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Roy Moore’s $95 Million “Pedophile Wand” Lawsuit Against Sacha Baron Cohen Thrown Out
Sacha Baron Cohen’s money, like teenage girls, should be kept out of Roy Moore’s reach. That’s the gist of a ruling from a New York judge, who has tossed out a $95 million lawsuit alleging that a segment in the show Who Is America? made Moore appear even more like a pedophile than he already did. During their interview, Cohen used a wand said to detect child sex offenders on Moore, and it beeped. That made Moore angry enough to seek legal recompense, but according to court documents viewed by TMZ, he actually signed a waiver ahead of filming giving up his right to sue. The judge also noted that Who Is America? is clearly satire, and protected as free speech under the 1st Amendment. Moore is one of the more loathsome footnotes in America’s political history. He twice ser...
James Murphy Confirms LCD Soundsystem Is on a “Full Hiatus”
James Murphy, we love you, but you’re bringing us down. It’s been almost four years since LCD Soundsystem released new material, and it doesn’t seem like any more is in store for the time being. On a recent appearance on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Murphy confirmed that LCD Soundsystem had no plans to return to the stage or studio. Maron, an admittedly new LCD fan, interviewed Murphy about his early days cutting his teeth in New York’s DIY scene, what it means to make “original” music, and more. “We’re not rehearsing,” Murphy told Maron when asked about post-pandemic shows. “We’ll figure something out when the time is right. Right now, we’re on a full hiatus. Because of the nature of the band, when we’re not touring, we’re just, like, back to normal life completely…Everyone does other s...
Ed Sheeran Mulls Recording a Death Metal Album, Loves Slipknot and Cradle of Filth
Pop star Ed Sheeran going metal sounds like a late-night comedy skit — in fact that was an actual sketch a few years back on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. But this time, the British pop star isn’t playing around, as he now reports that he “would not be opposed to creating” a death metal album. That’s right, Sheeran, whose chart-topping hits like “The Shape of You” and “Perfect” are anything but metal, is a big fan of crushing riffs and guttural growls. The singer-songwriter was quoted in The Sun over the weekend as saying, “I was really into death metal as a kid. I listened to Cradle of Filth and Slipknot and all that stuff.” Advertisement Related Video In fact, Sheeran is considering dipping his toes in some extreme music. “I’m not saying I could ever step into that world,” he a...
SPIN Presents Lipps Service With Guest Danny Clinch
On this week’s episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps caught up with legendary photographer/director Danny Clinch. In their conversation, the two discussed Clinch’s beginnings as a photographer (which included smuggling cameras into shows), his history with this publication and how the New Jersey native got to work with the Garden State’s favorite son: none other than Bruce Springsteen. Since its beginnings in 2018, the acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalities in music, including exclusive interviews with Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, David Lee Roth, Shepard Fairey, Courtney Love, Dove Cameron and many, many more. In the last episode, Lipps had Vernon Reid and Corey Glover of Living Colour on ahead of their ...
Amy Grant, Toby Keith & More Selected for Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
This year’s inductees bring the total number of songwriters in the Hall to 218. Though country songwriters predominate, the body includes “writers from all genres of music,” according to a NaSHOF mission statement. The Nashville Hall dates to 1970 – the same year the Songwriters Hall of Fame launched. The announcement was made Tuesday (July 13) by Sarah Cates, chair of the organization’s board of directors, and Mark Ford, its executive director. Four of the five inductees have received Grammy nominations for best country song: Akins in 2018 for co-writing Blake Shelton’s “I Lived It,” Cannon in 2007 for co-writing George Strait’s “Give It Away,” Keith in 2003 for co-writing his own “Beer for My Horses” (a collab with Willie Nelson), and Grant in 2011 for co-writing Vince Gill’s “Threaten M...
Venues Won’t Have to Reapply for Supplemental Shuttered Venue Grants
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant was passed in December and supplemental grants were worked into the bill language to provide additional funding for entertainment businesses that continued to suffer closures into 2021. More than six months after the bill was passed, following failed launches and missed deadlines, venues are slowly receiving the much-needed initial round of funding, with just over $3 billion disbursed as of Monday. Information on how the supplemental grants will work continues to be minimal, but the SBA provided stakeholders with additional details this morning. In addition to year-round entities that lost 70% or more of their revenue in 2020, seasonal events such as annual festivals or amphitheaters that lost 70% or more of their revenue in...
Pistol Annies’ Ashley Monroe Reveals Rare Blood Cancer Diagnosis
Her fellow country artists rallied around the singer after her announcement. Ashley Monroe took to Instagram on Tuesday (July 13) to deliver the devastating news that she has been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. The Grammy-nominated country singer, who is also part of Pistol Annies with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley, wrote that she had become anemic and her red blood count kept falling. Her doctor ordered a bone marrow biopsy, which revealed the cancer diagnosis of Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia. Her fellow country artists — including Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman, Martina McBride, Lainey Wilson and Tenille Townes — quickly rallied around Monroe, posting words of support and heart emojis on her Instagram. You Deserve to Make Money Even...
Watch Karol G Get Inked With Friends in ‘200 Copas’ Video
Karol G has dropped a new music video for her her first-ever corrido “200 Copas.” The Colombian singer-songwriter teased the video Monday to her nearly 41 million followers on Instagram and promptly dropped the video Tuesday (July 13). The clip, directed by Cole Santiago, finds Karol at a bonfire with friends reminiscing about past relationships via the song’s raw and honest lyrics about moving on while getting matching tattoos that mark a before and after, swearing off those who’ve broken their hearts. “200 Copas,” co-written by Ovy, Karol and Danny Felix, became Karol G’s first-ever corrido and was included on her chart-topping album KG0516. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating shoul...
Tycho and Benjamin Gibbard Join Forces on ‘Only Love’
The two Grammy-nominated artists, Tycho and Benjamin Gibbard, best known as the frontman of Death Cab for Cutie, have teamed for the new song “Only Love.” The track is out now via Mom + Pop/Ninja Tune. This is the first major electronic collaboration Gibbard has done since his RIAA platinum-certified work with The Postal Service more than a decade ago. Combining Tycho’s production style and Gibbard’s lyricism is a solid match and worth the wait. The song dropped with a visualizer by Scott Hansen, the creator behind Tycho. Listen to “Only Love” below. [embedded content] “Ben’s voice was a very inspiring element to work with from a production standpoint, I felt it really meshed well with the kinds of sounds and instrumentation I gravitate towards,” Tycho said in a release. He states that “On...
Thom Yorke Releases a Very 2021 Remix of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’
Whether you know “Creep” from being a Radiohead fan or from all of the copyright controversies it has been involved in over the years, it is indisputably one of both the band’s and Thom Yorke’s most well-known works. Now, nearly 30 years after the song’s original release, Yorke has shared this remix of the tune. While it’s not entirely unrecognizable, it’s definitely different. Yorke changed the entire pace of the song; he slowed it down, used acoustic guitar instead of electric, and even incorporated some pitch-altering effects to the words so that it doesn’t conform to its original phrasing. Not to mention, what was once a four-minute song, now sits at just over nine minutes in this re-imagined version. He managed to make a nine-minute song not feel too drawn out though, as it has the ca...
ATLUS Confirms ‘Persona 6’ Will Be Developed
Although ATLUS is still riding high from Persona 5, the video game developer shared that it is definitely looking to create Persona 6. According to reports, the confirmation was made via the recruitment page of ATLUS’ Japan office. The studio spoke to some of its team members in regards to the company’s direction, explaining that while the sixth entry in the Persona franchise is on the table, ATLUS wants it be significantly better than its predecessor. “Thanks to the large amount of support we received for Persona 5, we have gotten a sense of accomplishment. But we can’t stop there,” director Naoto Hiraoka wrote. “When we created Persona 4, there was pressure that it had to exceed Persona 3. Now, we will have to create a 6 which exceeds 5.” He added, “However, exceeding 5 will be difficult...
Arcadia Brings Sports and Gaming Together With New Virtual Reality Competition
Arcadia — a new platform that bridges traditional athleticism and gaming with the limitless world of virtual reality — is gearing up to broadcast a competition series that exists completely inside its own futuristic, digital realm. “Arcadia is basically the world’s first stadium-size mixed reality arena where athletes get to replace avatars in these large-scale games where they’re free to run around and compete against each other in these super sports that only we’ve built,” said Chris Olimpo, co-founder and CEO fo Arcadia, in the company’s launch trailer. “We’re getting ready to broadcast these games to global audiences, and it’s going to be a spectacle unlike anything you’ve seen before. It’s basically TRON, for real.” Mimicking the sleek, cutting-edge nature of the beloved sci-fi advent...
