Like many of his peers, veteran DJ, rapper, photographer, and producer D-Nice had been living life on the road until the coronavirus pandemic forced everyone to stay home. “Life was great,” he tellsRolling Stone of his touring career, calling from his Los Angeles home. “For it to abruptly end because …
Read More »Roger Waters Postpones This Is Not a Drill Tour Due to the Coronavirus
Roger Waters has postponed the North American leg of his upcoming This Is Not a Drill Tour due to the coronavirus pandemic. The trek, which was scheduled to embark July 8th and timed to conclude a month before Election Day, will instead launch in 2021. “The bad news is: I’ve …
Read More »What It's Like to Be One of the Millions of Newly Unemployed Americans
The bar where I work shuttered mid-shift on Friday the 13th, abruptly furloughing all of its staff around 6 p.m. I got the news from a friend working the shift, and then got the email clarifying that we were furloughed immediately so that we could apply for unemployment. I realized …
Read More »Soccer Mommy Does NPR Tiny Desk Concert From Home
Soccer Mommy was originally scheduled to perform a Tiny Desk concert for NPR this month with video of the performance to be released on March 30th. But with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, social distancing is a must, and NPR has decided to take a break from filming Tiny Desk shows …
Read More »A Healthy Person's Guide to Staying Safe and Sane During COVID-19
Anxiety is soaring across the country as the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus continues to climb. City, state, and federal governments are scrambling to contain the virus, also known as COVID-19. The government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has lagged behind that of other affected countries, raising …
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