Mark Zuckerberg is an awkward guy. This is true when he’s giving tours of his house, it’s true when he’s live-streaming himself smoking meats, and it’s especially true whenever Congress is grilling him about how the social media network he created to keep tabs on the relationship status of his …
Read More »Liam Payne Says Staying in One Direction 'Would've Killed' Him
Liam Payne spoke candidly about how “mega stressful” being in One Direction had been during an appearance on Jessie Ware’s podcast Table Manners. Payne recently released the solo single “Stack It Up.” During his hour-long appearance on the podcast, which Ware co-hosts with her mother, Payne gave intimate details about …
Read More »'Jeff Buckley: His Own Voice': Inside New Collection of Artist's Journals, Lyrics
In the 22 years since he tragically drowned in the Mississippi River at the age of 30, Jeff Buckley has become an ethereal cult figure. The new book Jeff Buckley: His Own Voice offers a rare, intimate glimpse into the late musician’s creative process and personal life. Co-edited by Buckley’s …
Read More »There's Not Just One Vape Crisis — There's Three
In the midst of the the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) investigation into the vaping-related health crisis, which has claimed 23 lives in the United States as of this week, media coverage of the epidemic has been virtually nonstop. Patients in more than two dozen states have been presenting at …
Read More »How Trump Made Howard Stern 'Sort of a Journalist'
Howard Stern is one of our greatest living interviewers, offering the profession a rare blend of candor and irreverence. But he apparently never considered himself a real “journalist” — or, at least, not until Donald Trump‘s presidential run led to people digging up the GOP leader’s often salacious and disturbing …
Read More »Flashback: Roger Waters Performs an Epic 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' in 2000
Roger Waters made a fair bit of news earlier this week when he spoke to Rolling Stone‘s Kory Grow. Not only did he reveal that he tried to make peace with David Gilmour a few months back and fell so painfully short that the guitarist won’t even let him promote …
Read More »The Cure's Robert Smith Talks 30 Years of 'Disintegration': 'The Whole Atmosphere Was Somber'
When the Cure played their 1989 album, Disintegration, in its entirety earlier this year at the Sydney Opera House, the whole experience was “weird” by frontman Robert Smith‘s estimation. The album is the band’s best-selling release — it’s certified double platinum in the U.S. and made it up to Number …
Read More »Flaming Lips Mark 'The Soft Bulletin' 20th Anniversary With Vinyl Reissue
The Flaming Lips will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1999 masterpiece The Soft Bulletin with a limited edition vinyl reissue this October. The 2-LP reissue, released exclusively through subscription service Vinyl Me, Please and pressed on mustard yellow, preserves the album’s original 13-song vinyl track list – including the …
Read More »Frankie Muniz Graciously Offers to Be Lizzo's Purse
Frankie Muniz woke up today. He may have hit the snooze button a couple of times before his significant other complained, then scrolled through his Instagram, checked his email, and eventually traveled to Starbucks because the house was out of K Cups. All of this is conjecture, because we have …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren Surging in Iowa, Leads in Key Poll for First Time
Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is now leading the pack in Iowa. According to a CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released on Saturday, Warren has jumped ahead of former vice president Joe Biden. Warren has seen significant gains since June, jumping seven percent points in the same poll …
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