A sea of fans embellished in sequins, glitter, and cowboy hats took over the streets of Seattle this past weekend for one of the most highly anticipated tours of the summer; Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour. Since March, the 33-year-old singer-songwriter embarked on her stadium tour, delivering an intense 3-hour experience from her extensive discography. Lumen Field shattered attendance records with over 72,000 fans per night for the two sold-out shows. Leading up to the concerts, Seattle proclaimed July 22 and 23 as “Taylor Swift Weekend,” which doesn’t come as a surprise with how much tourism the pop powerhouse brought… Read more »
If you love the Dora Milaje then you’re ready for this half-accurate, half-romanticized action-drama about the warriors who inspired them. This is the Agojie—the Warrior Women of Dahomey.
Today we talk about a possible change to Nirvana’s Nevermind album cover, the 2021 BET Awards, a tragic school shooting in Texas, and Los Angeles approves a new COVID-19 mandate. Nirvana Makes a Change We have a bit of an update from the Nirvana baby. In case you missed it, Spencer Elden AKA the baby from Nirvana‘s iconic Nevermind album cover recently filed a lawsuit against the band for alleged “child porn” nearly 30 years after the photo was taken. Frontman Dave Grohl told The Times on Sunday that the lawsuit may result in an official change of the album’s… Read more »
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the Derek Chauvin verdict.
Zack Snyder reboots his vision of the Justice League in a four hour movie marathon.
Small Press Expo (SPX) is more than just another comic convention. Since 1997 SPX puts on thepremier annual event for independent creators and small publishers.
The idea of artists being completely out of reach and so different from us, is quickly becoming as antiquated as a tape deck. But where do we draw the line with social media interaction?
I thought about being nicer in the title of the article, but it is simply the truth. MTV tried to re-invent the awards show this year and managed to make it worse. The VMAs were moved to Las Vegas this year to try to add some new flavor to the beleaguered show. The idea was to have bands hosting parties in different rooms at the Palms. The show would cut between the main stage where presentations were made and the party rooms. Fall Out Boy, Kanye West, Foofighters and others performed from the parties. That was the best part of… Read more »
The city’s West Side has a new retail, residential and commercial anchor, bringing high-end shopping, luxury living and the new headquarters of Time Warner Corp. to a corner overlooking Central Park. The $1.7 billion Time Warner Center, a 2.8 million-square-foot complex at Columbus Circle, was to open to the public on Thursday after a black-tie gala Wednesday night. The two-tower center, which sits at the southwest corner of the park, includes a 40-store retail facility, five world-class restaurants, a new facility for Jazz at Lincoln Center and a 59,000-square-foot Whole Foods supermarket. There also is the opulent Mandarin Oriental hotel… Read more »
An $800,000 Michigan house owned by Aretha Franklin burned down. Nobody was in the 5,000-square-foot residence at the time of the Friday morning blaze. The house was mainly used to store boxes and furniture. Fire Chief Leo Chartier said flames were shooting through the roof when firefighters arrived just before 6 a.m. Friday. The house, which firefighters said was completely razed, had an estimated value of $812,900, according to township records. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. An acquaintance of Franklin said the singer hadn’t lived in the house in two years.
