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Watch the First Full Trailer for David Byrne’s American Utopia
A few weeks ago, a snippet of a trailer dropped for the upcoming film that chronicles David Byrne’s American Utopia Broadway show that ran from October 2019 through February of this year. As you can see below, the slightly longer trailer gives a closer look at the performance, including glimpses of the 11 musicians in action. [embedded content] Spike Lee directed a version of the performance for HBO Max that will be released on Oct. 17. “It is my honor and privilege that my art brother, Mr. David Byrne, asked me to join him in concert, to invite me into his magnificent world of American Utopia,” Lee said in a statement. Byrne added in a statement of his own: “Spike and I have crossed paths many times over the years, obviously I’m a huge fan, and now final...
How PEN15 Threw A Convincing 2000s Pool Party, Down To The Boy Shorts
By Sara Radin PEN15 is officially back for its second season on Hulu, and it’s still seventh grade for best friends forever Anna and Maya, played by 33-year-old writer-creators Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine inhabiting 13-year-old versions of themselves. Just like in the first season, the middle school memories and pre-teen outfits definitely do not disappoint. Season 2 finds the BFFs attending a co-ed pool party just days after their secret closet rendezvous with seventh-grade heartthrob Brandt during the school dance that closed the previous finale. For the splashy occasion, Anna wears a denim print swimsuit with a zip down the middle while Maya rocks a floral printed handkerchief-style top with ties. Both looks feature boy shorts, a swimsuit staple for adolescent women in the late 1990s a...
Former COVID Denier Waka Flocka Gets Tested For The Rona On IG
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Waka Flocka might’ve dismissed the Coronavirus in the past as “fake” when the pandemic first began rearing its ugly head months ago. But that isn’t stopping him from encouraging people to get out and get tested today. Taking to IG to show everyone how uncomfortable but necessary a COVID test is these days, the Brick Squad rapper seemed prepared for the test as he simply said “Alright, come on. Let’s go” before having a long cotton swab inserted into his nostril much to his chagrin. Props to Waka for taking this step. Remember, this is the same man who once stated that minorities were immune to COVID-19. A conspiracy theory that many believed and possibly led to more people getting infected as studies have down Black and Brown people have been more heavily ef...
Michael Jordan Launches Nascar Team, Signs Bubba Wallace As Driver
Source: Jordan Brand / Jordan Brand Arguably the best basketball player in history is looking to extend his golden touch to another sport. Michael Jordan has his eyes set on high speed racing. As spotted on TMZ six-time NBA champion is now the proud owner of a NASCAR team. On Monday, September 21 he and his partner Denny Hamlin made the formal announcement that they will launching a NASCAR team. The member of the FedEX team made it clear they are both excited about the new venture. “11 years ago I met Michael Jordan at a then-Charlotte Bocats game and we became fast friends. Tonight, I’m excited to announce that MJ and I are starting a new single car NASCAR Series Team for 2021. Deciding on the driver was easy – it had to be Bubba Wallace” he wrote. Jordan also expressed the same enth...
SNIPES & Puma Team Up To Convert Stores Into Voting Kiosks
Source: Snipes / Snipes In no time in our history has our right to vote been so important thanks to a certain wannabe dictator trying like heck to solidify his power via voter suppression and disinformation campaigns, but luckily some people and corporations are taking matters into their own hands helping people to get out and have their voices heard come November. SNIPES is joining in on the fight for our democracy and has teamed up with Puma to launch their #USEYOURVOICE campaign to encourage customers to register to vote at 95 of their brick and mortar stores. Here is how it works: Customers engage with the in-store #USEYOURVOICE campaign through either a Vengo kiosk or QR code scanning sign that launches to the appropriate state voting site. Four key locations: the three Philadelphia s...
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Irv Gotti Think Jay-Z’s Beef With Tupac Stemmed From “Brooklyn’s Finest” [Video]
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz The podcast game continues to unveil some unknown gems regarding some of the biggest moments in Hip-Hop history. This time we get further context on why two Rap titans were at odds. As spotted on HipHopDX Fat Joe recently linked with his long-time friend and collaborator Irv Gotti. While the two discussed a myriad of topics a certain talk track caught many fans by surprise While talking through his work with Jay-Z the Queens native he admitted that he was originally against the idea of Jigga collaborating with The Notorious B.I.G. on the iconic “Brooklyn’s Finest”. “Me knowing Jay how I know Jay, now I’ll go back to ‘Brooklyn’s Finest,’” he said. “I was dead set against it. I was telling Jay, ‘Don’t do it, don’t do it’ and he was like, ‘Why?’ I ...
SXSW 2021 Going Digital Due to the Ongoing Pandemic
Due to the ongoing health crisis, South by Southwest is going digital in 2021. Today, the Austin music, film, and interactive festival announced plans for SXSW Online, a self-proclaimed “digital experience” that’s set to go down from March 16th through the 20th. Like the festival’s in-person iteration, SXSW Online will feature conferences, keynotes, screenings, showcases, networking, and other exhibitions. According to a statement, the event’s Film and Conference portions will be constructed using an application process. Submissions open up on October 6th using SXSW’s PanelPicker platform. Next year’s SXSW Music segment seems like it will go down a little differently, however, serving as something of a make-up for the performers affected by the festival’s cancellation this past March....
So, Japan Now Has a Life-Size Gundam Robot That Moves
Let’s run down the 2020 checklist, shall we? Unyielding pandemic? Check. Murder hornets? Check. Massive political and social unrest? Oh yeah, check. 60-foot high mobile robot overlord? Thanks to Japan’s Gundam Factory Yokohama and its working, moving replica of the classic RX-78-2 suit, big ol’ check. The live-size working mecha suit, dubbed the RX-78F00, is the featured attraction at the Gundam Factory, an amusement center originally expected to open in October but delayed due to COVID-19. Situated along the Yokohama Bay, the themed experience will welcome fans of the pioneering and eternally popular manga and anime series. For the unaware, Gundam are giant, pilot-controlled suits made popular through a long-running series of comics, TV shows, movies, video games, and toy lines. They’re e...
Baroness Announce Stunning Picture-Disc Vinyl Editions of Red, Blue, and Yellow & Green
Baroness are releasing picture-disc vinyl editions of their first three full-length LPs, Red Album, Blue Record, and the double album Yellow & Green. They’re currently available for pre-order direct from the band for $29.99 each and arrive October 24th. It marks the first time the albums have seen a picture-disc pressing, having been released on a variety of color variants over the years. Each LP brings frontman John Dyer Baizley’s glorious cover art to wax — the first side of each emblazoned with the album artwork and the reverse side adorned with alternative patterns from the original sleeve designs. Each picture-disc edition is housed in a gatefold sleeve and limited to 4,500 copies. Baroness fans can attest to the collectivity of the band’s many vinyl color variants, so these might...
LEGO Announces Baby Yoda Construction Set
The first season of The Mandalorian won over viewers’ hearts with its original spin on the Star Wars franchise, some unexpected cameos, and a creative set design. It also spawned one of the franchise’s most adorable and meme-able creatures yet: Baby Yoda. Technically named The Child, the infant member of Yoda’s same alien species is a sidekick staple on the TV show — and now fans can build one of their own thanks to LEGO’s new Baby Yoda construction set. This is the first time LEGO has created a Baby Yoda piece of work, and it’s clear they outdid themselves with the optics in the best way. Comprised of 1,073 pieces, “The Child Construction Set” allows fans to recreate The Mandalorian character in surprising detail, including a posable head, movable ears, and an adjustable mouth for differe...
JOHN PETRUCCI Says DREAM THEATER Tries To Do Something ‘Unique’ On Each Album
DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci has confirmed to Sonic Perspectives that the band will enter the studio this fall to begin work on the follow-up to last year’s “Distance Over Time” album. Asked if he and his bandmates go into the studio with ideas already mapped out or if they try to come up with stuff on the spot, Petrucci said: “With DREAM THEATER, what we like to do most of the time is have a collective type of writing — we’re all in the same room. And even if guys bring in ideas, it’s more like we sort of play the idea and everybody joins in and we bounce it off of each other, and that’s how the songs are written. So it’s always good to have some of those seeds — some places to go. Whether you use them or not — you don’t have ...
DEF LEPPARD’s RICK ALLEN ‘Wanted To Disappear’ After Losing Arm In Near-Fatal Auto Accident
Last December marked 35 years since the life-altering accident suffered by DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen in which he lost his left arm in an auto accident in England. Allen had to relearn how to play drums and drum manufacturer Simmons worked with him to build a kit. The band stuck with Allen through the difficult time and the drummer persevered through an accident that would have ended most people’s careers. Allen spoke about the incident during a recent interview with Modern Drummer. He said (see video below): “I remember coming around in the hospital and then realizing what had happened to me after the accident, and honestly, I wanted to disappear. I didn’t wanna do this anymore. And then I started getting these letters from all over the world… I got encouragement fro...
