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Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz Recalls Band’s Tense Final Meeting
Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz breaks down the turbulence of the band’s final days in his newly issued memoir, Remain in Love — including a particularly awkward group meeting in 1991 where singer David Byrne allegedly yelled, “You should be calling me an asshole.” Byrne’s quote seemingly implies an internal struggle: that the frontman had long wanted to break up the band but his bandmates aimed to continue. But Frantz says that he and the other members, bassist Tina Weymouth and guitarist Jerry Harrison, maintained their composure during the encounter. “We had heard this before, so we thought, ‘If we keep our cool, this will blow over and we’ll get to do another Talking Heads record,’” the drummer told The Guardian. Instead, everyone moved on to other projects: Byrne with hi...
Swizz Beatz & Timbaland’s VERZUZ Partners Exclusively With Apple Music
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Swizz Beatz and Timbaland had the genius idea to use their massive social media reach and launched the popular VERZUZ Instagram Live battles, one of the most inventive uses of the platform due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Now, the super-producers are reaping the benefits of their brilliance, inking an exclusive deal with Apple Music to host the friendly competition series. As reported by Music Business Worldwide, the VERZUZ platform making its shift from Instagram to Apple Music and Beats 1 is a fitting ascension to what has become an event in music and entertainment circles since live shows, touring, and other means of performances have been altered by the coronavirus spread. After launching this past March, VERZUZ has continued to defy convention with viewershi...
Andrew “Wild For Da Night” Gillum Resurfaces After Rehab, Gives Update On His Life
Source: Joe Raedle / Getty Andrew Gillum was one of the Democratic party’s rising stars, but one fateful night ruined all of that. He is back to give us an update on his life. Gillum surprised many when he just popped back up on the scene Monday (Jul.20) with a video giving followers and those genuinely concerned a “personal update” on his life. In the Instagram testimonial, the former gubernatorial candidate spoke on what he has been through since checking himself into rehab following a night that featured alcohol, crystal meth, and a male escort. While not really spilling all of the tea on the night that saw some very ummmm rather disturbing photos of Gillum passed out, he did disclose his battle with alcoholism. He revealed that his defeat to Donald Trump-lite aka Ron DeSantis in the 20...
OP ALERT: The 2 Coonettes Who Defaced BLM Mural Exposed As Right Wing Zealots
Source: Robert Nickelsberg / Getty As the world continues to rally for social equity there are some Black people who prefer to sleep on the floor in Uncle Tom’s cabin. Two women have been exposed as house Negros. As spotted on Madam Noire the females who defaced the Black Lives Matter mural last week in midtown Manhattan have been identified. On Saturday, July 18 two Black women were seen on video vandalizing the street art in front of Trump Tower 5th Avenue. The scene was a crazy one as the general public was astonished and mortified to see people of color defiantly go against the BLM movement. The two agitators are Bevelyn Beatty, 29, and Edmee Chavannes, 39 of Staten Island. After being arrested for criminal mischief they took to social media to gloat about their actions. “The poli...
Free Smoke: Drake Takes Shots At Pusha T & Kanye West In “Only You Freestyle”
Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty Drake smells blood in the water. The Toronto rapper seemingly came out swinging at Kanye West and Pusha T in a new freestyle. Kanye West had himself a tough Monday (Jul.21). Not only did he seemingly meltdown on Twitter following his failed campaign rally that didn’t even help get on South Carolina’s ballot, Drizzy decided to touch him up with some bars. In his best across the pond accent, Aubrey let the chopper spray calling out both West and his G.O.O.D. Music president Pusha T. On UK rapper Headie One’s “Only You Freestyle,” Drake seemly alleges that Kanye has been hiding behind King Push when it came to their “beef.”. On the song he raps: “Sh*t, you man been droppin’ lately/Don’t make me have to fly my iTunes,” Drake raps. “So much people buy into my hype / D...
Armin van Buuren Announces Forthcoming “Lost Tapes” Album
Several releases Armin van Buuren has been keeping close to chest will finally see the light of day. The Armada head honcho is returning with a new remix album at the end of the month titled Lost Tapes, comprised of several songs that have stolen the spotlight during his recent sets. Armin van Buuren has shared previews for a handful of the forthcoming remixes, many of which have landed in his “A State Of Trance” radio show. All in all there are thirty-one remixes in total, which impressively is on par with the scale of van Buuren’s Relax album released back in May 2020. The remixes on Lost Tapes harken back to several different chapters of Armin van Buuren’s longstanding career. Paul Denton is putting a new spin on van Buuren and Nadia Ali‘s 20...
Jasmine Thompson Shares Story Behind “Life-Changing” Zedd Collaboration, “Funny”
Jasmine Thompson didn’t originally imagine her song would wind up in Zedd‘s hands, but as she knows well, life has a funny way of playing out. In an interview with Kansas City CBS affiliate KCTV5, the London-based singer-songwriter recalled that her producers sent an early demo of “Funny” to Zedd without her knowledge. Thompson said she initially had a vision that the melancholic single would be piano-driven, but once Zedd sent back his version, it instantly won her over. “The idea of collaborating with him was life-changing,” she said. The surprising turn of events sparked bigger plans. The two had originally intended to meet in person in Los Angeles to work on the song’s music video. However, considering the onset of COVID-19, Thompson ...
Hayley Williams Stands ‘to Protect Womxn and Young Folx in the Music Scene’
Following recent sexual misconduct accusations against Burger Records and musicians coming forward about their experiences with abuse, Hayley Williams could not longer be silent. Last night (July 20), Williams posted a long note about her feelings toward sexism and misogyny in the industry, highlighting the “collective cause” of protecting “womxn and young folx in the music scene.” “It makes my stomach hurt and my eyes red,” she wrote of the abuse allegations. “It’s so crazy to me how frontwomxn can be such powerful inspiration [sic] to so many young people, who see us as very much ‘in control’ of ourselves and our immediate surroundings when we’re up on a stage.” Williams also pointed out while womxn are “vulnerable,” males are also subject to the same types of abuse. “They are most ...
Ford Maverick Compact Pickup About to Enter Danger Zone—Its Tailgate Has Leaked
Back in May, a legit-looking rendering of an apparently small pickup truck tailgate with the name “Maverick” stamped on it began circulating around the web. Even though the CAD (computer-aided design) rendering looked real enough, we weren’t ready to go all-in on the theory that Ford’s upcoming compact truck would be called Ford Maverick (other names, such as Courier, seemed just as likely). Now, we’re a bit more convinced, as that exact CAD design appears to have made it to the pre-production prototype stage. In a photo leaked to Motor1 by an anonymous source, you can clearly see that same tailgate design we saw a couple of month back, only now it’s stamped into an honest-to-goodness metal tailgate skin. The font matches what we’ve ...
2022 Ford Bronco Raptor: What We Know (Plus, What It’ll Look Like)
See all 202 photos What Is a Ford Bronco Raptor? Unlike the regular Ford Bronco’s off-road-enhanced trim levels, such as the Black Diamond and Badlands, which are geared toward traditional rock crawling and clod-busting, the Raptor has a higher-speed mission. The closest Bronco that Ford’s shown may be the Wildtrak model, but the Raptor will take that trim’s abilities to the next level. Expect reworked suspension components designed for plenty of wheel travel and high-speed bump absorption—basically, the chassis will be set up to perform Baja racing-that ought to allow the Bronco Raptor to bound across the open desert. There also will be a more powerful, likely larger, engine option than the twin-turbocharged 2.7-liter EcoBoost V-6 that tops the run-of-the-mill BroncoR...
‘Queen’s Greatest Hits’ Logs 55th Week at No. 1 on Catalog Albums & Just One Album Has Had a Longer Run
The film ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has turbocharged Queen’s popularity. Queen’s Greatest Hits logs its 55th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Catalog Albums chart — a tally topped by just one album in the chart’s 29-year history. Bob Marley & the Wailers’ Legend has headed the catalog chart for a whopping 126 weeks. Both of these compilations were released prior to the introduction of Catalog Albums in the Billboard issue dated May 25, 1991. Queen’s album was released in in the U.K. in October 1981. Marley’s album was released worldwide in May 1984. Queen’s album first hit No. 1 on Catalog Albums on June 2, 2018, five months before the U.S. release of the film Bohemian Rhapsody, which has turbocharged Queen’s popularity. The Catalog Albums chart ranks the most popular catalog al...
Bad Bunny’s Road to Success Coming to YouTube’s ‘Artist Spotlight Stories’: Watch Trailer
For the past two months, Bad Bunny has been on a social media detox with his last post on Twitter and Instagram posted on May 19. “Bye, me fui,” reads the caption, which translates to “Goodbye, I left.” Despite being absent from the ‘gram, Bunny has been keeping busy amid the current health crisis, recently nabbing the cover for Playboy magazine and now, forming part of the YouTube Music “Artist Spotlight Stories” series. “Sometimes I feel I attract everything with my mind,” the Puerto Rican singer expressed in a one-minute trailer posted on his YouTube channel. “I think a lot of people, if not everyone, can do the same. But not everyone knows that.” Bad Bunny’s short documentary will share his road to success from the beginning of his career to his chart-topping YHLQMDLG album. “I try nev...
