“Can we sort of do a video version of an AIDS quilt?” That was the idea playwright Matthew López had when he reached out to actor friends and acquaintances to see if they would read passages from a pivotal monologue from his epic, two-part play The Inheritance, about gay life …
Read More »
The Smashing Pumpkins have released another pair of new songs, “Purple Blood” and “Dulcet in E,” from their upcoming album, Cyr, out November 27th. “Purple Blood” boasts a classic Pumpkins feel, with Billy Corgan lacing his vocals over a big guitar crunch, heavy drums, and some moody atmospheric synth textures. …
Read More »
Ever since TikTok user Nathan Apodaca (@doggface208) blessed the internet with a clip featuring him skateboarding and drinking Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry Juice to Fleetwood Mac‘s “Dreams,” the clip has gone viral. Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, and even Adam Sandler’s dog have recreated the video, while the Rumours track …
Read More »
How does someone like Ariana Grande follow one of pop’s greatest, boldest break-up albums? With a horny, campy collection of R&B slow jams, of course. In all its naughty glory, Positions doesn’t teach us anything new about Grande: she’s always had a penchant for both subtle (“Imagine”) and not-so-subtle (“Side …
Read More »
Last month, as infernos raged across the West Coast and President Trump countered scientific consensus on climate change, saying, “I don’t think science knows, actually,” Americans of various persuasions got a glimpse of the apocalypse. For many on the left, the firespresentedArmageddonin microcosm,proof of the destructive, ongoingprocesses that imperil humans …
Read More »
Cathy Renna, the communications director for the National LGBTQ Task Force, has worked in queer rights for nearly 30 years, through three administrations and countless setbacks. But nothing was quite like the transfer of power to the Trump administration. “It’s like having really great parents for most of your life,” …
Read More »
Billy Joe Shaver, who died Wednesday at 81, wrote country songs about what he knew firsthand: sin and heartbreak, hard living and hard working, and ultimately salvation. Waylon Jennings famously cut a bunch of them for 1973’s Honky Tonk Heroes, and Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash would all …
Read More »
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update poked fun at Donald Trump’s frequent use of the Village People’s music at his rallies — despite the group’s Victor Willis calling for the president to cease playing their music — by having cast members dress up as the disco quintet for a new version …
Read More »
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »
For 15 years, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki have battled demons, werewolves, shapeshifters, angels, and a whole slew of other supernatural entities and paranormal creatures as hunters Dean and Sam Winchester on Supernatural. They’ve saved the world multiple times — despite what God and others have tried. Now, they’re entering …
Read More »