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Rest Well, General
“We’ve lost the General.” Those are the words I wrote to a friend on hearing of Carrie Fisher’s death.
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“We’ve lost the General.” Those are the words I wrote to a friend on hearing of Carrie Fisher’s death.
Aladdin’s magnificent Genie sings a hilarious praise for the fictional Prince Ali, but that gets twisted into a metal/hardcore style version from popular Youtube artist Jonathan Young this week on (Un)covered!
Listen in as Geek Girl Riot’s Sam Devotta tells you all about one of her favorite authors, V.E. Schwab.
AG has just released her third album, Dangerous Woman, and on it she holds true to her claim. Her wit and honesty, talent and womanhood are sure to whip you into place, whether you like it or not.
The right soundtrack immerses you in a video game’s universe, and for Long Island’s resident pop punk goofballs Patent Pending, there was only one logical thing to do: meld their shared love of video games and game soundtracks. To celebrate the release of their new EP Mario & The Brick Breakers: Greatest Hits, the band is here to grace this week’s Tuesday Ten with the best video game soundtracks of all time.
Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy will hit the road with pop princesses Rihanna and Ke$ha on this summer’s Last Girl on Earth Tour, which kicks off on July 2 in Auburn, Washington.
He’s photographed Princess Diana in diamonds, Madonna in lingerie and top model Gisele Bundchen in the buff. But celebrated French photographer Patrick Demarchelier says none of the hundreds of pop culture icons he’s immortalized in his more than 30 years behind the lens can compare with his dog, whom he calls “the perfect model.” An exhibition at Paris’ Petit Palais museum brings together more than 400 of Demarchelier’s renowned portraits, including, of course, a ravishing shot of Puffy the long-haired dachshund. Looking sprightly in his uniform of sneakers and a polo shirt, with his trademark shock of salt and pepper… Read more »
One sunny afternoon not long ago, Dick Copaken sat in a booth at Daniel, one of those hushed, exclusive restaurants on Manhattan’s Upper East Side where the waiters glide spectrally fro table to table. He was wearing a starched button-down shirt and a blue blazer. Every strand of his thinning hair was in place, and he spoke calmly and slowly, his large pink Charlie Brow head bobbing along evenly as he did. Copaken spent many years as a partner at the white-shoe Washington, D.C., firm Covington & Burling, and he has a lawyer’s gravitas. One of his bes friends calls… Read more »
Bruce Springsteen was the top concert draw across North America in 2003 as more than 1.6 million fans paid to take in his marathon shows and musings on the struggles of the working man. According to preliminary data published on Tuesday by concert trade publication Pollstar, the 54-year-old New Jersey rocker grossed $115.9 million from 47 shows to lead the annual rankings. His tour ranks as the second-biggest of all time, behind the Rolling Stones’ 1994 outing, which grossed $121.2 million. While Pollstar is still calculating final figures, it expects sales for all acts to rise for the fifth consecutive… Read more »
Made Compilation has released a compilation CD of independent artists at the Skate & Surf Festival this weekend. Included on the CD are tracks from Army Of Me, Brand New Disaster, Breaking Pangaea, In Clover, Over It, Power Lloyd, Star Hide Fire, and 555, as well as an acoustic version of Day That I Die by Good Charlotte. Stop by the Made booth and pick one up. Army Of Me (armyofmeonline.com) Army of Me hails from the Washington DC area, and since the middle of 1999, have toured the east coast relentlessly. Army of Me realizes that it takes hard… Read more »
