Justin Bieber really wants his comeback record “Yummy” to go Number One. The intensity of that desire is simultaneously understandable and alarming. Fans can join the #YummyDanceChallenge, play a Pac Man “Yummy” videogame, virtually attend streaming parties, watch an animated “Yummy” video and an official “Yummy” video, buy a signed …
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St. Vincent shared new remix of Beck‘s “Uneventful Days” that transforms the track into a blast of future funk. The original “Uneventful Days,” off Beck’s latest album, Hyperspace, is a spacey pop tune anchored by crisp drums. On her new remix, St. Vincent chops up the track and rearranges it …
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“Are you here for an affair, sir?” It’s one of the great lines in The Graduate, a movie that’s nothing but great lines, written by a New Yorker a year older than Mrs. Robinson. Buck Henry, the man who penned the screenplay, plays the officious, condescending hotel clerk, tormenting Dustin …
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Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith isn’t worried about impressing the art establishment with the newest collection of his work, The Art of Chad Smith, currently on display at the Russell Collection Fine Art gallery in Austin. “This is a fun, new way to express myself,” he says. “If …
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Brent Cobb released his first record on a major label, Shine On Rainy Day (Low Country Sound/Elektra), in 2016, but his debut album actually arrived 10 years earlier, the independently released No Place Left to Leave. On February 7th, the Georgia singer-songwriter will reissue the album on his own label, …
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Consider them a West Texas supergroup: the new band the Panhandlers assembles the talents of four Red Dirt scene artists to shine a light on a musically unique region of the Lone Star State. Josh Abbott, John Baumann, William Clark Green, and Cleto Cordero play country music, yes, but with …
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The American public should distrust a “weak” and “ineffective” president whose “poll numbers are in a tailspin” if he provokes a military confrontation with Iran. He’s doing it to “save face” and “look tough” in a transparent attempt “to get reelected.” That was the stark warning that Donald J. Trump …
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A very strange and welcome thing has happened this TV season: The broadcast networks are trying again. You remember the broadcast networks, don’t you? They were mighty beasts that once dominated the earth, with impressive names like National Broadcasting Company or Columbia Broadcasting System (NBC or CBS to their friends). …
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How to watch on TV: The granddaddy of New Year’s Eve specials Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest marks its 48th year in Times Square. Beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC and running into the wee hours, the party includes reports from four cities: Miami, New …
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UPDATE (12/27): Damon Dash and Raquel Horn have responded to the $50 million lawsuit filed by photographer Monique Bunn, who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Dash in the home he and Horn share. “This is what setting up a black man looks like live… First they come into your …
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