If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Amid the stampede of festival announcements that occured over the past three months, we’ve now reached the part of the year where it’s time to actually pack some …
Read More »Surgeon General Is 'Deeply Concerned' About Dangers Unvaccinated Adults Pose to Kids Under 12
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said he is “deeply concerned” about unvaccinated people, including children, as some communities are seeing rising Covid-19 rates. During a Sunday appearance on ABC’s This Week,Murthy first praised the progress the country has made in vaccinating millions of Americans. He also warned that we will see …
Read More »Did 'Butter' Butter Butter?
Let’s start with: Correlation is not causation. (Listen to your imploring math teachers, kids; the ramifications of shoddy data science are no joke.) And yet, when the most popular band in the world releases a song primly named after a pantry staple, one has to wonder — by which I …
Read More »Was Jeffrey Epstein a Spy?
Back in 2002, when I was reporting on Jeffrey Epstein’s finances for Vanity Fair magazine, he was not a household name. During that time, I paid a visit to the Federal Medical Center, Devens in Devens, Massachusetts, to meet with an inmate, one Steven Hoffenberg. We sat in a little …
Read More »Toby Keith Cuts Songs by John Prine, Sammy Hagar on New Album 'Peso in My Pocket'
On the heels of his induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Toby Keith has announced the release of his new album. Titled Peso in My Pocket, the 10-song collection will be released October 15th. It’s the Oklahoma country singer’s first new album in nearly six years, following 2015’s …
Read More »Hear Thom Yorke, Radiohead's Sprawling 'Creep (Very 2021 Rmx)'
Thom Yorke has released a new remix of Radiohead classic “Creep.” The new slowed-down rendition is called “Creep (Very 2021 Rmx).” Aptly living up to its namesake, the remix slowly unfurls over the course of nine minutes. It’s fitting for our pandemic era, where a sense of time is warped …
Read More »A Texas Democrat Explains Why She's Fled the State — and What's Next for Voting Rights
WASHINGTON — About a month ago, a group of Democratic politicians from Texas fled their state in a last-ditch move to stop a voter-suppression bill. They came to Washington, D.C., to plead for help from Congress to protect the right to the vote. On one of their final days in …
Read More »Pristine 'Super Mario 64' Breaks Video Game Auction Record With $1.56 Million
Less than two days after a rare sealed copy of The Legend of Zelda broke the record for most expensive video game sold at auction, a pristine unopened copy of Super Mario 64 toppled that record Sunday with a $1,560,000 high bid. The sealed copy of the 1996 video game …
Read More »Captain Beefheart's Oddball Masterpiece 'Trout Mask Replica' Finally Comes to Streaming
One of Ahmet Zappa’s favorite memories of Captain Beefheart is the time he called the Zappa household to relate a particularly memorable dream. “The fucking greatest [call] that ever happened to me was when he called and said, ‘Hell-ooooo, is your mo-other there?’” Zappa tells Rolling Stone, imitating Don Van …
Read More »6 Pro Tips for Founders and Entrepreneurs on Building Connections
In the first week of June, I joined the ranks of 50,000 people gathered in Miami for Bitcoin 2021. It was a gathering of entrepreneurs and thought leaders in blockchain, AI, NFTs and artists of all types. CEOs, politicians, founders, investors and the mayor of Miami mingled with artists, musicians, …
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