When Rush Limbaugh, the Great Bloviater of the AM dial, signed off from the “Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies,” two days before Christmas, he warned the faithful in the raspy remains of his famous trumpeting baritone: “The day is gonna come, folks, where I’m not going to be able …
Read More »New CDC Research Says Double-Masking Could Be Effective Against Covid-19
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As cases of coronavirus continue to surge across the nation, many have made the decision to start doubling up on face masks if they have to leave the …
Read More »German Study Finds Covid-19 Risk Is Low at Indoor Concerts With Safety Precautions
A new study conducted in Germany has found that there’s potentially a low risk of spreading the coronavirus at indoor concerts, so long as significant safety precautions are taken, The New York Times reports. Back in August, a group of researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg conducted a study …
Read More »What in the World Is Going On at the VMAs?
MTV‘s annual Video Music Awards are the network’s most well-known television offering. So when it decided to press forward with this year’s ceremony on Sunday, August 30th as a live show — making the 2020 VMAs the first major live awards show to take place since COVID-19 shut down events …
Read More »'Secret Rave' Draws Hundreds to Party Underneath Bridge in Brooklyn
UPDATE:In a statement shared with Pitchfork, Pictureplane, one of the DJs who performed at the rave, admitted that he didn’t “think it was worth the risk.” The DJ/producer (who’s real name is Travis Egedy), said he expressed reservations about performing to organizers, but was assured that “this one would be …
Read More »Arlo Guthrie Unveils Pandemic-Inspired Stephen Foster Cover 'Hard Times Come Again No More'
About a month into the coronavirus shutdown, Arlo Guthrie woke with a 166-year-old song on his mind. “I woke up and told my girlfriend, ‘You know, there’s a song I’ve been meaning to do,’” he recalls. “She had never heard of the song and didn’t know what I was talking …
Read More »Lollapalooza Canceled Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Lollapalooza 2020 has been canceled due to ongoing health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. “We wish we could bring Lollapalooza to Grant Park again this year, but we understand why things can’t move forward as planned,” the festival wrote on its website. “The health and safety of our fans, …
Read More »Dolly Parton Brings Comfort in a Crisis With New Song, 'When Life Is Good Again'
“Be safe, be respectful, wear your mask, lead with love,” Dolly Parton instructs in her new video for the song “When Life Is Good Again.” The Country Music Hall of Famer has done her part and then some to bring her fans some solace during the COVID-19 pandemic: releasing six …
Read More »Calif. Official Ousted After Saying Herd Immunity Killing Elderly and Homeless Would Fix 'Burden on Society'
A northern California city official took to Facebook to extol what he sees as the virtues of herd immunity to solve the coronavirus pandemic. But not too long after he hit “post,” he was ousted for his cold-hearted words. Ken Turnage, the now-former chairman of a planning commission in the …
Read More »Camila Cabello Brings Dancers Together Over FaceTime in New Video
Camila Cabello has found a way to bring all her backup dancers together for a new music video: FaceTime. The singer released a dance visual for her latest single “My Oh My” on Friday, which starts out with Cabello video-chatting with two members of her dance crew. “Oh my gosh, …
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