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‘We Can Fight From A Position Of Strength’: Stacey Abrams On Battling Voter Suppression
“Voting is not an event. It is a process.” So says former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in our conversation following the select-theater release of All In: The Fight for Democracy. In the film and in our conversation, the former state rep makes the case that that process involves voting in midterm elections, engaging in local politics by attending community forums, and supporting advocacy groups like the one Abrams founded, Fair Fight, which calls for free and fair elections and more resources to educate voters. The distinction between voting as a “process” as opposed to an “event” is an important one, Abrams says, arguing that while a historic number of voters flocked to the polls for Election Day 2008, their lack of participation in the midterm election two years later co...
ACE FREHLEY: ‘DONALD TRUMP Is The Strongest Leader That We’ve Got On The Table’
Ace Frehley says that Donald Trump is “the strongest leader that we’ve got.” The former KISS guitarist gave his opinion of America’s 45th president while discussing his rendition of the CREAM classic “Politician” which appears on his upcoming covers album “Origins Vol. 2”. “I don’t think politics and rock and roll mix — in my opinion,” Ace told “The Cassius Morris Show” in a new interview (see video below). “And I try to stay away from that as much as I can. I mean, once in a while, I’ll make a crack. I will say I’m a Trump supporter. “All the politicians have had skeletons in the closet,” he continued. “But I think Trump is the strongest leader that we’ve got on the tabl...
Listen To New LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES Single ‘YOTM’
Columbus, Ohio metalcore band LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES has dropped a new single, “YOTM”. The track propels you through each verse while highlighting the group’s ability to seamlessly bring listeners to a melodic and catchy chorus. “Over the last few years, you might’ve seen MOTHS posting around YOTM,” says frontman Chris Roetter. “We’ve been no stranger to hardships throughout the bands career and YOTM kinda became the motto and driving force for the band to better itself. “‘Year Of The Moth’ is about giving one more glimpse into those struggles and finally allowing myself to move on. You can either fall victim to your problems or you can work yourself out of them.” “YOTM” joins “Habitual Decline” f...
MEGADETH’s DAVID ELLEFSON Joins SEPULTURA For Quarantine Performance Of ‘Territory’ (Video)
MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson recently teamed up with the four members of SEPULTURA to record a quarantine version of the SEPULTURA classic “Territory”. Check out video below. The original version of the track appeared on SEPULTURA‘s 1993 album “Chaos A.D.”. SEPULTURA‘s latest LP, “Quadra”, was released in February via Nuclear Blast Records. It is a concept effort created at Sweden’s Fascination Street Studios with renowned producer Jens Bogren. SEPULTURA comprises vocalist Derrick Green, guitarist Andreas Kisser, bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr., and drummer Eloy Casagrande. SEPULTURA was formed in Belo Horizonte by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, who are no longer with the band. “Quadra” is the follow-up to “Machine M...
LAMB OF GOD’s MARK MORTON Says DONALD TRUMP’s Core Base Will Support Him ‘No Matter What’: They ‘Don’t Care What He Does’
LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton says that President Donald Trump‘s core base will support him “no matter what.” The musician, who has been an outspoken critic of America’s 45th president, made the comment on the day that audio recordings were released of Trump acknowledging the severity of the COVID-19 crisis months before he would ever admit its seriousness in public. In a February interview with legendary journalist Bob Woodward for his new book “Rage”, Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed U.S. coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and “more deadly than even your strenuous flus,” and that he repeatedly played it down publicly. “This is deadly stuff,” Trump said. A month ...
These Tender Dua Lipa Covers of ‘Don’t Start Now’ & ‘Hallucinate’ Will Give You Goosebumps
Dua Lipa already remixed her Future Nostalgia hits for a Club Future Nostalgia compilation with The Blessed Madonna, which debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200 this week (dated Sept. 12). But Ingrid Andress and Declan McKenna arrived fashionably late with their own covers. Andress recorded a couplet of Spotify Singles, which she released Wednesday (Sept. 9). In addition to a reimagined version of “Lady Like,” the titular track of her debut album this year, the 28-year-old country singer-songwriter showcased her cover of Lipa’s No. 2 Hot 100 hit “Don’t Start Now.” She transposed the upbeat disco-inspired breakup anthem into a down-tempo piano ballad that’ll have listeners in their feels rather than forgetting them on the dance floor. ...
BMI Posts Record Revenue Despite Pandemic Hit to Licensing
Collections from April to June fell by an estimated $60 million, but a digital boost helped make up the difference. BMI generated $1.311 billion in revenue in the year ended June 30, 2020, a 2.2% increase over the $1.283 billion it reported in the year earlier period. Distributions were up too, totaling $1.233 billion — a 3.1% increase from the $1.196 billion paid out to songwriters and publishers in the prior fiscal year. Domestically, the performance rights organization collected $961 million, increasing 1.9% from the year-earlier period. Foreign receipts grew 2.9% to $350 million. As a percentage of revenue, that breaks out to 73.3% domestic and 26.7% foreign, a 0.2% shift in favor of international collections compared to the prior year. BMI estimates that its fourth quarter reven...
Ronald ‘Khalis’ Bell, Co-Founder of Kool & the Gang, Dies at 68
Ronald Bell, also known as Khalis Bayyan and the co-founder of Kool & the Gang with his brother Robert “Kool” Bell, died suddenly Wednesday morning (Sept. 9) at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to a statement from his publicist. He was 68. No cause of death has been announced at this time. Ronald Bell and his older brother Robert joined forces with their Jersey City neighborhood friends Dennis “D.T.” Thomas, Robert “Spike” Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown and Ricky West in 1964 to whip up a unique blend of jazz, soul and funk. Their infamous band recycled many monikers — Jazziacs, The New Dimensions, The Soul Town Band, Kool & the Flames – before cementing themselves as Kool & the Gang in 1969. Born on N...
The Players Behind DaBaby & Roddy Ricch’s ‘Rockstar’: See the Full Credits
DaBaby’s “Rockstar” feat. Roddy Ricch officially finished out the season at No. 1 on Billboard’s 2020 Songs of the Summer chart, having led the tally for 13 out of 15 tracking weeks. The annual chart tracks the most popular songs based on their cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Billboard Hot 100 chart between Memorial Day and Labor Day. In addition, “Rockstar” was the most streamed song of the summer, having racked up 514.6 million streams, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It topped the Hot 100 for a total of seven weeks. Explore the team of musicians, producers, engineers and more behind the track with recording credits provided by Jaxsta below. ArtistsMain Artist – DaBabyFeatured Artist – Roddy Ricch Songwriters:Composer Lyricist &#...
HHW Gaming: ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’ Multiplayer Looks Retroactively Lit
Source: Treyarch / Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War We got our first look at Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s action-packed 80s themed campaign late last month. Now its time to take a peek at the game’s multiplayer. If you played the multiplayer feature in any of Call of Duty’s latest games, then you basically played them all. Treyarch is looking to enhance that experience with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War being that this newest installment in the fame first-person shooter franchise will take the game into the next generation of console gaming. Black Ops Cold War aims to build off the connected experienced introduced with Modern Warfare and the free-to-play juggernaut that is Warzone and give players an even better COD multiplayer experience. To help this game’s multiplayer stand out...
Peep The New Trailer For ‘Dune’
Source: Warner Bros. / Warner Bros. It’s about that time for another decades old classic to get the remake treatment and be blessed with new age tech and CGI to bring it’s story more vividness and depth. This time around it’s Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 novel Dune that’s due to get rebooted and from the looks of it’s first trailer, it’s head and shoulders above it’s 1984 predecessor of the same name (that joint was all kinds of struggle). The new Denis Villeneuve directed feature will be having everything that David Luynch’s 80’s adaptation did not (money, computers, more money), and because of that the new iteration looks like it will finally do Herbert’s classic some justice. With an all-star cast consisting of Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Oscar Issac and Timothée Chalamet amongst others, the ...
HHW Gaming: “Madden NFL 21” Free-To Play This Weekend, Introduces SZN1: HI-DEF Content Update
Source: Nike / Madden NFL 21 The NFL is back, no seriously, the National Football League is back, and Madden NFL 21 is celebrating all week long the return of professional football. We’re not gonna lie; we didn’t think during the COVID-19 pandemic we would see a single down of football played in the NFL this year, but we are happy to be wrong here. In celebration of the NFL kicking off its 2020-21 season, EA Sports announced that Madden NFL 21 will be free-to-play this weekend. This will give fans who have been on the fence about the game a chance to experience it for themselves. That’s not all either; EA Sports also revealed that Madden fans will be getting fresh new drip and a field to play on in The Yard mode thanks to the Madden NFL 21 | SZN1: HI-DEF content update. Players can l...
