Don Rickles, the bark-is-bigger-than-his bite comedian who died Thursday morning, was still working until the end. Before he died from kidney failure, the comic was working on a new series with AARP titled Dinner with Don, which featured the star having dinner comedians and actors.Watch the comedian gently roasting famous funny people like Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel, and Paul Rudd.
RZA and Paul Banks Tag Team Spicy Wings
Wu-Tang Clan sensei RZA and Interpol frontman Paul Banks have been making music together since 2011, but they haven’t really tested the bonds of their relationship until now, when Banks dragged RZA into the Hot Ones studio without telling him what was in store. Of course, the Abbot has plenty of Shaolin powers to draw upon while facing down the Scoville sword style of Pain 100% and Mad Dog 357. Find out how the pair do against five wings of death in HOT ONES.
The Melvins’ Drummer Released A 12-Sided Record
Dale Crover, the drummer for the Melvins who spent part of 1988 in Nirvana, came up with a pretty-cool idea – a vinyl-only solo album called Skins. But here’s where it’s different: Its 12 songs only total about five minutes of music, and it has 12 sides.
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Ep. 118: Olympics With Malcolm Gladwell
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell on ways to fix track and field (3:00), how sports doping has changed over the years (10:00), Michael Phelps’s status as one of the world’s biggest athletes (29:00), and what the NBA can learn from FIBA (41:00).
Isaac Gracie Got Signed From One Song. Here’s The Reason Why
21-year-old Englishman Isaac Gracie got a record deal on the strength of one song, Last Words. And watch this video, and you’ll know why. I tell a lot of artists to never be afraid to go out to the streets and play. It’s wonderful practice, and you get a piece of video out of it. Here’s Isaac in Paris, singing Last Words and Terrified, both on his EP Songs from My Bedroom.
How Toronto’s The Police Picnic Influenced Questlove’s Own Festival
Questlove’s work spearheading the annual Roots Picnic provides the best way to think about what his unique sensibilities look like writ large. Since 2008, the fest has brought eclectic lineups to Quest’s native Philadelphia, and last October 1 and 2, the one-day affair expands to a two-day concert at New York City’s Bryant Park.
Why did you want to start your own festival in the first place?
Questlove: The genesis of it all was when I went to Japan in ’97 and picked up all sorts of concert footage. At that point in life, I literally was YouTube. Especially during the Voodoo sessions with D’Angelo, I was carrying these large Kipling bags full of nothing but videotapes and DVDs of performances you couldn’t find anywhere. One of those performances I always held dear was an event called the Police Picnic, which happened in Toronto every year between ’81 and ’83. Each member of the Police curated each night, and the lineup was really diverse, from the Specials to B.B. King to P-Funk All Stars. Now America has finally caught onto festival culture—it’s not close to Europe but at least there’s a good 20 to 30 festivals going on in the United States that are worth making a pilgrimage to—and I think it’s more special when artists curate them.
Guy’s Thumbs Are Guns N’ Roses Members For a Four-Track Cover of Sweet Child O’ Mine
The incredibly talented musician Steve Onotera aka Samuraiguitarist dressed up his thumbs as individual members of Guns N’ Roses who showed their “faces” during their respective parts in an gripping version of their momentous “Sweet Child O’ Mine“.
Chainsmokers Ties For 3rd Longest Artist With Most Consecutive Weeks In The Hot 100’s Top 10
COn the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, the twosome of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers zooms 7-3 on the Hot 100 with “Something Just Like This,” its collab with Coldplay. The song passes its prior No. 5 high to tie for The Chainsmokers’ second-highest-charting hit: before their 12-week No. 1 “Closer,” “Don’t Let Me Down,” featuring Daya, reached No. 3 in July 2016. Coldplay has charted higher only with “Viva La Vida,” its sole No. 1 in 2008.
“Something” stays at No. 4 on Digital Song Sales (59,000, down 1 percent) and surges 18-12 on Radio Songs (59 million, up 20 percent) and 25-15 on Streaming Songs (18.3 million, up 3 percent). It leads the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a fourth week.
Thanks to “Something,” as well as the duo’s No. 6-peaking “Paris,” which rebounds 10-9, The Chainsmokers have now spent 48 consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10, dating to May 21, 2016 (and encompassing four top 10s), tying Ace of Base’s record streak among non-solo acts. Here’s an update among all artists:
Most consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10
69 weeks, Katy Perry, 2010-11
51 weeks, Drake, 2015-16
48 weeks, The Chainsmokers, 2016-17
48 weeks, Ace of Base, 1993-94
46 weeks, Rihanna, 2010-1
Jimmy Kimmel’s Tribute to Don Rickles
Jimmy pays tribute to the great Don Rickles on the day of his passing. He reminisces about their friendship including their dinners together and he reads some personal letters that Don wrote to him.