In the spring of 1968, film critic Roger Ebert reviewed Stanley Kubrick‘s2001: A Space Odyssey. The critic couldn’t fathom everything he’d just seen: What were those monoliths? What was that final sequence in that creepy hotel about? Who or what, exactly, was the “Star Child?” Ebert didn’t care; he knew …
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The Last Bandoleros, the country-rock band who blend elements of the early Beatles with Tejano vibes, have released a new song, the mysteriously titled “Dancing With Irene.” Propelled by a twangy Buck Owens riff and country beat, the track highlights the group’s tight harmonies. But Irene is more of a …
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In the wake of special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s troll farm indictment, a bizarre series of events took place involving the New York Times and Facebook. The indictment had barely hit the presses before Facebook Ads exec Rob Goldman decided to tweet a few things. Goldman seemed peeved that his company, …
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More than 30 years after Tony Kushner wroteAngels in America, its themes – immigration, climate change, the AIDS epidemic and sexual identity – are as relevant as ever today, actorAndrew Garfield toldVariety. Garfield plays the lead role of Prior in the show’s current Broadway run. “Every week there’s going to …
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Over two decades ago, I traveled to a city in the Russian provinces called Rostov-On-Don to interview a psychiatrist named Alexander Bukhanovsky. Bukhanovsky, now deceased, was famous. If you’ve seen the movie Citizen X, about the capture of serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, Bukhanovsky was the guy played by Max Von …
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In normal circumstances, the prolific, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur never would’ve waited a year to pick up his Dobro – a prized guitar he left behind after playing a festival in Mexico. But the musician spent the last year focusing on a personal transformation that, in turn, caused him to …
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Someday, when Hollywood starts making movies and episodic dramas about this bizarre epoch in American history – that time when Russia installed a fat, orange-tinted fourth-grader in the White House, and “conservatives” cheered and plotted to keep him there – there will be a whole dog-kennel’s worth of knaves to …
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After spending much of the last half-century on the road with Black Sabbath and as a solo artist, Ozzy Osbourne will embark on a final trek around the globe beginning this spring. He’s dubbed the jaunt the “No More Tours 2” tour – a silly callback to his 1992 retirement …
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This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Millions of geeks watched with unbridled glee this week as Elon Musk‘s private rocket company, SpaceX, launched a red Tesla Roadster into space. Within minutes, there were live views of our beautiful planet from …
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On Tuesday, Chris Stapleton paid tribute to two of his bluegrass heroes, Darrell Scott and Tim O’Brien, with a scorching cover of their song “There Ain’t No Easy Way.” Performing at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for the Universal Music Group luncheon during Country Radio Seminar, Stapleton refers to Scott and O’Brien …
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