Vladimir Putin is up to old tricks. Earlier this week news broke that Russia is again backing the candidacy of Donald Trump as the president seeks reelection. Now the Washington Post is reporting that U.S. intelligence believes Russia is also attempting to aid the candidacy of Bernie Sanders on the …
Read More »Dave Grohl Reunites With Nirvana Members For Special Performance
The surviving members of Nirvana reunited in Los Angeles Saturday for a special one-night-only performance as Dave Grohl was joined by Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear at the 2020 Art of Elysium Gala, an annual fundraiser that connects artists with children and communities in need. Playing before an enraptured crowd …
Read More »Lil Peep's Producers Had One Goal for New Posthumous Album: Don't Change Anything
Lil Peep was not pleased when he first received the final mixes of his Goth Angel Sinner EP. “I keep reflecting on this moment on the tour bus when Peep heard the studio edits that I had done with the [British production trio] Invisible Men in London, and he absolutely …
Read More »It's Time to Talk About This Insane Grateful Dead Video
The Grateful Dead‘s craziest video — a 1987 clip for In the Dark track “Hell in a Bucket” — begins in a smoky bar. Bikers greet each other, embracing and clinging to their cold beers while flaunting their bicep tattoos. A woman shoves a dude playing an F-14 Tomcat pinball …
Read More »How Will Bernie Sanders' Health Scare Affect His Campaign?
If you’re confused about changes to Bernie Sanders‘ campaign following his heart attack last week, you’re not alone. A day after telling reporters he planned to scale back the intensity of his schedule, Sanders told NBC Nightly News on Wednesday that he “misspoke,” and that he plans to resume business …
Read More »Woody Harrelson on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Everyone loves to make wild prognostications about Saturday Night Live before each season starts. New cast members, departed cast members, cast members that got cast and never actually made it to the season itself: Fodder. Announced hosts (even stretching into December this time around): Total fodder. The anticipation of an …
Read More »U2 Fans Discover Oldest-Known Live Recording of Band
When U2 played an afternoon show at Dublin’s Dandelion Market on August 11th, 1979, they were just four teenagers in a struggling band. They had never played outside their native Ireland or released so much as an EP to the public. But after three years of work, they had enough …
Read More »What's Wrong With Earth Day
Today is Earth Day, a moment when children all over the world are taught valuable lessons about the wonders of the planet we live on and editorial writers who spend the rest of the year ignoring or mis-representing environmental issues and climate change feel compelled to say something sentimental about …
Read More »Joe Biden and the #MeToo Generation Gap
Last week, Lucy Flores, a Democractic lawmaker from Nevada, penned an op-ed for the Cut claiming that former vice president Joe Biden had touched her inappropriately while she was campaigning for lieutenant governor. Flores wrote that Biden approached her from behind and smelled her hair before kissing her on the …
Read More »Emilia Clarke Suffered Two Brain Aneurysms During 'Game of Thrones' Tenure
Emilia Clarke revealed, in harrowing detail, that she suffered two brain aneurysms over the course of the first few seasons of Game of Thrones in a new essay for The New Yorker. The first aneurysm occurred not long after Season One of Game of Thrones wrapped, while the second happened …
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