Music has always been the soundtrack to our staff’s lives and now they’re telling us the songs that defined their decade.
This week: This Is Us, Mixed-ish, Emergence, Arsenio Hall: Smart & Classy, Castle Rock, Chicago Med, Stumptown, The Good Place,
Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!, VICE Investigates, Atypical, American Son, Titans
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SNL Hires Then Fires Bigot Disguised As A Comedian SNL has been accused of partaking in “cancel culture” for firing a newly hired cast member, Shane Gillis, after videos of racist conversations and bigoted podcasts came to light. In these, Gillis and another less than memorable guy hold conversations where they both contribute their racist and homophobic ideas. The unimpressive performer issued an arrogant non-apology and has been defended by people clamoring to combat cancel culture. All attempts to defend the racist remarks are moot as they were not taken from jokes rather they are clips of boring conversations. Also,… Read more »
The man born Danny Rocco has been singing, writing, and performing his entire life — playing bars in punk bands since he was 13.
Mike Posner Walked 1,632 miles before being bitten by a rattlesnake on his Walk Across America. On August 8, the Grammy-nominated musician crossed into Colorado state from Kansas when he was bitten by a baby rattlesnake. He has been chronicling his journey across the US on his twitter page which began on April 15, in Farmingdale New Jersey. His website is home to his very uplifting mission statement and goals. Posner’s Walk was started –and will be finished– with the intention of leaving each city he visited better than he found it, playing music, deeply listening to others, loving everybody,… Read more »
November 23, 2019, marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the quintuple platinum Metallica–San Francisco Symphony album “S&M”. The idea for the symphonic and metallic collaboration came from Metallica’s late Cliff Burton. Burton passed away in 1986 but his idea lived on in his bandmates and came to fruition years later when they performed on April 21 and 22 of 1999 at Berkeley Community Theater. In celebration of that epic musical contribution on September 6 and 8 of 2019, the San Francisco Symphony will be appearing with Metallica again to perform the symphonic accompaniment originally composed by late conductor… Read more »
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines the rise of political punk in the US.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week’s topic is Rock Against Racism.
Rancid and Pennywise are co-headlining a 10-date tour in September. Supporting bands Suicidal Tendencies, The English Beat, The Aquabats, Turnstile, Iron Reagan (I love that name so much), and Angel Du$t will change depending on the city. The tour isn’t an out of the blue attempt, Rancid and Pennywise have been keeping busy in and out of the studio, consistently playing shows in support of their most recent records. Rancid’s “Trouble Maker”, the band’s ninth studio album, was released in 2017. Trouble Maker has been hailed as the band’s best record in a decade. Pennywise is touring their effort “Never… Read more »
