Alicia Keys' soulful 2001 debut album, "Songs in A Minor," Ricky Martin's boisterous "Livin' La Vida Loca," and Queen's epic "Bohemian Rhapsody" are just a few of the latest recordings being added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, to be preserved for future generations. On Wednesday the Library announced 25 audio recordings spanning nearly a century are being inducted to the Registry, a compendium of sound recordings deemed representative of America's artistic, cultural and historic trea...

This is just crazy. So for those too young to know, John Hinckley was a madman who tried to assassinate President Reagan back in 1981. Hinckley was released from prison back in 2016 and had been petitioning to have less and less restrictions on his probation.  Once the restrictions were released he started trying to get a music career going. Turns out he's at least a curiosity to a few people, because managed to sell out a 450 seat room for a July 8th appearance.  Hinck also plays music on his Youtube channel. Back in 1981, Hinckley became infatuated with actress Jodi Foster and in an attempt to impress her he tried to murder the president.           />This is just crazy. So for those too young to know, John Hinckley was a madman who tried to assassinate President Reagan back in 1981. Hinckley was released from prison back in 2016 and had been petitioning to have less and less restrictions on his probation.  Once the restrictions were released he started trying to get a music career going. Turns out he's at least a curiosity to a few people, because managed to sell out a 450 seat room for a July 8th appearance.  Hinck also plays music on...

Every few years a sweater Kurt Cobain wore once is sold to a new owner for a few hundred thousand dollars.  So I can only imagine what the guitar he used in the smash hit video "Smells Like Teen Spirit" will fetch. The blue left-handed 1969 Fender Mustang should be considered one of the iconic items of the Grunge movement since Kurt was the genre's reluctant king. Martin Nolan, the executive director of Julien’s Auctions, spoke to Reuters. “This is one of the most iconic guitars ever ...

Rachel Maddow has one of the most popular news hosts on the various news networks and is the number one host on MSNBC where she's hosted a nightly show since 2008. But Monday night Rachel returned from an extended hiatus, only to announce she will be cutting back to one night a week starting in May. Maddow said that she has lots of other things going on and word is she's wanted to lighten her schedule since signing her contract last year. For the remainder or April, Rachel will host Monday through Thursday, as she always has. Then in May she'll just be there Monday nights and a series of guests will host the rest of the week.  Which always sucks. Rachel just finished a book and film based on her podcast, Bag Man. Rachel Maddow has one of the most popular news hosts on the various news networks and is the number one host on MSNBC where she's hosted a nightly show since 2008. But Monday night Rachel returned from an extended hiatus, only to announce she will be cutting back to one night a week starting in May. Maddow said that she has lots of other things going on and word is she's wanted to lighten her schedule since signing her contract last year. For the remainder or April, Rachel will host Monday...

It's so mysterious looking! We knew there would be something special about JLo's engagement ring from Ben.  They're not really a subtle couple. Jen explained in her "On the Jlo" newsletter (eye roll) this week what's special about it. She included a video of the green stone in the silver setting but doesn't say what it is. It's so mysterious looking! We knew there would be something special about JLo's engagement ring from Ben.  They're not really a subtle couple. Jen explained in her "On the Jlo" newsletter (eye roll) this week what's special about it. She included a video of the green stone in the silver setting but doesn't say what it is. "I always say the color green is my lucky color," Lopez, 52, once wrote, pointing to the iconic jungle-print Versace gown she wore to the 2000 Grammys. "Maybe you ca...

Elon Musk has decided to back out of the deal to buy a majority of Twitter. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced publicly on Sunday that Musk remains the largest shareholder of Twitter, and the company will remain open to his input. Musk informed Twitter on Saturday morning that he would not, in fact, take the board seat. Agrawal wrote, “We were excited to collaborate and clear about the risks. We also believed that having Elon as a fiduciary of the company where he, like all board memb...

Jack White is like the president of alternative music and thus his wedding belongs to all of us.  So that might explain why we all got to see it. Jack was at the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit while performing the White Stripes' 2001 single "Hotel Yorba" when he suddenly proposed to his girlfriend, Olivia Jean. Just a few minutes later, after the set concluded, White and Jean re-emerged for an encore with their families, surprising the crowd with a makeshift wedding ceremony officiated ...

In the last few years The Simpsons have gotten a little more woke with their characters.  They put Apu in the background for a more modern and realistic depiction of an Indian American and they took a hard lean into roasting Trump. So of course it's time to start getting the deaf community involved! Deaf voice actor John Autry II will star as well we'll see the first use of American Sign Language to be seen on the show. Sunday's upcoming episode of the long-running cartoon, titled "...

Colin Kaepernick is one of my personal heroes.  Besides, IMO, being the catalyst for a world wide movement hell bent on making humanity equal, he did so by risking everything.  He also did so by means of passive/peaceful protest. Meaning he harmed NO ONE. So who better to pass on wisdom to the next gen than a man with a clear focus on right and wrong. In a new autobiographical book, he remembers kids asking, "Why are you the only brown one in your family?" and "Why did you color yourself different?" Kaepernick, who is biracial and adopted by White parents, drew them in yellow crayon and himself in brown. Kaep teamed up with illustrator Eric Wilkerson to make the book to help convey the feel of the story. "Every scene that he was in, I wanted there to be this warm, happy color around him," Wilkerson said, adding that Kaepernick was involved in "every stage" of the project. "It is his story. This is an event that happened in his life," Wilkerson said. I could honestly cry. This book is so sweet. Colin Kaepernick is one of my personal heroes.  Besides, IMO, being the catalyst for a world wide movement hell bent on making humanity equal, he did so by risking everything.  He also did so by means of passive/peaceful protest. Meaning he harmed NO ONE. So who better to pass on wisdom to the next gen than a man with a clear focus on right and wrong. In a new autobiographical book, he remembers kids asking, "Why are you the only brown one in your family?" and "Why did you color yourself...

This is a more common story than you might think.  Even among the rich and famous.  Bill Corrigan of Smashing Pumpkins says he saw a person shape shift in front of his very eyes. Ok. Let that simmer while I tell you about Mira.  Mira, who you may know as Romy from "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" claims she saw a UFO while staying in Malibu in 2018. 'I have seen a UFO, for real. There is nothing else to explain it. I woke up in the middle of the night. We were in a rented hous...

Yesterday we saw A&E's entry into the popular trend of captivating cultural documentaries.  Today we learn Amazon Prime isn't sleeping on the genre either. Amazon Music presents “For Love & Country,” which takes a close look at the black artist in country music who are changing the scene and being accepted. Amazon describes it as: "Country music has always been Black music. For Love & Country examines the genre's past through the lens of a new generation of Black artists cl...

AMC has decided this will be the last (the sixth) season of Better Call Saul, wrapping up the much beloved series that follows Odenkirk as an unscrupulous lawyer. But Bob isn't going anywhere.  He's not even leaving AMC! He'll be starring in a series adaptation of Richard Russo’s novel Straight Man with Odenkirk set to star as William Henry Devereaux, Jr., the unlikely chairman of the English department in a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt. Assuming the ...