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The Rome and Duddy Show and Feelin Good with Duddy Join the Consequence Podcast Network
The Consequence Podcast Network is making “positive vibes” our New Year’s resolution by bringing on board two new series: The Rome and Duddy Show and Feelin Good with Duddy. Coming from longtime friends and collaborators Rome Ramírez of Sublime with Rome and Dirty Heads’ Dustin “Duddy” Bushnell, the two podcasts will officially join CPN in early January 2022. Both shows have a mantra of, “If it makes you feel good, we’re into it.” Whether it’s life on the road, celebrating others’ talent, the latest piece of funny news, or just the simplest of pleasures, The Rome and Duddy Show and Feelin Good with Duddy are all about getting together with friends and having a good time. Arriving Wednesday, January 5th, Feelin Good with Duddy sees Duddy and his brother, Jake Bushnell, co-hosting ...
R.I.P. Betty White, Television Icon Dead at 99
Betty White, the actress and comedian who pioneered the television revolution and worked in the industry for nine decades, has died at the age of 99. TMZ reports that White passed away at her home on Friday morning — just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told PEOPLE in a statement. “I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.” Advertisement Related Video Betty Marion White Ludden was born on January 17th, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois. Her family moved to Los Angeles soon after, and she began...
Betty White Tributes: Seth Meyers, Ryan Reynolds, Henry Winkler, and More Remember Beloved Icon
As one of pop culture’s most beloved figures, it’s no surprise that news of Betty White’s passing resulted in a barrage of tribute posts from across the film, television, comedy, and music landscape. Late Night host and former Saturday Night Live cast member Seth Meyers shared a humorous anecdote about White’s post-SNL after party. “The only SNL host I ever saw get a standing ovation at the after party,” Meyers recalled. “A party at which she ordered a vodka and a hotdog and stayed til the bitter end.” Ryan Reynolds, White’s former co-star and love interest, tweeted, “The world looks different now. She was great at defying expectation. She managed to grow very old and somehow, not old enough. We’ll miss you, Betty. Now you know the secret.” Advertisement Related Video Henry Winkler remembe...
METALLICA Hits 1.3 Billion In 2021 SPOTIFY Streams
METALLICA‘s music was streamed 1.3 billion times on Spotify in 2021. This marks the third year in a row that the band’s songs were played more than a billion times on the digital music service in a 12-month period. The heavy metal legends’ social media revealed their latest streaming feat on Friday (December 31), adding that “With all the ups and downs of 2021, one thing remained consistent – you listened to a lot of METALLICA on @spotify! Just when we thought you couldn’t possibly listen to any more, you went and proved us wrong. Clocking in at 112.2M hours of streaming, we were the top artist for 1M of you! Honestly, we don’t even know what to say. But a massive THANK YOU, ‘TALLICA FAMILY feels pretty appropriate right about now. Happy New Year t...
Bay Area Legends BLIND ILLUSION Release First Music Video In 42 Years
San Francisco Bay Area legends BLIND ILLUSION have released a music video for the song “Straight As The Crowbar Flies”. The clip was produced by BLIND ILLUSION and directed by George Anderson and BLIND ILLUSION‘s founding lead guitarist and vocalist Marc Biedermann. “Straight As The Crowbar Flies” is the first single from BLIND ILLUSION‘s upcoming third studio album, “Wrath Of The Gods”, which will be released next year via Hammerheart Records. Biedermann says: “This is our first-ever official music video. Believe it or not, ‘Straight As The Crowbar Flies’ is the story of an event that actually happened to me. Someone hurled a crowbar at me and (luckily) they missed. The lyrics and the video bring the story into a fantasized...
JOHN 5 Says EDDIE VAN HALEN’s Tech Tuned His Guitar ‘A Little Out Of Tune Because He Would Press Down So Hard’
In a recent interview with “The Mistress Carrie Podcast”, John 5 agreed with the often-repeated claim that the vast majority of a guitarist’s tone comes from his or her playing technique, not their gear. “I believe that the tone really comes from your hands and just how your hands hit those strings and how they press down on those strings and strike that guitar,” the former MARILYN MANSON and current ROB ZOMBIE guitarist said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “Eddie Van Halen was saying, he was, like, ‘If [I] pick up an acoustic guitar and I play it, it’s gonna sound like Eddie Van Halen,’ and then if I pick it up, it’ll sound like myself. It’s just in your hands, in your DNA. “I picked up Eddie‘s guitar at r...
JOHN BUSH: ‘I’m Always Gonna Be Super Flattered That I Was Asked To Join METALLICA’
Former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush, who was offered an opportunity to join METALLICA in the early ’80s but turned it down, spoke about his decision in a new interview with Waste Some Time With Jason Green. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’ve been talking about this for many years now. I’m always gonna be completely super flattered about the fact that I was asked to join METALLICA back in the early ’80s. It just was never meant to be my destiny, is what I always say. There’s no other singer that should have been the singer of METALLICA other than James Hetfield. That was meant to be, and that’s kind of the way I see it. Like I say, I’m always flattered that I’m always connected to the history of tha...
Cobra Kai Is Still Nostalgic Fun, But Starts to Pull Its Punches in Season 4: Review
The Pitch: At the end of Season 3, things were changing for the inexplicably-karate-obsessed denizens of Encino, California. Sensei John Kreese (Martin Kove) is now fully in command of Cobra Kai, with Johnny Lawrence’s (William Zabka) troubled son Robby (Taylor Buchanan) now his trusted sempai; the school’s firmly back on its ‘strike hard, strike fast, no mercy’ kick, especially in a softened Lawrence’s absence. But as a new year (and a new karate tournament) dawns, Lawrence has one way of getting Kreese out of town for good: if either he or his former-rival-turned-reluctant-ally Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) can get their dojos to win the All-Valley, Kreese is gone forever. It’s a tall order, considering that a) Johnny and Daniel-san’s decades-long rivalry still simmers below the su...
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Is More About the Memories Than the Magic: Review
The Pitch: You’ll spend a lot of time thinking about chairs, while watching Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts. Not just who’s sitting in them, and where, and with who, but the chairs themselves: plush vintage armchairs, high-backed wooden thrones, and the wide spectrum of options in between. The anniversary special dropping on New Year’s Day is a loving look back at the global phenomenon, as told by the stars and directors involved with the journey along the way. It also, despite best efforts made to add some visual flair in the form of wandering about archived film sets, is about 80 percent just footage of people sitting and talking. While tracking the chairs people are sitting in is oftentimes necessary to understand the context of the soundbite you’re hearing, overall th...
Our Most Read News Stories of 2021
Before turning the page on 2021, we wanted to take a brief look back at the most read news stories on Consequence over the last 12 months. From Sophia Urista’s on-stage bathroom break to the Nevermind baby lawsuit to Nandi’s live jam session with Foo Fighters, this year’s most popular reads spanned the gauntlet from disgustingly gross to laughably absurd to absolutely heart-warming. Check out this year’s 10 most read news stories, ranked in descending order based on total traffic: 10. Daisy Ridley Responds to Ted Cruz: “I’m an Emotionally Tortured Jedi Who Doesn’t Leave Their State” Advertisement Out of all of the Star Wars’ characters to choose from, Ted Cruz declared Cara Dune as the one who broke the most barriers in the franchise’s galactic universe. Of course, this flawed but acceptab...
Dave Grohl Uploads Hanukkah Sessions to Streaming Services
Dave Grohl is back with yet another surprise. After sharing a full-length recording of Foo Fighters’ recent gig at Madison Square Garden, he has now uploaded the first two seasons of The Hanukkah Sessions to streaming services. Beginning in 2020, Grohl marked the Festival of Lights by covering songs from prominent Jewish artists with his friend and producer, Greg Kurstin. The inaugural Hanukkah Sessions included covers of Beastie Boys (“Sabotage”), Drake (“Hotline Bling”), Mountain (“Mississippi Queen”), Peaches (“Fuck the Pain Away”), Bob Dylan (“Rainy Day Women #12 & 35”), Elastica (“Connection”), The Knack (“Frustrated”), and The Velvet Underground (“Rock and Roll”). For Season 2, Grohl and Kurstin put their stamp on songs by Lisa Loeb (“Stay (I Missed You)”), Ramones (“Blitzkr...
KREATOR’s New Album To Arrive In The Summer, First Single Due ‘Soon’
German thrash metal veterans KREATOR will release their new album in the summer of 2022. The LP’s first single will arrive “soon,” according to KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza. The follow-up to 2017’s “Gods Of Violence” was recorded at Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Germany. Helming the sessions was Arthur Rizk, who has previously worked with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, CODE ORANGE, POWER TRIP and SOULFLY, among others. Earlier today (December 31), Petrozza took to his Instagram to write: “Ok 2021, you are almost history. “It was good to play a couple of shows and record a new album. Overall, it was a killer year and I will hopefully see a lot of you in 2022. “Album coming in the summer, new single SOON! “Stay sane and safe and eat your vege...
