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Elton John Recalls Surprising Iggy Pop Onstage — in a Gorilla Costume
As Sir Elton John, one of the most fabulously attired performers in rock ‘n’ roll history, prepares for his farewell tour, everyone is wondering what he’s going to wear....
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Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova: ‘Things Are Not That Different for Our 2 Countries’
“Things are not that different, surprisingly, for our countries,” muses Nadya Tolokonnikova, leader of notorious Russian feminist punk/art collective Pussy Riot. “It’s not the easiest time right now, and...
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Brian May Talks Politics: ‘We’re Not Heading in the Direction of Compassion’
Sitting with Yahoo and poring over his glossy new coffee table book, Queen in 3-D, guitar god and stereoscopic photography enthusiast Brian May pauses on page 88, gazing at...
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RuPaul Talks Punk, Politics, and Pulse: ‘Most People Are Still Living in the Dark Ages’
RuPaul Charles’s days in Wee Wee Pole, the band he fronted when he was a fixture on Atlanta’s early-’80s queer new wave/punk scene, are long gone. And lamentably, he...
The Voice Season 20 and American Idol Season 19 are soon coming to an end; in less than a week’s time, either Cam Anthony, Kenzie Wheeler, Rachel Mac, Jordan Matthew Young,...
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Man… my “The Day After” cohost Jeffery Austin and I go away for two weeks, and all hell breaks loose. The Voice actually gets good in its last two weeks...
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The Time. Sheila E. Carmen Electra. Sheena Easton? Vanity 6. Appolonia 6! Kim Basinger?! What do these names all have in common? They were all Prince protégés in the ’80s....
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The singer-songwriter, now age 40, is a thousand miles, emotionally and artistically, from where she was when she wrote her piano pop song “A Thousand Miles” as a teenage ballet student. And while...
Read MoreOnce again, there’s a ton to discuss this week. We had the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 finale and disappointing “reunion” show, an even more disappointing (and unnecessary) “Comeback” show featuring a...
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There’s a TON to discuss this week, just about the first three minutes of Monday’s American Idol top 12 show, the first live episode of Season 19, when it was...
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Join me and Rhino Records’ John Hughes as we welcome the director of the new Smiths-inspired scripted comedy Shoplifters of the World, Stephen Kijak, to talk all things Smiths!...
Read MoreThere’s a ton to discuss this week, with seven Voice Battle Rounds; various new Voice developments regarding stunt castings, rumored celebrity salaries, and ratings; FORTY-EIGHT American Idol performances (between the...
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When MTV premiered almost 40 years ago, British ska band Madness were early stars of the fledgling network – the opening “don’t watch that, watch this!” command of their 1979...
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After taking a mini-hiatus so my cohost Jeffery Austin could move to Nashville and become neighbors with Kris Allen, David Cook, and Paul McDonald, “The Day After” is finally back to...
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