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Billie Eilish Sees Through Your Transparent Vinyl SchemePop stars, beware. She’s onto your “messed up” ways to game the charts.
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this! is! an interview!
Chuck Forrest Can’t Recommend His Disruptive Jeopardy! Strategy to Everyone“You have to be in a very dominant position in order to use this. People sitting at home might find it confusing.”
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Flavor Flav Has No Time Limit on Being a Hype ManFrom Bruce Springsteen to Taylor Swift, his philosophy is simple: “If the music is right, I’m going to support it.”
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respect the classics
Yes, That Was Billy Joel Riding the Long Island Rail RoadHe’s done with the helicopter commute to Madison Square Garden.
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A Peace Summit With the Libertines LadsPete Doherty and Carl Barât agreed to some ground rules to make their new album. But what about an interview?
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game theory
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Saturn Really Is That GirlKacey Musgraves, Ariana Grande, and SZA are all singing about the planet in 2024. An astronomer explains why.
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Ike Barinholtz Owes His Big Jeopardy! Victory to Eyes Wide ShutThe actor and comedian, advancing to the non-celebrity Tournament of Champions semifinals, hopes people realize “he’s not that stupid.”
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Pino Palladino Never Met a Song He Couldn’t PlayThe bassist shares the stories behind eight of his most significant riffs, from Don Henley to D’Angelo.
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campaign season
Foreigner Is Hot Blooded for Rock Hall RecognitionMark Ronson is leading a weirdly blatant campaign, which now includes Paul McCartney, for the band to be inducted.
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it’s theater season
How to Write a Fake Rock SongThe musician Will Butler on his new Broadway banger.
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stereotypes
RATM’s Bassist Has No Breakup Intel, Because ‘I’m the Bass Player’“I’m the low man on the totem pole. That’s all I can tell you,” legendary realist Tim Commerford said.
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rocked and rolled
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two friends
SwingmenThe only thing Rod Stewart and Jools Holland love more than their new album of standards? “We’re both model-railroad fanatics.”
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Billy Joel Wants to Start His Own Traveling WilburysAnd he’s recruiting Don Henley, Sting, and John Mayer.
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disrespect the classics
Liam Gallagher Preemptively Rejects the Rock Hall’s ‘Wank Award’Oasis received its first nomination this year, which he equates to “a load of bollox.”
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Yes, Peter Frampton Also Side-Eyed Past Rock Hall NominationsThough the 2024 nominee never expected the honor himself, he’s cheering for the institution’s new era: “Things will be more realistic.”
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Ozzy Osbourne, Cher, and Oasis Lead 2024’s Rock Hall of Fame NomineesTen of the 15 nominees are first-timers. We might even get a diva-off.
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What’s That? Kacey Musgraves Fell Down a Deeper Well?Her fifth studio album goes out to “the people that I feel are real good at wasting my time.”
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song roulette
Dire Straits Had No Worlds Left to ConquerHow do you pick a single after releasing one of the best-selling albums of all time?
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Sing Us a New Song, You’re Billy Joel, Man“Turn the Lights Back On” is his first original track in 17 years.
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the abc cinematic universe
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Sleater-Kinney Reorganizes Its World“Once you have decades of fury coming out, it’s going to be big.”
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The Sultan of Swing ReturnsMark Knopfler has a new song, newer riffs, and no headbands.
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Can You Also Sue Madonna?When a diva is late, there are damages.
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live from studio 8h
SNL’s Cool Guitarist Is Happy to Represent the Audience“I was nervous at first, knowing my face was visible,” Maddie Rice says. “It’s different than knowing my guitar is audible.”
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Big Day for the Steely Dan CommunityThey’re getting inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, something that should’ve happened eons ago.
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Two Rock Hall Voters Debate Their Dream Ballot for 2024“There’s a certain sector of people there who will tell you, ‘We’re making a TV show.’”
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Ozzy Osbourne Anoints T-Pain As His New Prince of Darkness“This is the best cover of ‘War Pigs’ ever. Why didn’t you guys call me?”
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Which Dumbass Thought They Could Replace Neil Peart in Rush?Geddy Lee received several “inappropriate” messages from drummers in the aftermath of Peart’s death.
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song roulette
The Bangles Were Always a DemocracyBut, as Susanna Hoffs recalls, picking lead singles was tricky territory.
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romcom roundtable
‘Get Ready to Never Stop Working’What Hallmark’s tenured holiday hunks learned from a combined quarter-century in the feelings game.
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Cher Invites the Rock Hall to ‘Go You-Know-What Yourself’She’s decided to reject a future induction after decades of being ignored, even if “they gave me a million dollars.”
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Meg Bellamy on Kate and Carole Middleton’s Weird Crown Dynamic“I don’t think she has as much power on Kate as people might think.”
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Frasier’s Peri Gilpin Wishes Roz Was a Little More Like Liz Lemon“I used to bring that up to the writers: ‘Can’t we see all of this happening?’ And they’d respond, ‘Oh my God, no.’”
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respect the classics
I Can Go For That (Some Hall & Oates Drama)The legal battle involves a business-violation dispute, a restraining order, and who can perform which songs.
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photo realism
‘A Photo Can Destroy a Life’How The Crown re-created the images of Diana’s final days within the constraints of taste, decency, and copyright.
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superlatives
Dolly Parton on the Most Prolific and Invigorating Music of Her Career“My songs are like my kids and I expect them to support me when I’m old.”
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last night on late night
David Letterman Is Still Traumatized by Green Day’s Drummer“I assumed he was kidding around or perhaps he wanted to hurt me.”
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disrespect the classics
Bob Dylan Is Campaigning to Reinstate Jann Wenner“He just got booted out of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and we don’t think that’s right. We’re trying to get him back in.”
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superlatives
The Most Epic and Obsessive of Rush, According to Geddy Lee“I’m a kind of obnoxious player. I want to be heard. I don’t want to just be satisfied with tickling the bottom of people who are listening.”
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rock hall 2023
Jimmy Page Had a Whole Lotta Rock Hall LoveThe surprise performance doubled as his first in nearly a decade.
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rock hall 2023
Only One Rock Hall Inductee Called Out Jann Wenner“I guess you could say,” Bernie Taupin explained, “my being inducted is a paradox.”
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respect the classics
John Mayer, It’s Time to Join the Coral Reefer BandJimmy Buffett insisted the group continue performing after his death. That got us thinking …
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scene report
‘I Actually Felt Like I Knew Him’Days after Matthew Perry’s death, the Friends apartment corner transforms into a site of mourning.
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Michael Bolton Answers Every Question We Have About ‘Jack Sparrow’On the Lonely Island’s “beyond vulgar” first idea, learning how to be less serious, and the gift that never stops giving.
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song roulette
The B-52’s Were Too Weird to Mess WithKate Pierson never tried to write a hit. But the cosmos had bigger plans for her band.
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final draft
Frasier and Niles Were Supposed to Open a Theater TogetherBut when David Hyde Pierce said no, the reboot creators had to evolve.
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