Days after sharing a 2019 solo acoustic rendition of “Southern Man” and telling his fans that “it’s time for real change, new laws, new rules for policing,” Neil Young has written a lengthy opinion piece on his website titled “Hope” in which he elaborates on his feelings about this moment …
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Loneliness has always had a place in pop music, from “Are you lonesome tonight?” to “My loneliness is killing me.”What else are songs, if not a way for artists to reach out across the vast stretches of space and time that separate them from their listeners? A great song can …
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Every day, Donnie Caldwell gets out of his Franklin County Jail cell briefly to grab his food and bring it back to his bunk — right next to his toilet — to eat. On Saturday, April 4th, while standing in line in the jail’s cafeteria and waiting for his food …
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Editor’s note: Adult-content creators interviewed in this piece have asked that we identify them by their performer names for their privacy and safety. Last March, Allie Awesome, an adult-content creator, woke up one Sunday morning to check her DMs on OnlyFans, only to realize she couldn’t log into her account. …
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It’s not a very bold statement to say that the 2020s have gotten off to a less-than-awesome start. We’re not even six months into this decade, and the U.S. is already seeing historic unemployment figures and a second Great Depression right on the horizon — not to mention the fact …
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Rivers Cuomo continued the quarantine trend of covering Nirvana Monday with a piano rendition of “Heart-Shaped Box.” Cuomo performed the In Utero track next to a towering plant and a desk boasting a prominently-placed guitar and bottle of hand-sanitizer. Neither the angle nor the video quality is all that good …
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The photo on the cover of Bob Dylan‘s upcoming LP, Rough and Rowdy Ways, was snapped more than 50 years ago by a man who is, admittedly, not all that familiar with the musician. “Like most photographers, I’m a visual guy,” 86-year-old photographer Ian Berry tells Rolling Stone via phone …
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September 12, 2013, Issue 1191, of Rolling Stone ‘I JUST THANK GOD FOR BEING ALIVE,” LITTLE RICHARD says. “I never knew that I would live to see 80. I’m the only one in my family who ever got to that age.” A year ago, it didn’t seem like Little Richard, …
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In March, Steven Wilkin was among the millions of American who lost their primary source of income. Wilkin makes music under the name Adult Bodies; he supplements that money by working for Uber and Lyft, as well as doing other odd gigs. When wide swathes of the economy started to …
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Eddie Vedder has accepted the All In Challenge to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts, offering a special Pearl Jam concert “birthday package” that includes opportunity to join the band on stage and more. Vedder was nominated for the challenge by actress Laura Dern, and in a video offered a …
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