Former Sex Pistol Sid Vicious was arrested on October 12th at the Chelsea Hotel and charged with the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend of almost two years, Nancy Spungen. Spungen, like Vicious (real name John Simon Ritchie) a heroin addict, is thought to have died between the hours of five and nine on the morning Sid was arrested. Her body was found in the bathroom of the couple’s first-floor hotel room in a pool of blood. Dr. Geetha Natarajan, associate medical examiner for Manhattan, said the cause of death was internal hemorrhaging due to a single knife wound to the lower abdomen. Vicious’ personal friends in the punk community immediately suspected that Spungen’s death was part of a botched double suicide. “They were both really depressed and talked about dying the last few weeks,” said a woman who had become friendly with them at the Chelsea. Another friend said the couple had a long-standing agreement that if one died, the other would follow. Then, a week after his release … [Read more...] about Sid Vicious Accused of Murder
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Best Foot Forward: These 13 Shoe Brands Pair Style With Sustainability
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The climate crisis is real. The statistics are grim. The hurdles are high. But if we learned anything from the recent vaccine development it should be that big things can happen when we all put our heads together, attack a common problem, and commit to making meaningful change. One easy change you can pledge to make is to walk the sustainable walk when shopping for shoes . Many titans of the footwear industry have probably earned a long walk of shame as shoe production accounts for a fifth of the fashion industry’s environmental impact and generates 1.4 percent of global carbon emissions annually. But nowadays, there are players like Allbirds and Rothy’s, as well as established giants like Adidas and Converse , who are thinking outside of the shoebox and making it easy to be green. A whole new world of vegan leather, bamboo … [Read more...] about Best Foot Forward: These 13 Shoe Brands Pair Style With Sustainability
Steve Martin Crashes ‘Only Murders’ Co-Star Selena Gomez’s ‘SNL’ Debut For Sketch On Whoopie Cushion Inventor
Steve Martin crashed his Only Murders co-star Selena Gomez’s first episode as host of SNL , for a pre-taped sketch on whoopie cushion inventor, Archie Gizmo. The segment on Martin’s fictional inventor came as part of the show American Inventors , hosted by Taylor Gosh (Gomez). “The automobile, paper cup, dancing, computer. These were all invented. But who did that, and what is their story?” Gosh wonders up top. “We begin with Archie Gizmo, the brilliant inventor of the whoopie cushion.” We then cut to Gizmo himself, who explains that back in the early ’60s, he was just a “struggling gag inventor,” who had thus far created only an early prototype of the whoopie cushion. “I knew it would be funny to have your boss sit down and [have] a noise come from his butt,” said Gizmo, “but I just couldn’t figure out what noise.” Helping the inventor to crack the case is Ms. Dina Beans (Aidy Bryant), a woman he sees from afar at a party. “Her energy was magnetic; her eyes … [Read more...] about Steve Martin Crashes ‘Only Murders’ Co-Star Selena Gomez’s ‘SNL’ Debut For Sketch On Whoopie Cushion Inventor
Explaining Who-Mania, For Pete’s Sake
NEW YORK – Like prison guards readying for a riot, a security force of close to five hundred assembled and listened to a quick briefing before going into the cavernous Madison Square Garden for the first of the Who ‘s four sellout concerts. Outside, before the doors were opened, the predominantly male crowd grew larger and the noise level increased proportionately until at seven o’clock a dungareed army of 21,000 ticket holders lurched through the gates and the dash for seats began. There was tension in the air, a tingling sensation, similar to the rush of excitement that prefaced the Stones ‘ concert and Dylan concerts at the Garden. The Who last played New York three years ago, and the day was marked by the fatal stabbing of a guard in front of the Forest Hills Stadium. (The appearances this time around were, in a sense, owed: The Who avoided New York during a 22-date U.S. tour last winter because they couldn’t arrange compatible dates.) In spite of violent incidents at … [Read more...] about Explaining Who-Mania, For Pete’s Sake
Pete Townshend on Mick Jagger and the Nature of Aging in Rock & Roll
M ick Jagger , Singer of the Rolling Stones , turned forty years old on July 26th. Apart from the fact that forty is a nice, round number, it also signifies the twentieth year of the Stones’ career. Looking for a maxim suitable to open an article in which I would try hard to find some reason why these events should be of interest, I came across a Proverb (22:6) in the May issue of Awake: “Train a boy according to the way for him; even when he grows old he will not turn aside from it.” The Times is an appropriate place for me to be airing my thoughts on this moment in rock history. On June 30th, 1967, my group, the Who , took an advertisement in the Evening Standard to protest against the savage sentences meted out to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for possession of drugs. We really thought we were going out on a limb, attracting the attention of the police and the press and probably opening ourselves up for similar busts. On the following day, however, the Times … [Read more...] about Pete Townshend on Mick Jagger and the Nature of Aging in Rock & Roll
Julie Plec Salutes ‘Legacies’, ‘Roswell’ & ‘The Endgame’ Teams In Social Media Farewells, Promises Satisfying Finales For CW Shows
Julie Plec is raising a social media glass to her team, colleagues, friends and fans who were affected by The CW ’s decision to cancel her shows Legacies and Roswell , and NBC’s ruling that The Endgame should be ended. Initially, Plec tweeted a short statement on the cancellations.“It’s the Red Wedding at WBTV/CW today,” she tweeted at first. “Much more to say, but not today. Loads of gratitude coming for fans and cast and crew in future tweets. But today, we mourn.” After a proper mourning period, she came back to Twitter with a long string of thank-yous. “A toast thread to the fallen and the fans who have to say goodbye,” Plec tweeted on Friday to begin her series of salutes. “To The Endgame, a show centered around two brilliant women played by two brilliant women, surrounded by an army of great men and women, led with kindness and grace by the wonderful Nick Wootton “To Roswell, NM, a love letter to cowboys and aliens (and gay cowboys especially). … [Read more...] about Julie Plec Salutes ‘Legacies’, ‘Roswell’ & ‘The Endgame’ Teams In Social Media Farewells, Promises Satisfying Finales For CW Shows
RS Recommends: Get ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Book for $30 (Half-Off) Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The original Let it Be film has stood as a document of The Beatles ’ breakup for more than 50 years, but an new documentary and six-disc boxed set — containing two mixes of the album and an assortment of outtakes — aim to bust the myth that John, Paul, George, and Ringo did nothing but fight during the album’s creation. The stories continue to flow in Get Back , a 240-page companion book to the boxed set , that features interview snippets and photos taken by Ethan A. Russell, Linda McCartney, and others from the Let It Be sessions. Normally $60, you can get this book for just $30 right now now on Amazon , which is 50% off the cover price, and the biggest discount we’ve seen yet. Amazon Buy: The Beatles: Get Back at $30.00 What makes Get Back such an interesting resource is that it’s a … [Read more...] about RS Recommends: Get ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Book for $30 (Half-Off) Online
The Buffalo Shooter Isn’t a ‘Lone Wolf.’ He’s a Mainstream Republican
There’s no such thing as a lone wolf — an appellation often given, in error, to terrorists who act alone, particularly those of the white supremacist variety. There are only those people who, fed a steady diet of violent propaganda and stochastic terror, take annihilatory rhetoric to its logical conclusion. Such was the case on Saturday, when a teenaged white supremacist named Payton Gendron opened fire in a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo , New York, killing 10 people, while livestreaming the carnage on the live-video site Twitch. Prior to the shooting, he had posted a 180-page manifesto in which he laid out his rationale clearly: He was an adherent of what is called Great Replacement Theory, the idea that white people, in the United States and white-majority countries around the world, are being systematically, deliberately outbred and “replaced” by immigrants and ethnic minorities, in a deliberate attempt to rid the world of whiteness. It’s a conspiracy theory … [Read more...] about The Buffalo Shooter Isn’t a ‘Lone Wolf.’ He’s a Mainstream Republican
Conor McGregor’s Irish Fans Cuss At Floyd Mayweather’s Kids
TMZSports.com A bunch of Irish fans of Conor McGregor fired off some F-bombs at Floyd Mayweather 's children -- including his 14-year-old daughter -- screaming, "F*ck the Mayweathers." It all went down right after the weigh-in at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Friday ... where Floyd's kids were hanging about 30 or 40 yards from a pack of rowdy Conor fans. You can see Floyd's 17-year-old son, Koraun , in a camouflage TMT shirt mocking the McGregor fans while they yell at the kids, including 14-year-old Jirah , 16-year-old Zion and 17-year-old Iyanna . The kids seems to be enjoying the spectacle! The fans eventually stopped cussing and flipping the bird -- and started chanting, "Stand up for the boys in green" ... while Koraun continued to dance. Don't worry, it didn't escalate -- probably because the kids were surrounded by Floyd's massive TMT bodyguards. … [Read more...] about Conor McGregor’s Irish Fans Cuss At Floyd Mayweather’s Kids