Action Bronson Serves A Platter Of Pure Bars On "DMTri"
When Action Bronson is focused, there are few who can delivery such a masterful, borderline culinary blend of hilarious wit, heavy bars, and insane imagery. Luckily, the Alchemist-laced Lamb Over Rice finds Bronson comfortably in his bag, unleashing an onslaught of uninhibited lyricism. With a cinematic string arrangement as the dominant soundscape, Alchemist once again proves himself the master of ambiance, transporting listeners into honest-to-God movie scenes; it's no secret that Alc is a legend in the game, but sometimes a reminder goes a long way.
For 'The Immortalists' Knowledge Of Death Changes Lives
The Immortalists By Chloe Benjamin Purchase BookPurchase close overlay Buy Featured Book TitleThe ImmortalistsAuthorChloe Benjamin Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How?
Amazon iBooks Independent Bookstores On New York's Lower East Side in 1969, a fortune teller has set up shop in a tenement on Hester Street. With long brown hair that "hangs in two slender braids," and lips that are "puckered like a drawstring purse," she attracts the young Gold children, who seek an audience with the crone as a respite from their summertime blues.
Frank Auerbachs early charcoal portraits look deep into human life in pictures | Art and desi
Frank Auerbach’s early charcoal portraits look deep into human life – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email For this series of large-scale charcoal portraits made between 1956 and 1962, the German-British painter Frank Auerbach drew his sitters over and over again, erasing the image after each session so that only a ghostly outline remained. He repeated the process until he felt he had captured the person’s essence; often the paper would rip.
Johnny Rotten Got His Nickname Because His Teeth Were Green
There are many famous stage names in music, but none are as dreadful as Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten. The punk rocker, born John Lydon, got his nickname because his teeth were decaying and green. The name and his teeth only added to the frontman’s intimidating persona. Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones came up with ‘Johnny Rotten’ In an interview with Rolling Stone, Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones talked about why he nicknamed Lydon “Johnny Rotten.
Rachel Zegler Cast in Hunger Games Prequel as Lucy Gray Baird
“West Side Story” actor Rachel Zegler is set to star in “The Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”
Zegler had prompted speculation about her casting after she tweeted on Monday night, “listen up….
'Like nothing seen in nature before': strange dinosaur has scientists enthralled | Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs This article is more than 3 years old'Like nothing seen in nature before': strange dinosaur has scientists enthralledThis article is more than 3 years oldThe highly unusual Ubirajara jubatus boasted a mane of ‘hair-like structions’ and two ‘ribbon-like features’, researchers say
About 110 million years ago along the shores of an ancient lagoon in what is now north-eastern Brazil, a two-legged, chicken-sized Cretaceous period dinosaur made a living hunting insects and perhaps small vertebrates like frogs and lizards.
Alan Varela to join FC Porto, agreement in place
Alan Varela is set to join FC Porto with an agreement in place.
Varela will continue his playing career in Europe. According to Fabrizio Romano, an agreement is in place between all parties. It’s a deal worth €11 million with add ons to Boca Juniors plus percentage on future sales.
The 22 year old midfielder will join on a long term deal.
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Ariz. Mother and Daughter Killed by Man in Christmas Eve Murder-Suicide
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Correction: 'Stinking Badges' and Movies
It turns out that when we cited a famous movie line, we neglected a predecessor to Blazing Saddles.
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Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' At 50: R&B, Psychedelic Rock And A Black Guitarist's Cry
They may be two of the most influential notes in funk-rock history: the soaring, plaintive start to guitarist Eddie Hazel's legendary solo in Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain."
The song, an audacious, emotive 10-minute-long bluesy ballad kicked off by a brief, eccentric poem from leader George Clinton, is centered on Hazel's expansive fretwork. Clinton pulls the bass guitar and drums mostly out of the mix, leaving the sonic field free for sparse backing chords on rhythm guitar and a fiery workout by Hazel fed through a boatload of echo effects.