June 18, 2013

Folk Legend Richie Havens Dies at 72

Richie Havens performs at Woodstock

*Famed folk singer Richie Havens, the opening act at the 1969 Woodstock music festival, died Monday of a sudden heart attack, his publicist said. He was 72. Havens, who retired three years ago, toured for more than 30 years and recorded 30 albums. He once told Billboard that his breakthrough at Woodstock came after another [...]




Nicki Minaj Gives Fans a Taste of ‘Freedom’ (Listen)

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*Nicki Minaj just dropped a teaser for “Freedom,” a track from her upcoming album “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up,” due Nov. 19. “Freedom” appears to be a career retrospective for the performer. She raps, “They’ll never thank me for opening doors / But they ain’t even thank jesus when he died on the [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: The Essence of Liberty

Trevor Brookins

*Last week I wrote that conservatives are focused on the wrong time period. This was an attempt to give them a little credit and benefit of the doubt. I was trying to allow for the idea that conservatives genuinely have the country’s best interests at heart, but because they think about America as if the [...]