CIUDAD JUÁREZ, MEXICO — Margaret didn’t know what was going to happen when she approached the bridge between Juárez and El Paso, but she knew she couldn’t wait anymore. Six months since fleeing her home after being raped and repeatedly beaten for the crime of being a lesbian, the 20-year-old …
Read More »Frank Ocean Responds to Backlash Against His Queer Club Night PrEP+
Frank Ocean took to Tumblr Friday to respond to criticism over PrEP+, the first in a series of queer club nights he’s hosting in New York. “Not funded by Gilead Sciences. Funded by Blonded, independently. Let’s just get that out of the way,” Frank wrote, referring to the company that …
Read More »See EarthGang as Monsters in Creepy Museum in New 'Up' Video
EarthGang are otherworldly beings in their new video for “Up.” The single appears on their debut studio album, Mirrorland, which the Atlanta rap duo released last month via Dreamville/Interscope/Spillage Village. In the Mac Grant and Chad Tennies-directed video, a group of young students are on a field trip at a …
Read More »Everybody Wants a Piece of Black-Cowboy Culture
Justin Cory Richard sits at a watering hole somewhere outside of East Los Angeles. It’s empty, save for a few patrons and a regular who has just pulled up a bar stool next to us. Richard, a 36-year-old African American professional bull rider from Houston, is dressed like he came …
Read More »What to Know About the World of 'Watchmen'
HBO’s upcoming drama Watchmen, debuting October 20th, is at once a huge deviation from the 1986 comic book that inspired it and a faithful sequel. It takes place 34 years after the events of the comic, many of its characters are brand new — as is its thematic focus on …
Read More »Kamala Harris Gloriously Claps Back at Donald Trump Jr.'s Insult
President Donald Trump’s eldest son was up to his usual antics on Twitter on Friday night. Donald Trump Jr. loves to revel in right-wing memes, perhaps in a desperate attempt to finally win daddy’s love, and so he shared a video compilation of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) …
Read More »Rick Wakeman on His Tumultuous History With Yes, Playing on Bowie's 'Space Oddity'
When Yes were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, the surviving members of the band lined up behind a podium at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and delivered the sorts of speeches you’d expect from veteran musicians who had waited decades for this moment of …
Read More »See Steep Canyon Rangers and Boyz II Men Blend Bluegrass, Soul on 'Be Still Moses'
In August, Steep Canyon Rangers released a studio collaboration with Boyz II Men that blended their bluegrass musicianship with the harmonies of the Philadelphia soul stalwarts. “Be Still Moses” received its live debut when the two groups shared the stage in Nashville on Sunday. Performing a headlining show at Nashville’s …
Read More »'Breaking Bad' Theme Song Gets Lyrics Courtesy of Trace Adkins
The bluesy theme song of Breaking Bad is instantly recognizable to fans of the show, but that doesn’t mean they can sing along to it; the instrumental track has no official lyrics. But on Tuesday night’s segment of “Audience Suggestion Box” on The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon read one …
Read More »Maroon 5 Pay Tribute to Late Manager in New 'Memories' Video
Maroon 5 unveiled the music video for their latest single “Memories,” which serves as a tribute to their late manager Jordan Feldstein, who died unexpectedly in December 2017 from a pulmonary embolism. The “Memories” clip is stark and shot in one take, showing a close-up of Maroon 5 frontman Adam …
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