The subculture of Selena Quintanilla Pérez super-fandom, or Selenidad, was born out of grief. After the Queen of Tejano music was murdered on March 31st, 1995 — shot once in the back by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar — her Mexican American fans mourned her. For some …
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HBO has announced a new documentary, Revolution Rent, that will document original Rent cast member Andy Señor Jr.’s efforts to stage a production of the Broadway hit in Cuba. The film, directed by Señor Jr. and Victor Patrick Alvarez, will premiere June 15th. Señor Jr. portrayed Angel in the original …
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After spiking tour dates in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bikini Kill announced a rescheduled slate of shows across the U.S. and Europe for 2022. The tour will launch April 29th, 2022 in Los Angeles and wrap September 17th in Redmond, Washington. Bikini Kill was set to embark on …
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Kentucky’s Railbird Festival will return to Lexington in August 2021. The two-day event will feature headlining performances from My Morning Jacket, Leon Bridges, and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Set for August 28th and 29th at the Grounds at Keeneland, Lexington’s famed equine complex, Railbird will showcase a variety …
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Yep, Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox are back with another quarantine video — this time a cover of Hawkwind’s “Silver Machine.” The husband-and-wife duo is supported by their usual mysterious guitarist Sidney Jake, who hovers behind them in a gold mask. Willcox tears through the 1972 space rock track covered …
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In his new memoir, Everything is Fine, Vince Granata explores grief, mental illness, and the bonds of family as he delves into the tragedy of his mother’s 2014 death at the hands of his schizophrenic brother, Tim. Using a mix of personal essay and journalism, Vince pieces together his mother’s …
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Action Bronson makes sure to let me know that he does not want to promote his new book, F*ck It, I’ll Start Tomorrow: A True Story. Over Zoom, he’s animated and seems relieved that the process of putting it together is finally over. It’s not that Bronson, born Ariyan Arslani, …
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Ezra Furman came out on Wednesday as a transgender woman and has been a mother for over two years. “About being a trans woman: For my own reasons I have been hesitant to use these words, especially the ‘woman’ word,” she wrote on Instagram. “I have often described myself as …
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Jim Steinman is best known, with good reason, for the songs he wrote for Meat Loaf’s epicBat Out of Hell. But his aural footprint on pop wasn’t limited to that singer and that 1977 album. As it turned out, Steinman’s songs were equally at home in the two decades that …
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Closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chuavin, the former Minneapolis cop accused of murdering George Floyd, ended just before 4 p.m. central time Monday, April 19th. Minnesota prosecutor Steve Schleicher addressed the jury first, his statements lasting just under two hours; Chauvin’s defense attorney, Eric Nelson, spoke afterwards, his …
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