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 »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 »How a Lost Hit and a Popular Podcast Went Viral in the Midst of a Crisis
When PJ Vogt was first diagnosed with OCD late last year, he never would have guessed that what seemed like disorder would help him create the most popular podcast episode of his career. He also couldn’t have predicted that said podcast would drop at a time of intense anxiety, thereby …
Read More »Fox News, Still a Danger to Public Health
The coronavirus has struck virtually every age group throughout the world, but it has proven more lethal to older people. Those aged 60 and older have accounted for the majority of deaths in the United States, and medical experts have warned the public for weeks of the pandemic’s intensifying danger. …
Read More »The Best St. Patrick's Day Song of All Time
The Irish have put up with a lot of bullshit over the years. There’s England. The Troubles. The kittening of the Celtic Tiger. Enya. It’s not been an easy history. And black people, those living in mostly white countries anyway, they’ve put up with a whole bunch of bullshit, too. …
Read More »Marcus Mumford: The Rolling Stone Interview
During Mumford & Sons’ 13 years as a band, Marcus Mumford has rarely done extensive solo sit-down interviews. He likes his band to operate as a democracy writing songs, and doing interviews, together. But Mumford made an exception for our video series, “The Rolling Stone Interview,” which has recently included …
Read More »Now Is the Time for Democrats to Pick a Side
At the beginning of the Democratic primary, there was a candidate for everyone, no matter how niche your personal politics were. If you loved the idea of saving up your basic income to buy a Tesla, there was Andrew Yang. If you loved working out and capitalism, there was John …
Read More »Trevor Noah Talks Biden's Big Win, Big Gaffes on 'Daily Show'
Trevor Noah broke down Joe Biden‘s big Democratic primary turnaround as well as his most embarrassing gaffes on The Daily Show Monday. Biden won easily in South Carolina over the weekend, and took the opportunity to remind his supporters in his victory speech that, while the media had declared his …
Read More »Billie Eilish Debuts James Bond Theme 'No Time to Die'
Billie Eilish has released “No Time to Die,” the latest James Bond theme song that she co-wrote (with her brother and collaborator Finneas) and recorded for the upcoming 007 film of the same name. The contemplative piano-driven track features Eilish’s signature haunting whisper before hitting a string-drenched crescendo toward the …
Read More »Why 'The Goop Lab' Is Less Awful Than You Think It'll Be
People who come to The Goop Lab looking to hate-watch Gwyneth Paltrow will get what they came for. There’s the show’s opening montage, where she makes a cutesy joke about her “calling” in life being “something else besides, y’know, making out with Matt Damon onscreen.” There’s the moment in the …
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