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Grateful Dead Release Limited Terrapin Bobbleheads in Honor of 1977 Album
It’s been nearly 44 years since Grateful Dead unveiled their ninth studio album Terrapin Station, featuring songs like “Estimated Prophet” and “Samson and Delilah.” Now, the rock band is honoring the project with officially licensed Grateful Dead Dancing Terrapin Bobbleheads. To make the release particularly special, only 1,977 bobbleheads are being made worldwide to represent the year the album was released, and each item is individually numbered. 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 and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back ...
Biden Administration Considering A National Vaccine Passport Program
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty Now that President Biden’s vaccination plan will soon allow every American to receive the shot no later than May 1, businesses will soon require proof of inoculation before allowing customers into their establishments. To help Americans transition back into everyday life, the Biden administration may launch a new “vaccine passport” program. However, the rollout could potentially ostracize underserved communities that are treated at lower rates. According to New York Magazine, the program is only in the planning stages as officials in the Department of Health and Human Services coordinate between government agencies, businesses requiring vaccine passports, and companies that create the services. The Centers for Disease Control and ...
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‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Wins Multiple nAACP Image Awards, 50 Cent Thanks NAACP [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz 50 Cent continues to flourish in Hollywood. His television project scored some major wins over the weekend. As spotted on Hot New Hip Hop the Queens native and his hit series are adding some more hardware to the mantle. Last week Power Book II: Ghost won three categories at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards. The show took home the trophy for Outstanding Drama Series. Additionally Mary J. Blige secured the win for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Monet Stewart Tejada, queen pin of the Tejada drug cartel. Also Method Man won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Fofty took to social media to show his appreciation regarding the announcement. “I’d like to thank the NAACP for recognizing ...
Nike Sues MSCHF For Its Lil Nas x Air Max “Satan Shoes”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MSCHF / MSCHF When Lil Nas X dropped his “controversial” visuals to “Call Me By Your Name (Montero)” we predicted that conservatives and “Christians” would be outraged and scream to the heavens over the video which featured LNX giving Satan a lap dance. Things really heated up for the once family friendly rapper teamed with MSCHF to drop 666 pairs of custom made Nike Air Max 97 “Satan Shoes” which featured a pentagram and actual human blood in the air bubbles. Needless to say Nike wasn’t amused with the promo and after days of religious fanatics railing against Lil Nas and his damned sneakers, Nike decided to sue MSCHF for remixing their classic silhouette into something that could be considered blasphemous. Huffpost is reporting that Nike has filed a law...
The Pod-Father Speaks: Joe Budden Says Therapy On Deck For Him & Rory
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Joe Budden‘s popular The Joe Budden Podcast program is going through a rough patch of sorts as longtime hosts Jamil “Mal” Clay and Rory Farrell have been absent amid turmoil. During an Instagram Live session, the retired rapper and media star shared that therapy is on the horizon for him and Rory while claiming he’s introduced the idea via a phone call. The good folks at All Hip Hop covered the details of Budden’s Instagram Live recording, which was posted and shared by the Digital Woods Podcast’s YouTube channel. Because of his mastery of all things digital media, Budden was quick to acknowledge the bloggers and other outlets recording the Live session but clearly came to “brew the beer” as he and his co-hosts coined some time ago. T...
Reading and Leeds Fest Organizer Says Attendees Will ‘Almost Certainly’ Need to Be Vaccinated
The UK’s Reading and Leeds festivals sold out quickly for their August 27-29 dates, but festival organizer Melvin Benn told the BBC that concertgoers will “almost certainly” need to prove that they have been vaccinated via a digital health “passport” before being admitted. A dedicated COVID medical director and team will be on-site for the festival, which features Queens of the Stone Age, Post Malone, Liam Gallagher and more. Reading and Leeds will also be bound by the same coronavirus safety protocols as bars and restaurants, Benn said. > However, there’s still a chance the three-day event will be canceled. “I’m taking the prime minister at his word that from June the legal restrictions will be off,” Benn said. “And as he and the culture secretary said: ‘We are looking f...
Barcelona Concert Experiment With 5,000 People Tests Effectiveness of Social Distancing
Over the weekend, Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi venue hosted a 5,000 person concert, where social distancing was not enforced by design. The experiment sought to determine whether it is possible to stage large in-person gatherings in close quarters without contributing to the spread of COVID-19. The night was soundtracked by Spanish rock band Love of Lesbian. “It’s been a year and half since we last set foot on a scenario as a band,” the group’s singer Santi Balmes said, addressing the crowd. “Some of the musicians are crying over here.” Two attendees embrace at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi, where an experimental concert took place to examine the effectiveness of social distancing. Pau Venteo The Fight Aids and Infectious Diseases Foundation backe...
Garbage Share ‘The Men Who Rule The World,’ Announce No Gods No Masters Album
Seven is looking to be Garbage’s lucky number as the alt-rock veterans shared a new single and video, ‘The Men Who Rule The World.” They also announced their seventh studio album, No Gods No Masters, which is out on June 11. A deluxe CD/digital version features covers of classic tracks by David Bowie’s “Starman” and Patti Smith’s “Because the Night” along with a slew of originals like “No Horses,” “On Fire,” “Time Will Destroy Everything,” “Girls Talk,” “The Chemicals” and “Destroying Angels.” The latter three feature Brody Dalle, Brian Aubert, and John Doe and Exene Cervenka of X respectively. > “This is our seventh record, the significant numerology of which affected the DNA of its content: the seven virtues, the seven sorrows, and the seven deadly sins,” singer Shirley...
Power Trip and Obituary Honor Riley Gale With ‘Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)’ Performance
For the first time since lead singer Riley Gale died last year, the surviving members of Grammy-nominated Texas band Power Trip got together to pay musical tribute to their late frontman, joining John and Donald Tardy of metal behemoths Obituary for a studio performance of Power Trip’s “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe).” Power Trip’s surviving members — guitarists Nick Stewart and Blake Ibanez, drummer Chris Ulsh, and bassist Chris Whetzel — also affirmed their desire to carry on, Stewart telling the Los Angeles Times, “We do want to continue to play music together; we just are not sure what that looks like at this time.” > In the tribute to Gale, who died in August 2020 at the age of 34, the band held up a photo of Gale, saying “rest in peace, brother,” before l...
Sons of Kemet Announce New Album Black to the Future, Share “Hustle”: Stream
London jazz band Sons of Kemet have announced their new album, Black to the Future, out May 14th on Impulse! Records. The project follows Your Queen Ii a Reptile, which was nominated for the 2018 Mercury Prize. This time around, the Shabaka Hutchings-led group brings in guests like Chicago singer Angel Bat Dawid, poets Moor Mother and Joshua Idehen, grime MC D Double E, and British rapper/spoken word artist Kojey Radical. “Black to the Future is a sonic poem for the invocation of power, remembrance and healing. It depicts a movement to redefine and reaffirm what it means to strive for black power,” Hutchings said in a statement. “The meaning is not universal and the cultural context of the listener will shape their understanding. Yet in the end, the overarching message remains the same: Fo...
Chris Rock Hunts for Jigsaw in New Trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw: Watch
Spiral: From the Book of Saw is the upcoming ninth installment in the Saw horror franchise, starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, and 21 Savage. The film has been finished for a while now, but its release was delayed over a year due to the pandemic. It’s finally set to hit theaters on May 14th, 2021, and to drum up anticipation, Lionsgate has unveiled a new trailer. Watch it below. Spiral is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, who previously helmed Saw II, III, and IV. Rock himself conceived the screenplay, which casts him as a police detective hot on Jigsaw’s trail after being personally contacted by the psychotic serial killer. Jackson plays his father, who himself is a veteran of the police force, while Max Minghella rounds out the cast as Rock’s partner. Watch the tr...
Wavves Return with New Song “Sinking Feeling”: Stream
Pop punk band Wavves have returned with “Sinking Feeling”, their first new song since 2017. Check it out via the accompanying music video below. “Sinking Feeling” marks the return of Wavves to Fat Possum Records and came together with the help of TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek after the band initially workshopped the song in a series of now-abandoned studio sessions. Although the single’s surf rock guitars evoke summertime, the lyrics address the all-encompassing darkness of depression. “It’s there on your face/ It sits in your mind,” sings frontman Nathan Williams. “It’s like this all the time.” In a statement, Williams elaborated on the meaning of the track. “‘Sinking Feeling’ is a song about a wave of depression that keeps coming back,” he said. “It’s that sinking feeling that drags ...
