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Basslines and Protest Signs Part 93: Fat Shaming and Knee Taking at the Super Bowl
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the Super Bowl.
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Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the Super Bowl.
Today we talk about the new Coachella NFTs, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees, and Billboard’s new number 1 song. Coachella NFTs Coachella announced a killer lineup a couple of weeks ago but now they are stepping up their game. The music festival has teamed up with cryptocurrency exchange FTX to bring a new experience to festival-going. Their NFTs include digital goods and on site experiences. However, the most interesting items for sale are their lifetime passes. There will only be ten of these passes that will give the buyer different experiences that will change as the years… Read more »
Brian Laundrie admits to killing Gabby Petito and ‘When We Were Young Fest’ will be AWESOME!
Today we talk about the When We Were Young Festival, the life of Gaspard Ulliel, and John Mayer’s newest product in honor of Bob Saget. When We Were Young Is The Craziest Thing We’ve Ever Seen Our emo hearts are soaring and ready to embrace the potential that might come with the When We Were Young Festival. It seems like they’ve gathered as many 2000s emo bands as they could and they are giving them to us over the course of 12 hours in Vegas on October 22nd. The headliners are Paramore and My Chemical Romance, which would be enough… Read more »
Today we talk about the Coachella lineup announcement, Jake Gyllenhaal’s alleged response to “All Too Well”, The Duke of York being stripped of his titles, and Shadow & Bone S2.
Today we talk about Foo Fighters’ new movie, Bonnaroo’s lineup, and Jamie Lynn Spears’ interview with Good Morning America.
Back again for the very first time, Dean Butterworth is on the latest episode. It’s been a couple years and a pandemic since we last talked, but the best remains steady. Dean, the rhythm peddler for Good Charlotte and Sugar Ray, was hot off the heels of the Beachlife Festival with the latter, in Redondo Beach, CA, so needless to say this epic conversation was fueled by the magic of music! Aloha
Today we talk about the Harry Potter 20th anniversary reunion, an update on Travis Scott, and BTS’ Late Late Show performance. A Peak Into the Harry Potter Reunion Harry Potter fans are collectively screaming because our favorite trio is reuniting for the HBO Max Harry Potter reunion, airing January 1st. This morning we got hit with the first picture showing Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint in their Gryffindor common room. For anyone who loves this bunch, it’s enough to get you in your feels. The special will also feature fan favorites like Tom Felton and Gary Oldman. Not… Read more »
Today we talk William Shatner’s space travels, an update on the Gabby Petito case, and Coachella’s vaccine requirement reversal for 2022. William Shatner Goes to Space Cue your Star Trek jokes because Captain Kirk himself has gone to space. Today, William Shatner launched into orbit on the Blue Origin flight along with three others. At age 90, Shatner has become the oldest person to go to space (who else didn’t realize that William Shatner is 90?). The flight was delayed initially but launched just before 11am ET past the Kármán Line, which is a boundary between the Earth’s atmosphere and… Read more »
Today we give an update on Tanya Fear, talk about BTS collaborating with Coldplay, question Amazon’s technology, and take a look at the new Netflix project Grendel, we give you the Met Gala highlights, and remember Norm Macdonald after he suddenly passed away.
