Tenacious D & Friends Share "Time Warp" Cover In Lieu of Canceled The Purple Nurple Tour... Twisting Hard to The Left! (Kung Fu Nation)

Everyone's favorite Hard Rock/Comedy troupe Tenacious D have returned with a politically-minded cover of "Time Warp" from 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tenacious D is, of course, the brainchild of actor/part-time musician Jack Black and his like-minded guitar-wielding cohort Kyle Gass. Since initially forming way back in 1994, Tenacious D has released four full-length albums: Tenacious D (2001,) The Pick of Destiny (2006,) Rize of The Fenix (2012,) and mostly recently, Post-Apocalypto (2018) all with Dave Grohl behind the drumkit. Plus, the self-proclaimed "Greatest Band In The World" even released a feature-length film, Tenacious D In The Pick of Destiny, as well as an album companion Post-Apocalypto: The Graphic Novel AND an animated web-series. Earlier this year, Ten D effectively announced The Purple Nurple Tour... Twisting Hard to The Left! which would consist of 10 shows taking place in Swing States from 9/25-10/9. Although, once COVID-19 restictions and social distancing standards went into place, most live events, including The Purple Nurple Tour... were indefinitely canceled.

So, instead, Jack Black & Kyle Gass have recruited a slew of famous friends and recognizable faces to help encourage as-yet-undecided voters to "jump to The Left." For the accompanying fittingly zany "Time Warp" music video, Jack Black sports a bald cap and a scantily clad outfit, seemingly dressed as Riff Raff from Rocky Horror, while Kyle Gass wears what appears to be a cheaply-made "Karen" Halloween costume as Columbia. Throughout Tenacious D's ROCK-Y THE VOTE fiasco we see cameos from Eric Andre, Phoebe Bridgers, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ilana Glazer, John Heilemann, Karen O, King Princess, Ezra Miller, Peaches, Michael Peña, Susan Sarandon, Sarah Silverman, George Takei, Senator Elizabeth Warren, John Waters, and Reggie Watts. Musically, "Time Warp" features, in addition to both Black & Gass, John Spiker providing producer, mixer, bass, additional piano and background vocal duties, electric guitarist John Konesky, drummer Scott Seiver, pianist Will Herrington, and Jessie Payo supplying background vocals.

Keeping in line with the Rocky Horror theme, the original cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show will reunite for a special Halloween livestream benefiting Wisconsin Democrats. It will feature Dr. Frank N. Furter himself, Tim Curry, Barry Bostick, and Nell Campbell, as wellas appearances from Lance Bass, Rosario Dawson, Jason George, Seth Green, Jason Alexander, and David Arquette. Updated renditions of the soundtrack's iconic songs will come from The Dresden Dolls, Miss Peppermint, Eiza Gonzalez, Josh Gad, Ben Barnes, Jenna Ushkowitz, Rachel Bloom, Karen Olivo, Marissa Jaret Winkour, Madison Uphoff, Kalen Chase, and Rumer Willis. Tickets for the Halloween Night events are still available to purchase either through a donation or a pledge to volunteer. Pre-orders for a special "Rock-y The Vote" 7-inch version of Tenacious D's "Time Warp" are currently available directly from Kung Fu. Nation's web-store. However, it specifies "Time Warp" 7-inch pre-orders aren't expected to ship until the end of February 2021.

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel

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