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For decades, historians of the American conservative movement (sympathetic to conservatism or not) have emphasized the extraordinary importance of writers, especially the conservative intellectuals and journalists associated with National Review. This has been the case at least since George Nash published his indispensable history of post-war American conservatism in 1976. For researchers, this is convenient. …

No prom, no problem. That’s the message Dua Lipa is helping to spread to many high-school seniors across the country who won’t be able to rent that tacky tux or wear that regrettable dress this year. The 24-year-old British singer — who won the Best New Artist Grammy last year and released her second album, …

Thom Yorke blessed fans with a surprise solo release on Wednesday night. Radiohead’s enigmatic frontman debuted his new track, titled “Plasticine Figures,” for viewers of the “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” which is being produced through virtual video chats under coronavirus lockdown, then edited and aired later in the evening. A number of musical …

Maybe this will help everyone feel a bit more comfortably numb. Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead, Radiohead, Metallica and other iconic bands are all releasing archived or unseen concert footage on YouTube to help entertain fans during the coronavirus pandemic. The rare videos began hitting the groups’ channels last Thursday, according to Forbes, and will …

Joe Exotic is in talks to get a new radio show — that would be broadcast from behind bars, his husband claimed this week. “This radio station here in the US wants him to have his own radio show from inside the prison,” the “Tiger King” star’s husband, Dillon Passage, told Metro UK. “It’s kind …

The feud between Mike Francesa and the anonymous person behind the popular Funhouse account on Twitter escalated overnight and ultimately resulted in the iconic radio personality issuing a half-hearted apology for publicly engaging with his chief viral antagonist. “With what is going on in the world, I apologize for even responding to such inconsequential nonsense,” …

Another WFAN original will be signing off. Longtime update man John Minko announced Thursday on Mike Francesa’s Radio.com show that he will be taking a buyout from WFAN’s parent company Entercom because of the economic strain of the coronavirus pandemic. Friday will be the final day for the 67-year-old – nicknamed the “Mink Man” after …

You’ll be able to feel the love tonight — via a live-streamed benefit concert hosted by Elton John. The hour-long “iHeartRadio Living Room Concert for America” kicked off on Fox at 9 p.m. It will raise funds for two charities helping victims of the coronavirus and first responders working on the front lines of the …

Forty years ago, on the morning of March 20, 1980, Morty Gilbert was sitting in his Midtown office at Elektra Asylum Records when a stranger arrived in his doorway. The man was wearing a down jacket and jeans. He carried a briefcase. “He looked very average,” Gilbert, the record company’s then-sales manager, recalled. “He seemed to …

Madonna famously sang that “Music makes the people come together,” but not in this social-distancing era. With concerts canceled and clubs closed due to the Chinese virus crisis, you’ll need to have your tune time in the privacy of your place. Here are 10 albums worth revisiting as you get into your stay-at-home groove. 1. …