Donald Trump really, really doesn’t want the House committee investigating Jan. 6 to get ahold of White House documents about his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. Late Monday night, the former president filed an emergency request to block the National Archives from sending the material to the committee on …
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Even before the events that killed eight people were killed at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival, concert organizers and city officials were worried that the show might get out of hand. The New York Times obtained two lengthy security plans prepared by concert organizers that highlighted a number of concerns related …
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Everyone, including Carl Palmer, thought they’d seen and heard the last of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. In 2010, the trio, who took prog to way-over-the top heights musically and theatrically in the Seventies, played its final show at a London festival. “That concert for me was sad, because as I …
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Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin, and Jeff Lowe are back for more “batshit crazy” stuff — as one person comments — in the new trailer for Tiger King 2. The next season of the show about the illicit world of big cat ownership arrives on November 17th via Netflix. Other regulars …
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My Morning Jacket have always made classic rock seem relevant in our day and age, because the Kentucky boys never fooled themselves into thinking that human existence collapsed into oblivion the day Skynyrd’s plane went down. They’ve got a way of filtering realist anxiety into their ambitious trippiness, droning as …
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When the Roots drummer Questlove came up with his band’s name, he was intentionally calling back to writer Alex Haley, whose historical book and television series ‘Roots’ made a significant impact on Black history and storytelling in the late 1970s. The almost 10-hour special, which examined Haley’s family lineage, was …
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More legal trouble for Donald Trump. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the Westchester County district attorney’s office has subpoenaed tax records from both Trump National Golf Club Westchester and Ossining, the town that sets its property taxes. The Times notes that District Attorney Mimi Rocah is likely …
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Kenan Thompson, Rami Malek and surprise cameo guest Daniel Craig were jockeying against one another for the coveted role as Prince in a Jordan Peele-directed horror film/biopic during one of the more memorable sketches from the third episode of SNL‘s new season. Thompson, Craig and Malek all played themselves, while …
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Truth be told, we are a nation of spectacular liars. We lie to ourselves about our origin, our exceptionality, that our wealth and power stems from that exceptionality rather than from economic systems of exploitation. Lies are embedded in our founding and our growth and probably our eventual doom. Spurred …
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As we approach the release of Joni Mitchell‘s Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968 To 1971),the songwriter has dropped an archival duet with James Taylor, “You Can Close Your Eyes.” Recorded on October 29, 1970, the performance opens with intimate onstage banter from the couple, who were dating at …
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