President Biden met with local mayors and law enforcement leadership to discuss violent crime and urged them to make use of federal funds available through Covid-19 relief to help combat crime in their cities. “Our strategy provides including funding for law enforcement through the American Rescue Plan for states, cities …
Read More »Van Morrison Announces 2021-2022 U.S. Tour
Van Morrison has announced a series of live dates in North America, kicking off September 25th at Greenwood, Colorado’s Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre. The tour will run through the end of 2021 and into 2022, culminating with a three-night-stand at Las Vegas, Nevada’s Colosseum at Caesars Palace on February 18th, 19th, …
Read More »Emma Coronel Aispuro, Wife of 'El Chapo,' Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Charges
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that she “aided and abetted” her husband’s narcotics empire. Appearing in a Washington, D.C. court Wednesday — four months after her February 2021 arrest — Coronel Aispuropleaded guilty to three counts of …
Read More »Almost 30 Percent of Republicans Think Trump Will Be 'Reinstated' in 2021, Poll Says
A full 29 percent of Republicans think Donald Trump has a real shot at being “reinstated” as president by the end of 2021, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll. A full 17 percent of GOP respondents said it’s “very likely” that Trump, who lost the electoral college to Joe …
Read More »Rob Zombie to Direct a Movie Based on 'The Munsters'
Rob Zombie has announced he will be helming a reboot of The Munsters as his next film project. The rocker-filmmaker took to Instagram to announce the news on Monday. Zombie, whose 1998 solo hit “Dragula” takes its name from one of the cars from The Munsters sitcom, said he has …
Read More »Liz Phair Shows Us Her Best Sides on 'Soberish'
The timing has never been better for a good Liz Phair record. The full-disclosure lyrics and painterly songcraft she perfected on her classic 1993 debut, Exile In Guyville, can be heard these days in any number of excellent young artists across the indie-pop map — Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail, Jay …
Read More »Eric Carle, Author and Illustrator of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' Dead at 91
Eric Carle, revered by generations reared on his children’s books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has died. He was 91. He died on Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts from kidney failure, as The New York Times reports. Carle wrote and illustrated more than 70 children’s books over …
Read More »Eric Clapton's Anti-Vaccine Diatribe Blames 'Propaganda' for 'Disastrous' Experience
Eric Clapton detailed his “disastrous” health experience after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine and blamed “the propaganda” for overstating the safety of the vaccine in a letter the guitarist shared with an architect/anti-lockdown activist. Clapton previously shared his thoughts on the Covid-19 shutdown when he appeared on Van Morrison’s anti-lockdown song …
Read More »The Flaming Lips Put a Psychedelic Spin on Bob Dylan's 'Lay Lady Lay'
The Flaming Lips have shared a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Lay Lady Lay” from the upcoming compilation, Dylan Revisited, which will be released alongside the June issue of the British magazine Uncut. The Flaming Lips’ cover of “Lay Lady Lay” is at once reverent to the original Nashville Skyline track …
Read More »Justin Bieber Debuts New Song 'Peaches' On NPR's 'Tiny Desk' Series
Days before the release of his new album Justice, Justin Bieber performed an intimate set for NPR‘s Tiny Desk series. Accompanied by We the Band, Bieber debuted “Peaches,” a sultry track he performed on keyboards. The set also included the Justice tracks “Holy” (the studio version features Chance the Rapper), “Hold On,” …
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