Jackson Browne has returned with the new single “My Cleveland Heart,” paired with a humorous video that features a Phoebe Bridgers cameo. The video opens with Browne being wheeled into heart surgery, playing his guitar as the gurney glides down the hall. He winds up on the operating table in …
Read More »Black Crowes Announce Rescheduled 2021 'Shake Your Money Maker' Tour Dates
Over a year after the Black Crowes’ reunion tour was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the trek celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut album Shake Your Money Maker will finally take flight this summer. The new course begins with a pair of dates, July 20th and 21st, …
Read More »Big Oil Is Trying to Make Climate Change Your Problem to Solve. Don't Let Them
For decades, various industries have weaponized American individualism, laying the blame for systemic issues at the feet of individual citizens. Tobacco companies wouldn’t exist without smokers, the story goes. Litter wouldn’t exist without us litterbugs. Cars wouldn’t crash if we weren’t such speed freaks. And, of course, climate change wouldn’t …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres to End 'Ellen' in 2022
Ellen DeGeneres plans to end her long-running daytime talk show in 2022. DeGeneres announced the decision in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, saying, “When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged — and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s …
Read More »Dierks Bentley Worries About the Future of Live Music, But He's Announcing a Tour Anyway
“So the house lights will be up. I’ll take a look around, maybe raise up the ‘Cheers!’” Dierks Bentley says, taking a break from strumming his acoustic guitar to lift a can of peach-pear LaCroix to eye level and predict how a live audience might react after a year without …
Read More »DJ Khaled, Nas, Jay-Z Hit the Casino in New 'Sorry Not Sorry' Video
DJ Khaled has released a new music video for “Sorry Not Sorry,” featuring Jay-Z, Nas and James Fauntleroy. The track appears on the hip-hop impresario’s new album Khaled Khaled, which arrived today, April 30th. “Sorry Not Sorry” boasts a luxurious beat of heavy drums and atmospheric synths, accented by etherial …
Read More »Is Biden's Climate Summit Just Big Talk or a Prelude to Real Action?
After the first day of President Biden’s two-day climate summit this week, one could easily have the impression that global leaders are very, very good people who take the climate crisis very, very seriously. Biden had summoned together 40 heads of state from all the most powerful nations of the …
Read More »Fauci Slams 'Bizarre' Right-Wing Critics in Fox Interview
Dr. Fauci defended himself against the relentless attacks he has received from those on the right, calling one of the claims flat out “bizarre.” Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was asked by Fox News‘ Neil Cavuto, about the recent wild and untrue remarks …
Read More »New York May Finally Be Legalizing Weed
New York is on the precipice of legalizing cannabis for recreational use. Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers have put the finishing touches on an agreement to make the drug legal for adult use, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The news comes a day after Bloomberg and several …
Read More »We're Finally Starting to Understand How Covid-19 Affects the Brain
A couple of months into the pandemic, when scientists and physicians were still approaching Covid-19 primarily as a respiratory illness, Dr. Igor Koralnik, chief of neuro-infectious diseases and global neurology at Northwestern Medicine, began seeing a new category of patients seek treatment at his neurology practice in Chicago. In addition …
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