Covered this week; Guitarist Allan Holdsworth dead at 70… 16″ Softball getting pinched at Grant Park… Starling Marte goes down 80 games for PED’s… a sad ending to the Aaron Hernandez story…This is your brain on drugs… 50 most successful marijuana enthusiasts you should know… When and where the Clinton campaign went off the rails… A tour through what’s relevant in the Rolling Stones new exhibit ‘Exhibitionism’… The first new single from Matt Johnson in over a decade…
April 17, 2017
Allan Holdsworth, a self-taught guitarist whose protean, virtuosic style was a source of amazement even to his more famous peers, died on Saturday at his home in Vista, Calif. He was 70.
It’s a shame the Chicago Park District can’t utilize modern engineering to create a Grant Park that can be enjoyed by all…
April 18, 2017
“Neglect and lack of knowledge have led me to this mistake, with the high price to pay of being away from the field that I enjoy and love so much. With much embarrassment and helplessness, I ask for forgiveness for unintentionally disrespecting so many people who have trusted in my work and have supported me so much. I promise to learn the lesson that this ordeal has left me. God bless you.”
I’m guessing there’s nothing nefarious within Marte’s dilemma here, but if you’re a professional athlete making millions of dollars, you need to have someone that makes sure this doesn’t happen…
April 19, 2017
“The former tight end nodded and wept after the jury foreperson read the verdicts of not guilty, and suddenly a man serving a life sentence behind bars had something new to live for.” Until he hung himself at least…
April 20, 2017
Rachael Leigh Cook, who starred in the 1997 version of the “This Is Your Brain on Drugs” PSA, appears in a new video for 4/20 that spoofs the ad’s frying pan and egg motif to highlight the devastating effects of the war on drugs, especially on minority communities.
Who says stoners never accomplish anything? From famous actors to writers, innovators and pop stars, this group of 50 has helped change the way society views pot and the people that enjoy it.
April 21, 2017
There is a critical scene in Shattered, the new behind-the-scenes campaign diary by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, in which staffers in the Hillary Clinton campaign begin to bicker with one another. At the end of Chapter One, which is entirely about that campaign’s exhausting and fruitless search for a plausible explanation for why Hillary was running, writers Allen and Parnes talk about the infighting problem.
April 22, 2017
“Exhibitionism,” the first major Rolling Stones exhibit, will be up through July 30 at Navy Pier. It brings together 500 items spanning the band’s 50-year career and spreads them across an 18,000-square-foot space, including replicas of the band’s first flat in London and one of its recording studios. It would take multiple visits to take in all the exhibit has to offer, though much like the band’s musical output, not everything is worth lingering over. Here are some items that are.
April 23, 2017
Matt Johnson has debuted his first new single as The The in over a decade. ‘We Can’t Stop What’s Coming’ is a tribute to his late brother that will be released as a 7″ single on Record Store day in the UK.
