Covered this week; Century old San Francisco earthquake… Keith Haring… origins of 4/20… Schilling finally fired by ESPN… Harriet Tubman is on the money… Prince dies, Minneapolis mourns… Jake Arrieta throws his second no-hitter… Matt Taibbi and Rob Sheffield offer Prince eulogies… inside Paisley Park… science looks inside the nature of Freddie Mercury’s golden pipes… Patton Oswalt offers advice for Sanders supporters.
April 18, 2016
110 years ago today on April 18, 1906, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake centered near the city of San Francisco struck at 5:15 AM. The intense shaking toppled hundreds of buildings, but the resulting out-of-control fires were even more destructive. Broken water mains and limited firefighting capabilities allowed city-wide fires to burn for several days. Nearly 500 city blocks were leveled, with more than 25,000 buildings destroyed. At the time, the city was home to more than 400,000 residents—after the disaster, 250,000 were left homeless. The exact death toll is undetermined, but most estimates place the number of deaths caused by the earthquake and fire at more than 3,000. A phenomenal photography collection documenting the event.
April 19, 2016
“While exploring the internet underground, we uncovered this fantastic 80s-era video of Keith Haring illegally chalking up subway walls with his inimitable pictographs.”
April 20, 2016
As complete a history as you’re going to find on the origins of 420…
Douchebag extraordinaire Curt Schilling… finally fired by ESPN… along with Christine Brennan’s view on why it was long overdue.
In a beautiful twist of irony… Harriet Tubman will replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the center of a new $20 note while the newly popular Alexander Hamilton will remain on the $10 bill.
April 21, 2016
What’s to say? Prince has died at the age of 57… a brutal hit to what remains great about music… Minneapolis mourns.
A brilliant eulogy from Rob Sheffield.
Prince’s towering legacy… an appreciation from Greg Kot.
Jake Arrieta hurls another no-hitter… an inside look at the Arrieta trade that brought the Cubs much more than they could have ever hoped…
April 22, 2016
Matt Taibbi for Rolling Stone… “Then at the end, when he played “Purple Rain,” nature upstaged the most scripted event on Earth to unleash torrents of water on the stadium. The joy on Prince’s face was unmistakable as he screamed his guitar higher and higher while buckets of rain came down on him.“
Inside Paisley Park back in 1999.
April 23, 2016
Scientists confirm… Freddie Mercury was one of the most gifted vocalists there ever was…
First ever live performance of Purple Rain…
April 24, 2016
Keepin’ it light this Sunday at the end of a rollercoaster week… Patton Oswalt wants you to know ‘You’re a f**king child’ if you don’t vote because you hate Hillary…
