
Christopher R. Weingarten
Editor, Writer, Content Specialist at Freelance
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3 weeks ago |
pitchfork.com | Christopher R. Weingarten
The sci-fi TV show Stranger Things was successfully pitched with a remix. Its creators, the Duffer Brothers, cobbled together a fake trailer featuring clips from Steven Spielberg’s E.T. with its soundtrack replaced by the menacing synths of horror king John Carpenter.
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3 weeks ago |
stereogum.com | Christopher R. Weingarten
Drummers, the vibe shift has come for you. Within the last six months it seems that every band on earth has simultaneously kicked out their drummer, despite drummers being long renowned for their reliable mien and healthy sense of personal responsibility. The virus that Stereogum’s Margaret Farrell has dubbed the “drumpocalypse” has affected everyone from Rock And Roll Hall Of Famers to rising up-and-comers, leaving a sea of cold drum stools in their wake.
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3 weeks ago |
rollingstoneindia.com | Christopher R. Weingarten |Brittany Spanos |Mosi Reeves |David Drake
The best from the bloody, bombastic, brilliant career of the hip-hop troublemaker Though he’s been a multiplatinum, Grammy-winning star for over 20 years, Eminem is not an unequivocally triumphant figure, either within pop music or within his own mind. Just listen to the vulnerability and self-doubt on his recent single “Walk on Water.” The Detroit rapper continues to make art about how people are driven crazy by weakness and lack.
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1 month ago |
rollingstone.com | Christopher R. Weingarten
May 16, 2025 Snoop Dogg GuapCity* For 30 years, it seems that there has never been a pitch too wild for Snoop Dogg.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Christopher R. Weingarten
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysSnoop Dogg - Credit: GuapCity*For 30 years, it seems that there has never been a pitch too wild for Snoop Dogg. He’s done a reggae album, a funk album, two gospel albums and even released an album on the blockchain.
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Has to be “My Philosophy” on the Yo! MTV Raps pilot in 1988. For a long time in elementary school I had assumed or invented the idea that “wick-wick-wack” was an especially harsher version of “wack”

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Netflix is launching AI-generated ads by 2026 • Designed to match the show or movie being watched • Some will appear as midroll ads or during pause breaks • Will roll out to all countries with the ad-supported tier https://t.co/t2AfRrkAGg

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From Foo Fighters to the Who to Guns N' Roses, every rock act seems to be changing drummers these days. A band-by-band breakdown of the drumpocalypse: https://t.co/dthksSjY2U