A funny thing happened on the way to the Colosseum. That unbelievably epic three-minute Pepsi commercial you surely remember from the early 2000’s where Britney, Pink, and Beyoncé at their full-on fiercest joined forces to […]
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William Eggleston: 512
William Eggleston’s music, like his photography, lives in vivid color. The 84-year-old artist helped establish color photography as a medium worthy of institutional attention, elevating what was once considered purely commercial to the level of […]
Musk on Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory: ‘The Actual Truth’
Elon Musk, who has steered X (formerly Twitter) into a tsunami of antisemitic discourse since taking over the site in 2022, has now endorsed a post attacking Jewish communities and accusing them of promoting “dialectical […]
Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ Goes Viral 21 Years Later — on TikTok
As a famous @dril tweet noted of the terrorist group ISIS, “You do not, under any circumstances, ‘gotta hand it to them.’” Yet amid the continuing horrors of the war between Israel and Hamas militants, […]
How Department Made a Sampledelic Symphony
“I remember my brother and I used to fill up a CD-R with songs and drive into the city. We could only pick one song each till the disc was full,” says Adam Kyriakou, who […]
Beirut: Hadsel
The note of surprise on Hadsel, Beirut’s sixth studio LP, is not so much that Zach Condon has recorded an album on a remote Norwegian island with free access to a church organ, it’s that […]
Spiritual Cramp: Spiritual Cramp
Spiritual Cramp have their very own Bez. Jose-Luna Gonzalez is the Bay Area band’s tambourine-playing mascot, popping up at their shows to provide auxiliary percussion and an extra sense of chaos to a group, usually […]
Ron Jeremy Accuser Sues Sunset Strip Bar, Says It Let Porn Star Turn Bathroom into ‘Dungeon’
A woman who claims porn star Ron Jeremy sexually assaulted her inside The Rainbow Bar & Grill four years ago sued the West Hollywood establishment for negligence Tuesday, claiming it allowed the “dangerous, highly sexualized […]
YouTubers Will Have to Disclose AI-Created Content, or Risk Suspension
The platform said people will be able to request the removal of videos that use AI to simulate an identifiable person YouTube will soon require users to to disclose when their videos feature content made […]
Man Arrested for Manslaughter in Shocking Death of Hockey Player Adam Johnson
Courts and Crime Johnson died after another player’s skate cut his neck during a game in England Police in England have arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter in the shocking death of professional ice […]
Ya Boi L.I.V.E’s “The End”: A Riveting Tale of Betrayal and Finality
In his latest single “The End,” Ya Boi L.I.V.E, the multifaceted artist from Amityville, NY, plunges into the depths of betrayal and disillusionment with a narrative that’s as gripping as it is relatable. The song, […]
Right-Wing Orgs Are Using a Social Media Loophole to Skirt Hate-Speech Rules
In a political landscape already fraught for the transgender community, right-wing media organizations have found a new way to bypass platform guidelines prohibiting hate speech, by producing documentaries advocacy groups are calling “propaganda” and promoting […]