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O ne August afternoon, several months into the deadliest pandemic of the century, Ozuna is striving for normalcy. Wearing a blue Lakers sweater, sneakers, long shorts, and a watch that looks more expensive than his Miami mansion, he readies himself for an impromptu basketball game with a few of his …

For his entire life Trump has been a confidence man. A master of illusion. A young “athlete” too bone-spurred for the army. A “Wharton” grad who cheated his way into regular old Penn. A pitchman for phony diet vitamins that let you “have the silhouette you choose.” (This is an …

Forty-eight hours later, the only mark of the “riot” at the Portland Police union headquarters is a small hole in one of the gold-tinted windows, plugged with putty. The police killing of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis on May 25th unleashed a torrent of anger against police departments …

Adam Killsalive didn’t believe the news. The 22-year-old from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation who now resides in Beulah, North Dakota, had just eaten dinner and was checking messages and scrolling Facebook, getting ready to kick back after a hard day’s work building a barn, when he saw it. A …

Neil Young has again voiced his disapproval of his music featuring at Donald Trump rallies after the rocker’s “Like a Hurricane” and “Rockin’ in the Free World” were played during the president’s Mount Rushmore event Friday night. “This is NOT ok with me…,” Young tweeted after video of his music …

Gary Clark Jr. shared his thoughts on the nationwide protests and the death of George Floyd in an Instagram post on Tuesday. The Texas guitarist, who recently detailed his experiences of growing up in the South on the title track of his record This Land, spoke for 10 minutes on …

When dealing with a viral pandemic, the focus tends to be on preventing and treating the physical illness — and rightfully so. But as we’ve learned over the past two months, the psychological and emotional impact of the COVID-19 outbreak can also be debilitating. Fortunately, we’re in a better place …

Page McConnell has been Phish’s keyboard wizard for the past 37 years. Today, however, his job is a little different. “I was teaching common denominators to my nine-year-old daughter,” he says. “I’ve been the math instructor, and music appreciation.” McConnell is checking in from his Burlington, Vermont, home, where he’s …

Members of the live music industry are celebrating an agreement that was reached today on pending amendments to the recently introduced gig economy law in California, Assembly Bill 5 (AB5). AB5 was created as a response to rideshare services like Uber and Lyft, attempting to make it harder for gig-based …

Taylor Swift is free. Free to say whatever the hell she wants, even if it pisses off some of the record-buying public, her parents, and the president. (Especially the president.) Free to stand up for causes she believes in, like gay rights. Free to not let the ravenous, snickering, snarky …