …
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