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Has the Met Gala Peaked?
In Vogue’s video coverage of last night’s Met Gala, the YouTube star Emma Chamberlain was filmed speaking to the tennis star Naomi Osaka, as they stood beneath the entrance to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. “I, like, forgot that there’s art in there,” Chamberlain said. It has felt, in recent years, that the media dominance of the Met Gala — which takes place annually to raise funds for the museum’s Costume Institute — has threatened to overshadow the significance of the museum itself. The days and weeks after the event (which typically occurs on the first Monday in May, but was postponed to last night due to COVID-19 lockdowns) are a glut of outfit galleries, fit rankings, and ‘who wore it best’ polls. This year, though, it felt like something didn’t quite click. Sure, there were t...
John Lydon: “I’m Seriously in a State of Financial Ruin”
John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon is never so eloquent as when throwing himself a pity party. Now that his legally tenuous efforts to wring more money out of Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols miniseries has failed, the onetime frontman is, “scuppered,” “brassic,” plain old “fucked,” and “seriously in a state of financial ruin,” according to his new interview with The Telegraph (via Louder). The limited series is called Pistol, and is based on the book Lonely Boy: Tales From a Sex Pistol by the band’s former guitarist Steve Jones. Lydon’s been making a stink about it since at least April, when he threatened to sue because of the “disrespectful” decision not to hire him as a consultant. When that didn’t work, he attempted to block Sex Pistols’ music from appearing in...
Tommy Lee Is Actually “Cool” with Hulu’s Pam & Tommy Sex Tape Miniseries
Hulu is creating a series titled Pam & Tommy, focusing on the tumultuous relationship between Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee — specifically the events surrounding their infamous sex tape. While it can be assumed that the story is one that the couple wouldn’t necessarily want to be told, Lee is “cool” with the upcoming miniseries. The film stars Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes in the Marvel Universe films) as Lee and Lily James (Downton Abbey, Cinderella) as Anderson. Images shared on social media earlier this year show the two actors looking very much like the real-life former couple they’re portraying. As the story went, Tommy and Pamela got married in Mexico in 1995 after knowing each other for just a few days. A sex tape of their honeymoon was appare...
Aimee Mann Discusses the Isolation of Obsessive Thinking and Anxiety
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann talks about her struggles with anxiety and depression on the latest episode of the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast. Mann explains how her obsessive thoughts can be so powerful and overwhelming, that her depression is almost a response to keep the intensity of her thoughts in check — like a “lid” that keeps her anxiety in check. She also discusses how just as mental illness is devastating when we experience it ourselves, it is also crushing when someone close to us struggles with their own issues. ] Advertisement Related Video She takes on this difficult topic in her new song “Suicide ...
Monolord Announce New Album Your Time to Shine, Share “The Weary”: Stream
Monolord have announced their new album, Your Time to Shine, arriving October 29th. The Swedish band also shared the LP’s opening song, “The Weary.” Pairing emotionally charged doom metal against pleas of environmental and social despair, Monolord offer up more crushing revelations with the new track. The trio has never shied from expressing misanthropy toward human fallacies in the realms of religion and politics. As that pessimism turns to hopelessness, the band turn toward a new audience: the future. Advertisement Related Video “’The Weary’ is us telling a story to future generations that we are sorry but we f**ked it all up,” guitarist-vocalist Thomas Jäger said via a press release. If those intentions aren’t clear enough, the album cover for Your Time to Shine features what looks to b...
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit to Cover R.E.M, Black Crowes, Indigo Girls, James Brown, Cat Power on Georgia Blue
What started off as a nice thought on Twitter has become a reality. Jason Isbell teased that if Georgia went blue in the 2020 election, he’d hunker down and record a covers album that featured songs from artists from the Peach State. Now, it’s finally on the way. Titled Georgia Blue, Isbell, along with a slew of special guests, are covering songs from R.E.M., Drivn’ N’ Cryin’, James Brown, Cat Power, Precious Bryant, Otis Redding, The Black Crowes, Indigo Girls, Now It’s Overhead, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Allman Brothers Band and Vic Chesnutt. If that’s not enough, the artists Isbell enlisted to help him out is just as impressive. Julien Baker, Brandi Carlile, Béla Fleck, ex-Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman, Peter Levin, Amanda Shires, Brittney Spencer, Chris Thile, Sadler V...
Basketmouth X Buju – Your Body
Ace Nigerian comedian Basketmouth teams up with the sensational Buju for his latest song “Your Body”. Music executive and comedian Basketmouth is here with a new song titled “Your Body” featuring Buju. The entertainer just put out a song “Ghana Jollof” some weeks back with Falz and Kwabena Kwabena. While we’re still enjoying the previous release, there is another piece of music to feast on. This new joint is the second official music release from Basketmouth off his forthcoming album which should be out later this year. Listen, enjoy Basketmouth X Buju – “Your Body” below. [embedded content] Download You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat a...
Hear OZZY OSBOURNE Duet With LEMMY On Previously Unreleased Version Of ‘Hellraiser’
More than 30 years after the release of Ozzy Osbourne‘s “No More Tears”, music fans will at last hear a new version of the album track “Hellraiser”. The digital release of the album, due out September 17 (Sony), will include an updated interpretation of the song featuring a mash-up of vocals from Ozzy and the song’s co-writer, longtime friend and colleague Lemmy Kilmister of MOTÖRHEAD. “Hellraiser” originally appeared on “No More Tears”; MOTÖRHEAD then recorded its own version and released it as a single from its 1992 “March Ör Die” album. “Hellraiser” was one of four songs from “No More Tears” co-written by Ozzy with Lemmy; the others are “Mama, I’m Coming Home”, “Desire...
ANTHRAX’s FRANK BELLO: ‘All I’ve Ever Wanted To Do Is Just Be A Musician To Make People Feel Good’
ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello, who is currently promoting his upcoming memoir, “Fathers, Brothers, And Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, And Anthrax”, spoke to Waste Some Time With Jason Green about his desire to keep his political opinions to himself and focus on uniting people in a time of crisis. “All I’ve ever wanted to do is just be a musician to make people feel good,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “And I wanna be the distraction from the rest of that world — politics, COVID. I wanna be the distraction that gets you away from that; that’s what means everything to me. I want you to put on a record, or maybe pick up a bass… If I can inspire that — if this book inspires you to do something proactive and creatively, dude, come o...
ACCEPT’s WOLF HOFFMANN: ‘We’re Not A Band Which Has To Have A Ballad For The Chicks’
ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann spoke to Brazil’s Headbangers News about the inspiration for the song “The Best Is Yet To Come”, a “ballad” of sorts that is featured on the band’s latest album, “Too Mean To Die”. “I had the music written for that song, and I liked it, but I wasn’t quite sure whether it would work for ACCEPT, because, after all, a song like that has to be a hundred percent convincing and the singer really has to put his heart and soul into it, or else it’s not gonna make it, I think,” Wolf said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “‘Cause the last thing that you want, especially as a metal like we are, you don’t want a half-assed ballad that’s only like, ‘Meh,’ where ...
JOHN CORABI: ‘NIKKI SIXX Will Burn Himself Alive’ Before Asking Me To Rejoin MÖTLEY CRÜE
Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi says that “Nikki Sixx will burn himself alive” before asking him to return to the band. Corabi joined CRÜE in 1992 as the replacement for the group’s original singer, Vince Neil, who was dismissed due to personal differences. With Corabi on vocals, MÖTLEY CRÜE released one critically acclaimed full-length CD, which ended up being a commercial failure in the wake of grunge despite a Top 10 placing on the album chart. When Neil returned to the fold in 1997, Corabi was left on his own and formed the band UNION with ex-KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick. After a recent article emerged online claiming — falsely — that Sixx issued an ultimatum to Neil to lose a significant amount of weight for the band’s comeback tour or be fired and replace...
Justin Bieber And The Kid Laroi Are On Top Of The World For ‘Stay’ Performance
By Emlyn Travis Justin Bieber and The Kid Laroi are literally on the top of the world. The two artists descended from the heavens and perched amongst the highest cliffs to perform their smash hit single “Stay” together at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (September 12). Both artists are nominated for multiple events on the night; Bieber is nominated for seven awards — the most of any artist — including Artist of the Year, Video of the Year, and Best Pop, while The Kid Laroi is up for Push Performance of the Year and Best New Artist. While The Kid Laroi, real name Charlton Howard, pumped up the crowd in an all-white ensemble, Bieber scaled down the rock face until he landed on the stage below. As the “Peaches” singer opened his verse, The Kid Laroi joined him on stage and the duo b...
