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Diplo Confirmed as Guest Speaker at Student Motivational Leadership Program, “LEAP Week”
Diplo has joined this year’s LEAP Week as a motivational guest speaker. The 2020 edition of the long-running series includes a vast lineup of celebrities, artists, and business professionals, who will be addressing high school and college-age students in a virtual setting. LEAP Week is a motivational summer program that aims to teach students life skills they may not otherwise pick up in a traditional classroom, such as time management, speech writing, mentorship, and interviewing. Diplo is just one of the guest speakers who will be imparting his wisdom on this year’s attendees. The Grammy Award-winning, multi-alias producer and dance music entrepreneur will be joining a lineup that includes Mark Wahlberg, Paula Abdul, Dennis Quaid, Kirstin Maldonado and Kevin O...
Disclosure Produces Powerful Title Track for Chloe x Halle’s “Ungodly Hour” Album
What started off as just a turn of phrase has since become a defining track shaping Chloe x Halle‘s newly released sophomore album, Ungodly Hour. Even before there was an album, however, there was only a question. What can be said with the phrase “Ungodly Hour?” The R&B duo pondered this question and ultimately sought the answer with the help of hit-making UK duo Disclosure. After a day of writing together last year, the concept for the album’s title track had been developed. “Ungodly Hour” can be seen as a bridge between the duo’s scintillating debut The Kids Are Alright and the weightier themes of their latest offering. Disclosure help set the tone with minimal yet delicately precise synth work. The approach gives ample space to th...
New Order and Pet Shop Boys Reschedule Co-Headlining Tour for 2021
New Order and Pet Shop Boys have rescheduled their co-headlining “Unity Tour” for September and October 2021. The new wave legends were supposed to tour together this fall, but they postponed those plans in light of COVID-19. They’ve now pushed back those dates by a year. The 12-date outing kicks off in September 18th in Toronto. They’ll then play shows in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco before wrapping in mid-October with two nights in Los Angeles. Tickets for the original dates will remain valid for the new dates. If you don’t already have tickets, you’ll be able to purchase them here. Editors’ Picks New Order with Pet Shop Boys 2021 Tour Dates:09/18 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage09/20 – Boston, MA @ Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion09/22 – New...
Netflix Pulls The Mighty Boosh Over Blackface
In more signs that the times, they are a-changin’, streaming services have recently been purging themselves of movies and shows that depict racist or otherwise problematic characters. The latest such shift comes from Netflix, which has yanked British comedy show The Mighty Boosh because of a blackface character named The Spirit of Jazz. Portrayed by Noel Fielding (co-presenter on The Great British Bakeoff), The Spirit of Jazz appeared in a handful of episodes during The Mighty Boosh’s three-series run from 2004 to 2007. Described as the ghost of Howlin’ Jimmy Jefferson, the character saw Fielding painting his face black with white skeleton-like highlights, speaking in a New Orleans accent, and wearing a dreadlocked wig under a tall, white top hat. It’s far from the only problemat...
Paul McCartney’s Birthday Wish Is for People to Stop Eating Meat
It’s pretty wild to realize Paul McCartney, the guy who throws cathartic multi-hour-long concerts with ease, will turn 78 years old this year. To preface his birthday on June 18th, he’s written a blog post for PETA in which he details his sole wish for the big day: that people will finally stop eating meat and, ideally, go vegetarian. “All I’ve ever wanted for my birthday is peace on Earth — including for animals,” The Beatles bassist wrote in the blog post. “That’s why this year, I’m urging fans to watch a video I hosted for PETA, titled ‘Glass Walls.’ We called it that because if slaughterhouses had glass walls, who would want to eat meat?” “Whether you’re worried about diseases that spring from slaughterhouses, the animals who suffer terribly and needlessly, or the catastrophic impact o...
Beyoncé Demands Justice for Breonna Taylor in Open Letter to Kentucky’s Attorney General
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has joined a growing chorus of outraged citizens calling for justice for Breonna Taylor. In an open letter to Kentucky’s Attorney General, the pop icon demanded that the police officers responsible “be held accountable for their actions.” In the early hours of March 13th, sergeant Jonathan Mattingly and officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison used a battering ram to force their way into Breonna Taylor’s Louisville home. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker. After the police broke down the door, Walker grabbed his gun and attempted to defend himself from the intruders. In the ensuing gunfire, the trio of Mattingly, Cosgrove, and Hankison shot Taylor at least eight times, killing her. The Louisville Metro Poli...
RAMMSTEIN Is Working On New Music During Coronavirus Pandemic
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LAMB OF GOD’s MARK MORTON Makes No Apologies For Voicing His Political Opinions
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HENRY ROLLINS Says He Sucks At Romantic Relationships
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JOHN DOLMAYAN: ‘No One Member Of SYSTEM OF A DOWN Is Greater Than The Other’
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Billie Eilish Is Enraged Over Rayshard Brooks’ Death
Billie Eilish is enraged over the killing of Rayshard Brooks — the latest Black man to be murdered by police. On Sunday, the outspoken pop star shared her anger in an Instagram post. “man FUCK. watching this video made me so fucking angry,” she wrote aside a photo of Brooks. “FUCK THIS SHIT. JUSTICE FOR RAYSHARD BROOKS. FUCK THIS SHIIIIIIIIT. #justiceforrayshard !!!! WHY ISNT [sic] EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT THIS??” On Friday, Brooks was shot in the back and killed while fleeing after a Wendy’s employee called police to report a man sleeping in their drive-thru. Eilish’s brother Finneas also reacted to the murder via Instagram. “Justice for Rayshard,” he wrote. “This is so fucked up man. And such a good example of EXACTLY what’s so fucked up about the police in America. Asleep in his...
Chet Porter Shares First Ever Underwater DJ Set
In 2020, DJs have taken their sets where they’ve never gone before, be it the Grand Canyon, a medieval castle, or even underwater. The latter was recently accomplished by Chet Porter, who delivered what is being called the “world’s first underwater DJ set” during the Digital Mirage virtual music festival. It all started just a month ago, when Chet Porter tweeted his commitment to performing a set in the most ridiculous location he could muster. That tweet evidently led him to set up a stage underwater in a backyard swimming pool. Porter then performed a livestream set completely submerged. The producer used only a snorkel to breathe, and communicated via handwritten messages he held up to the camera. He had to be especially creative in his setup, as his laptop was l...
