Taylor Swift‘s Folklore returned to Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The star boosted her sales by selling autographed CDs online. The set, which Swift released with little warning near the end of July, has now spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number One. Folklore was …
Read More »Watch Jeff Tweedy Play 'Love Is the King' Songs on 'CBS This Morning'
Jeff Tweedy performed three tracks from his just-released new solo album and talked about his efforts to stop royalty theft during the Wilco singer’s virtual visit to CBS This Morning. Performing from Chicago’s the Hideout venue for CBS This Morning’s weekly “Saturday Sessions,” Tweedy played three songs — “Bad Day …
Read More »Five Exchanges That Defined the Final Debate of 2020
The first debate was pandemonium. The second was canceled after the president was hospitalized with Covid-19. The third and, mercifully, last debate was a relatively sedate affair. It took place a week and half before what we call Election Day, but already 50 million Americans have locked in their votes …
Read More »'How to With John Wilson': Where Digression Meets Delight
When my children were younger, they loved a series of books by Laura Numeroff and illustrator Felicia Bond with titles like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Each book follows an animal along a series of random adventures where one thing leads to another (the cookie makes the mouse …
Read More »'Rebecca': A Gothic Classic Gets the By-the-Numbers Treatment
It begins in Monte Carlo. A lady’s maid has a chance encounter with the storied Maxim de Winter: rich, handsome, a recent widower. He sends her a note: “Come for a drive.” So begins a succession of daily rendezvous and, increasingly, beachside scenes befitting the French riviera’s enthralling, cliffside shores …
Read More »Jewel Performs for Matt's Promise Foundation Diamond Supporters Special Event
Matt’s Promise foundation, in partnership with Rolling Stone, will host a benefit concert in Upstate New York on October 24th.In the past, Matt’s promise has hosted other major events which aim to raise awareness for the organization and their mission to make a difference in the lives of young people …
Read More »Joe Biden's Moment
W e’ve lived for the past four years under a man categorically unfit to be president. Fortunately for America, Joe Biden is Donald Trump’s opposite in nearly every category: The Democratic presidential nominee evinces competence, compassion, steadiness, integrity, and restraint. Perhaps most important in this moment, Biden holds a profound …
Read More »Elvis Costello Crafts a Chilling Saga on New Song 'Newspaper Pane'
Elvis Costello has shared a gripping new song, “Newspaper Pane,” from his upcoming album, Hey Clockface, out October 30th via Concord Records. Unlike other songs on Hey Clockface — which were recorded in Helsinki and Paris — “Newspaper Pane” came about after the Covid-19 pandemic set in and Costello found …
Read More »Trump Complains to Iowans that News Covered Iowa Flooding Instead of His Nobel Prize Nominations
If you’ve been sleeping through the pandemic and are still under the impression Donald Trump cares one iota about the welfare of the Americans he represents, the president on Wednesday night offered up a pristine, one-minute encapsulation of exactly where his priorities lie. Speaking to a crowd of Iowans, Trump …
Read More »'Good Steely Dan Takes': A Chat With the Man Behind the Funniest Rock Fan Account on Twitter
For those who might be wondering, there’s no sure-fire way to end up on Good Steely Dan Takes. Alex, the 35-year-old Brooklyn resident in charge of the improbably entertaining and increasingly popular Twitter account, which aggregates and celebrates niche riffs, memes, and one-liners related to the arch jazz-pop kingpins, says …
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