Meg Washington: “Why even create art? What’s the purpose? Sometimes I feel like the musician playing on the sinking Titanic.
During a major label meeting early in her career, Megan Washington was told to put her face on her album…
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Westside Cowboy’s rough-around-the-edges Americana sound – along with this week’s top new tracks
From Manchester Recommended if you like Pavement, Ezra Furman, Guided By Voices Up next: Debut EP out August 8 Westside…
After the Spike” by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso – uncovering the facts about population
As one of the 8.23 billion people on Earth, you likely have thoughts about the global population reaching a record…
John Niven’s *The Fathers* delivers a sharp, gritty satire on class.” (Note: I kept the essence of the original while making it more natural and concise. The title and
They’re an unlikely pair. Jada is a small-time criminal scraping by in a cramped 1960s high-rise, barely keeping track of…
Poem of the Week: “A Hundred Doors” by Michael Longley (No additional
A Hundred Doors God! I’m lighting candles again, still the sentimental atheist—family names a kind of prayer or poem, my…
Vera, or Faith” by Gary Shteyngart review – Is this America’s future? (Note: I’ve slightly streamlined the phrasing while keeping the original meaning intact. The
Gary Shteyngart is like the stand-up comedian of American literature—a witty, playful Russian-born writer who observes the U.S. with the…
Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game review – too cozy for comfort
After spending hours working in the fields of Hobbiton, I began to understand why two generations of Bagginses felt the…
Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral procession will travel through Birmingham city center.
Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral procession will pass through his hometown of Birmingham on Wednesday. The hearse will travel along Broad Street…
Ghislaine Maxwell appeals to US Supreme Court to overturn her conviction.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her…
It destroyed me’: Two more men accuse Christian rock singer Michael Tait of sexual abuse
Two more men have accused Christian rock star and MAGA supporter Michael Tait of drugging and sexually assaulting them—including Jason…