Travis Bacon’s Musical Mayhem – SPIN

Travis Bacon’s Musical Mayhem – SPIN

When Kevin Bacon got bludgeoned to death in bed while smoking a post-coital joint in the 1980 classic Friday the 13th (four years before hitting it big in Footloose), it began a frightful and fruitful entertainment trajectory for him and his family. He went on to star in a string of horror and sci-fi flicks…

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Wild Card: Skrillex – SPIN

Wild Card: Skrillex – SPIN

Skrillex performs onstage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 3, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. (Credit: Natasha Moustache/Getty Images) With his album F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT, there were simply no rules. The album, released on April 1 (but no joke), is listened to as a seamless live mix. The 34 track, 46 minute journey…

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The Complex Legacy of Queer Villains in Cinema

The Complex Legacy of Queer Villains in Cinema

“The villain is the character that the people remember,” said actor Udo Kier, an icon of world cinema who’s carved out his own specific niche of Euro-flavored antagonists in a career spanning six decades. But remembrance, and inevitable reverence, for villains bears a divisiveness as we’re morally conditioned to demonize them. (Credit: Getty Images) The…

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Song of the Year: Doechii’s ‘Anxiety’

Song of the Year: Doechii’s ‘Anxiety’

You know that overwhelming feeling of uneasiness you’ve been experiencing lately? That sense of dread and uncertainty, as if you’re waiting for the next bad thing to happen? Perhaps you’ve felt an unexplainable tightness in your chest, followed by a shortness of breath, and thousands of “what if?” thoughts invading your head. If so, you…

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL – SPIN

A CHRISTMAS CAROL – SPIN

Taylor Momsen breezes into a Manhattan diner like a benevolent banshee, her pale skin and long blonde hair shock against her all-black silhouette. She’s just come from a makeup trial, lids dusted with iridescent shadow glow against her blue eyes. She orders a Coke Zero with a straw, curling her long fingers around the pebbled…

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