As a nerd who enjoys sports, I look forward each year to the close of the college basketball season. It is one of my favorite opportunities to talk to friends, colleagues and clients about cannabis research and the universities that conduct it. After reading this article, you may never be …
Read More »'We Don't Know How to Phone It In': A Final Visit With Taylor Hawkins
At the rear of Taylor Hawkins‘ Los Angeles property, past the swimming pool, is a guest house he converted into a rock & roll clubhouse and studio straight out of his teenage daydreams. His drum kit is there, along with a formidable collection of guitars and basses. Rock memorabilia (posters, …
Read More »Finneas Bares It All — Metaphorically Speaking — on New Song 'Naked'
Finneas is back with his first new song of 2022, the punchy yet confessional, “Naked.” The track begins with a funky pop groove, but takes a dramatic shift towards arena rock halfway through, propelled by a bridge filled with big guitar riffs. “If I don’t feel it, I don’t fake …
Read More »Pusha T Finally Explains That Cryptic Lana Del Rey Photo
Amid the usual grid of promotional clips and photos of his children, one picture on Pusha T‘s Instagram page sparked an unusual amount of online chatter early this year. In January, he accompanied a video of himself rhyming along to his new single “Diet Coke” with a photo of Lana …
Read More »Brothers Osborne Perform Raucous Single 'Headstone' on 'Fallon'
Brothers Osborne appeared on The Tonight Show to showcase their recent song “Headstone.” The musicians appeared with their live band for a rollicking take on the guitar-driven song, one of the duo’s most aggressive numbers to date. “Headstone,” released in January, is one of three bonus tracks that appear on …
Read More »Hear Soft Cell, Pet Shop Boys Collaborate on New Single 'Purple Zone'
Soft Cell have teamed up with Pet Shop Boys for a new song, “Purple Zone,” along with a vibrant music video for the track. The song will appear on Soft Cell’s fifth studio album Happiness Not Included, out May 6. The collaboration came out of a Soft Cell concert in …
Read More »Truckers' Mighty Anti-Vaxx Plot Stymied by … a Single Bicycle
The “People’s Convoy,” a group of truckers opposed to Covid-19 vaccines and public health policies, has been driving to the D.C. area from their base in Hagerstown, Md. to wreak havoc. But far from the “success” that the Canadian truck convoy had in shutting down parts of their nation’s capital …
Read More »Livestreams, Online Events and Vaping: Opportunities for Brands to Connect With Dance Music Fans
Dance music’s rising popularity over the years has increasingly drawn attention from companies and advertisers seeking to reach its fans. IMS Business reports that in 2019, dance music was the third most popular music genre with roughly 1.5 billion people listening globally. My social media market research firm, Maven Road, …
Read More »Revealed: The Powerful D.C. Attorney Quietly Defending Alex Jones Against Sandy Hook Parents
I began writing Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth in 2018, nearly six years after the 2012 shooting deaths of 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. That year, the families of 10 Sandy Hook victims sued conspiracy theorist and …
Read More »U.S. Filmmaker Helps Zelensky Stir Global Outrage With New Video: 'This WAS Kharkiv'
Shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy’s impassioned appeal to Congress and President Biden to establish a no-fly zone over the besieged country, his administration released a new video in its campaign to rally more international support in its battle with Russia. Ukraine‘s head of the presidential administration, Andriy Yermak, has …
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