Here is every KISS album ranked from worst to best. As large as life and twice as loud, KISS have become an American rock and roll institution over forty-odd years in the spotlight. But before they were ubiquitous, KISS members Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, were just were just another struggling band
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A new Apple+ docu-series titled John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial includes new eyewitness accounts that reveal the strange disconnect between killer Mark David Chapman and his brutal act. “He actually apologized to us,” one bystander reports in the promotional trailer below. “He said: ‘Gee, I’m sorry I ruined your night.’ And I said, ‘You
Myles Goodwyn, the singer, guitarist and primary songwriter for Canadian rock group April Wine, has died at the age of 75. Goodwyn formed April Wine in 1969 alongside brothers Ritchie and David Henman, and their cousin, Jim Henman. The group’s self-titled debut album arrived two years later, but generated only minor attention. Steadily, the band’s
Sadness — it’s one of the strongest human emotions and something everyone feels, whether they’re bottling it up, bawling their eyes out, putting on a brave face or just plain refusing to admit it. In heavy music, sadness is often resigned (to the tune of poor jokes) for emo and ’80s hair ballads. We’re here to
Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is currently in its fourth year. We are a weekly podcast for writers craving a unique blend of inspiration and real talk about the ups and downs of the writing life. Hosted by Brooke Warner of She Writes and Grant Faulkner of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), each theme-focused episode
Narrator Dion Graham joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to discuss his narration of King: A Life, written by Jonathan Eig, and one of AudioFile’s 2023 Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks. Listen to hear Graham discussing the research and preparations that went into this narration, and the challenges he faced bringing it to life. It’s a riveting
There was a lesson at school about the painting Las Meninas, when Shaun was fifteen. It was about how the painting disoriented its viewer and left them not knowing what it was they were looking at. It’s a painting inside a painting, his teacher had said – look closely. Look here. Velázquez, the artist, is
All photos courtesy of e-Kitabu. In 1993, I was a teenager, volunteering to work with street children in Kibera, the largest “slum” on the continent of Africa. I held babies, played hokey-pokey and Swahili versions of patty cake with grade-school kids, fielded requests for money by street children as we rode the matatus to downtown
When finishing a novel, there is an introspective sweet spot before publication and after the final edits get turned in, when, in a quiet anxious period, I’m forced to look at my creation, to try and understand what I have done, to remember how this thing was formed. An important question for any journey: what
Finally, we can say that if male aggressiveness and sporadic violent competition do seem to be general aspects of human nature, group violence, along with social inequality and subordination, are generally not—at least not when we live in the social conditions under which we evolved as a species. Those conditions changed as the domestication of
‘Tis the season—of year end lists. Also, year-end gifts, year-end busyness, all while the rush of late-year books keep tumbling out, reminding us that 2023 definitely isn’t over yet. From these rich stacks I am grateful to gather work by Tacey M. Atsitty, Shane Book, Nick Laird, Tomasz Różycki, Alice Notley, Marlon Hacla, and translators
Igbo goddesses! Trans Jesus! Queer political marriages! December doesn’t always have a wealth of SFF offerings, but the books being released before the end of 2023 seem to have the perfect hooks to make them irresistible additions to your TBR and/or gifting piles. This month’s list ranges from Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ’s debut to Geoff Ryman’s latest,
In the summer darkness of the Massachusetts Berkshires, my friends and I build a fire. These are not just any friends—they’re dear friends from high school, friends I rarely see anymore because of distance and moving and money and all else that comes with growing up. It’s been two years since all six of us
Redmi Note 13 series was launched in China in September. The Chinese smartphone brand is expected to unveil the Redmi Note 13, Redmi Note 13 Pro, and Redmi Note 13 Pro+ in the global markets soon. Ahead of their official unveiling, the European pricing of the Pro models has leaked online. All three phones in
Huawei is tipped to be working on a virtual reality (VR) headset that will compete with the Apple Vision Pro. The purported high-end headset will be launched by the company at the end of 2024, according to details shared by a tipster. Apple’s high-end spatial computer supports both augmented reality (AR) and VR content and
Huawei MatePad Pro 11 2024 was launched in China on Tuesday. The tablet succeeds the MatePad Pro 11 2023 model. It is powered by a Kirin 9000s chipset and is backed by an 8,300mAh battery with 66W wired fast charging support. The tablet maintains a similar design language to that of that of the preceding