Turnstile at the Washington Monument today, a benefit show raising money for humanitarian aid in Palestine, Sudan, and Lebanon [📹: Ayman Abdeldayem]

Anything but rock is the mandate . But @NFL games will play Ozzy, @Metallica , @gunsnroses and more non stop in the stadiums, but anything rock forbidden at the halftime show. God forbid electric guitars!!!

excuse me did the criterion website already crash 1 min into the sale

100 Gritty Street Rap Albums That Built Modern Hip Hop's Cinematic Underground hiphopgoldenage.com/list/100…

the crossovers during this era of rap were always so cool

Track for track, “no skips” who dropped the best hip hop album in 2001❓

Are there any actors who have ever actually put out good music?

how do people listen to this shit man

Turnstile brought hardcore back to SNL, 45 years after FEAR made punk rock history. John Belushi, a fan of the LA band, pushed to get them booked for SNL’s 1981 Halloween episode, and FEAR bussed in a group of punks from Washington, DC, to join the action, slam-dancing, moshing, and rushing the stage during the set. Eventually, a fight broke out between the DC punks and the NYC crowd. Afterwards, newspapers reported that the band caused hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage and that FEAR was banned from the show (not true, although they did pay a small fine), and police allegedly chased punks through Rockefeller Center after the show, leaving hardcore to disappear from SNL for 45 years. ⁠This weekend, Turnstile changed that. Drummer Daniel Fang set the tone early, opening “BIRDS” with a vicious drum solo before tearing through the rest of the song with the rest of band. For their second appearance of the night, the Baltimore band kept the energy high with a medley of “I CARE” and “DULL.” In 1981, FEAR brought punk rock onto national television, something the mainstream may not have been ready for. 45 years later, after Grammy wins and festival main stages, Turnstile showcased hardcore as one of the biggest growing bands in the country.

Jack Black, DMC, Scott Ian, Tom Morello, Chuck D, and B-Real join forces to perform "Walk This Way" at Power to the People Fest.

Putting Breaking Bad above The Wire is like reading thrillers over literature ... yeah, sure, plenty of people do it, violence and bang-bang booms are fun, but that's a glaring character flaw for actual thinking people.

“Choosin’ Texas” is now the longest-running No. 1 single in U.S. chart history pitchfork.com/story/ella-lan…

a book(s) I worked on for nearly a decade releases in a week. strange but satisfying feelings...