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Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape – BLACK CROWN INITIATE
We’ve come a long way from the days when being remotely progressive in metal was seen as an act of extreme radicalism, but it’s still quietly thrilling to see the continued rise of bands like BLACK CROWN INITIATE. The progressive death metal scene has often suffered from too weighty a debt to the first few OPETH albums, with bands falling over themselves to plug a gap Mikael Åkerfeldt ...
ANTHRAX’s SCOTT IAN Blasts Bands Who Rely Heavily On Backing Tracks During Live Performances
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has blasted bands who rely heavily on pre-recorded tracks during their live performances. In recent years, more and more artists have been given a pass for using backing tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technology that makes concerts more synthetic but also more consistent. Speaking to “Live From Nerdville With Joe Bonamassa” about some rock actsR...
California labor commissioner sues Uber and Lyft for alleged wage theft
Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Uber and Lyft are committing wage theft by misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, California’s labor commissioner alleges in separate lawsuits against the companies. The classification of drivers as freelance workers has deprived them of “a host of legal protections in violation of California labor law,” the lawsuits say. “The Uber and Lyft business mod...
Microsoft cuts xCloud iOS testing early as its future on Apple devices remains unclear
Microsoft has ended its xCloud game streaming test for iOS devices today. The software giant had been testing xCloud on iOS in a very limited way over the past few months, but made it clear the service would only be launching on Android earlier this week. Microsoft had informed xCloud testers that the preview would end on September 11th, but only the Android preview will continue until next month....
Etsy helped sell $346 million worth of homemade masks
It’s starting to seem like Etsy only sells two kinds of products: masks, and everything else. The product marketplace just released its Q2 earnings report, and the company says it helped sell $346 million worth of masks during the pandemic, accounting for 14 percent of all sales across small sellers on the platform. 4 million people came to Etsy for masks alone, buying nothing else, and 112,000 di...
Twitter blocked Trump campaign account from tweeting over COVID-19 misinformation
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Twitter said it would prevent President Trump’s @TeamTrump campaign account from tweeting until it removed a tweet that violates Twitter’s rules on COVID-19 misinformation, the company confirmed to The Verge Wednesday evening. However, it appears that @TeamTrump has removed the tweet in violation of the rules, as it has tweeted again several times this evening. The ...
Grammy-Winning Producer Detail Arrested on Suspicion of Sexual Assault
Noel Fisher, the Grammy-winning producer known as Detail who has worked with the likes of Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne and Beyoncé, was arrested in Los Angeles by the Sheriff’s Department’s Major Crimes Bureau on Aug. 5. He faces 15 sexual assault charges and five additional felony assault charges. According to a statement by the Department, the alleged incidents occurred between 2010 and 2018. Fisher&...
Xplosive: Dr. Dre’s Wife, Nicole Young, Challenges Prenup, Says She Was Forced To Sign It
Source: Jeffrey Mayer / Getty The pending divorce between Dr. Dre and his soon-to-be ex-wife Nicole Young is getting S P I C Y and understandably so because there is a lot of money on the line. TMZ has obtained court docs filed by Nicole Young, and it alleges that Dr. Dre forced her to sign it back in 1996. Young is also claiming that Dre felt like crap for forcing her to sign the prenup 2-years i...
So Long TikTok?: Instagram Finally Brings Reels To The United States
Source: Instagram / Instragram Reels With TikTok possibly on the verge of being banned by Donald Trump, if Microsoft can’t secure a deal by the so-called president’s deadline, Instagram sees a golden opportunity. The Facebook-owned social media platform announced the arrival of Reels in North America, which the company describes as “a new way to create and discover short, enterta...
Juelz Santana Is Free From Prison
Source: @thejuelzsantana / Instagram Juelz Santana is now a free man. Today (August 5), the Dipset rapper was freed from federal prison where he was serving a sentence for a gun conviction. Kimbella was right—in late 2019, and thus before the Coronavirus Pandemic, she asserted that her husband would be home by the summer of 2020. Juelz was originally sentenced to 27 months in prison back in Decemb...
Ta-Nehisi Coates Tapped As Guest Editor for ‘Vanity Fair’ September Issue
Source: CAMBRIDGE, MA – NOVEMBER 11: Author Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Institute of Politics moderated by Harvard Professor Bruce Western on November 11, 2015 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images,) Uploaded By Godpseed Ta-Nehisi Coates has been working on some things and we’re ex...
Report: Aston Villa want £18m-rated player who impressed in the Premier League this season
Report: Aston Villa want £18m-rated player who impressed in the Premier League this season – originally posted on Sportslens.com Aston Villa are looking to sign the highly talented Max Aarons this summer. As per the Telegraph, the young defender is a target for Dean Smith’s side after impressing in the Premier League this season. Norwich City have been relegated but the likes of Aarons...
