"Our generation always understood each other without borders and passports / There, where we sang about friendship, today people dream only of complete revenge / All that normal people built over the years—all is obliterated."
An exhaustive profile of the Sleep and High on Fire frontman focuses almost entirely on his "dangerous" affinity for David Icke's lizard people conspiracy theories.
The Iranian metal band Confess was charged with blasphemy and anti-government propaganda in 2015, before fleeing to Norway. Their latest album documents this experience.
And it will only drive people further into the arms of President Vladimir Putin.
The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra scrubbed the famed composer from an upcoming program, calling his music "inappropriate at this time."
That happens to be the opening line of Ukraine's national anthem.
Censors wore out their welcome during the 20th century's indecency wars.
For the first time in two years, Coachella will return. Festival attendees will be able to enjoy themselves without having to abide by nonsensical mandates.
Plus: Texas voting law likely unconstitutional, remote workers and rural towns, and more...
Three and a half lessons about Neil Young, Joe Rogan, Spotify, and our age of cultural plenitude
The city's restrictions threaten one of the world's most vibrant music scenes.
Penny Lane’s new film explores the gap between diehard fans and critical elites.
It’s a moving story about immigration and assimilation, and one of the best movies of the year.
The HBO documentary Listening to Kenny G brilliantly explores the gulf between market success and critical acclaim.
The members of Zeus fought for the freedom to be frikis. Then they joined the Castro government's official Agency of Rock.
Books, films, and more related to the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Happy 50th birthday to Muswell Hillbillies, a concept album about nostalgia, conformity, and the evils of urban renewal programs.
Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, formerly owned by Martin Shkreli, was auctioned off by the government and bought by the blockchain/art enthusiasts at PleasrDAO.
Unearthed relics tell the story of the long-forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival, which featured the likes of Nina Simone, B.B. King, and Stevie Wonder.
He may have taken off the MAGA cap. But he's still finding a way to push people's buttons.
Forget Robin DiAngelo and White Fragility. Theory of Enchantment uses popular culture to make workplaces more inclusive and welcoming.
Chloe Valdary's Theory of Enchantment program uses Kendrick Lamar, Cheryl Strayed, and The Lion King to ease workplace racial tensions.
Around half a million Americans are stuck at any given time in pretrial detention, often because they can’t afford freedom.
Why postwar culture from Jack Kerouac to Andy Warhol to James Baldwin to Susan Sontag to Yoko Ono battled boundaries hemming them in.
"I chose to be that guy who didn't issue the apology," says Daniel Elder. "Things went from there and it wasn't good."
The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
How Axl Rose reflected a country desperate but unwilling to move on from a worn-out postwar consensus on national identity, gender roles, and global hegemony.
Madam's Organ owner Bill Duggan says opening venues for the vaccinated would be a "win-win-win." Artists could perform, businesses could make money, and people would have one more reason to get their shot.
Songs like "Gun Totin' Patriot" and "We Outside" might be ridiculous, Trump-worshiping schlock, but their embrace of controversial themes breathes some rebelliousness back into rap.
The Harmonious Living Amendment Act improves on past proposals to fine street musicians. It still suffers from all the typical problems that come with top-down regulation.
Also: Cancel culture knives are out for The United States of Al. It doesn’t deserve them.
What we know about Holiday’s mistreatment is compelling enough without muddling her history.
Behemoth frontman Adam 'Nergal' Darski was fined $5,000 for a 2019 social media post that showed him stepping on an image of the Virgin Mary.
Alex Winter's new film celebrates the Rock Hall of Famer's individualism, anti-authoritarianism, and entrepreneurship.
The rock legend fought for free speech and self-expression in ways that appealed to dissidents in America and communist countries alike.
For a small production, it's a remarkable technical achievement.
How can a place that we're intimately familiar with—more than half of America lives in the suburbs—be so unknowable?
We don't normally talk about how rock's late, great lead guitarist was an immigrant success story and inspiration to early hip hop, but that's only because he (and America!) were too busy getting rad.
'Political correctness has grown to become the unhappiest religion in the world.'
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