Ahead of releasing her debut album, Juno, Los Angeles experimental rap-pop standout Remi Wolf has shared two new tracks, “Anthony Keidis” and “Front Tooth,” which follow “Guerrilla” and “Sexy Villain.” Both tracks also got the video treatment, with Remi walking down Hollywood Boulevard on the Chili Peppers-referencing track and punching it out with boxing gloves in “Front Tooth.” Both clips are also loudly patterned (as you should always expect with Remi Wolf), with bright, eye-popping, extremely Gen-Z aesthetics.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Remi said the name Juno was meant to pay homage to her dog. “Juno was there for the writing of every song on the album. He was my buddy every second of the day: Peeing on the floor, puking everywhere.”
She also touched on the album’s content, saying, “It’s a very LA record,” Wolf says. She’s also been bowled over by the massive fan response, which has been amplified by co-signs from big names like Willow, John Mayer, and Camila Cabello. Commenting on playing a show in Brooklyn, she said the fan attention “was quite a wake-up call. People knew my lyrics and they were screaming them back at me. It was super crazy — about the biggest energy exchange I’ve ever felt in my life.”
Watch both “Anthony Keidis” and “Front Tooth” above. Juno drops 10/15 via Island. Pre-order it here.
Back in late 2019, Donald Trump made an unplanned trip to Walter Reed Medical Center, which led to lots of speculation in the media about what might have prompted it. While the then-president’s press team assured inquiring minds that it was nothing more than a routine check-up, Raw Story is reporting that in her new book, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham admits that the hospital visit had more to do with one big a**hole.
According to Grisham, Trump was there to have a colonoscopy—but refused to be anesthetized for the procedure because it would mean temporarily signing over his presidential powers to Mike Pence—and because he didn’t want to be “the butt” (her words) of every late night talk show host’s opening monologue.
Though the procedure took place nearly two years ago, Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t about to let a little thing like the passage of time get in the way of making fun of the former POTUS. “I have to say, it gives me a lot of satisfaction as a late night talk show host to know that he opted to stay awake while they augured his innards with a sewer snake specifically because he didn’t want us making fun of him,” he said. Then, noting that he is “contractually and ethically obligated” to make some jokes about Trump’s colonoscopy, Kimmel delivered a belated lineup of them:
The president went to Walter Reed Hospital for a colonoscopy today. It took a while because the doctor kept accidentally sticking the camera in his mouth.
As soon as they switched the camera on, Trump turned around and said, ‘Hey doc, how are the ratings?’
The president’s doctor decided to schedule this procedure after the White House toilet killed itself.”
For the total assault, you can watch the full clip above (it starts around the 2:00 mark).
In a few weeks, LA indie-folk performer Bedouine (aka Azniv Korkejian) will release her third studio album, Waysides. Ahead of that, she has shared a gorgeous new song and video called “It Wasn’t Me.” Filmed in grainy sepia tones, the Allyson Yarrow Pierce-directed video finds Korkejian driving down a scenic West Coast highway and bathing in a pond. Peak early fall vibes!
“This song represents a special stage to me,” Korkejian said of the new song. “I was just starting my habit of bedroom demoing. Locking myself in for hours at a time to put away a feeling was the most rewarding thing. If I felt that I captured what I was feeling, I’d send it to whomever it was about, like an elaborate letter. It was thrilling.”
She added, “That was 15 years ago and not much has changed. The song itself is about spending an evening with someone, thinking it was this incredibly romantic time, only to find out I was alone in that feeling. It’s a reflection of that bewilderment and the denial that can follow. It feels good to share after so long. It makes me nostalgic for bygone days, which is one of the threads that runs through Waysides.”
Waysides follows Korkejian’s 2019 effort, Bird Songs Of A Killjoy. Look for Waysides 10/22. Pre-order it here.
After taking a brief reprieve, Elon Musk has returned to his favorite obsession (besides Dogecoin): Busting Jeff Bezos’ balls. The dunk-fest kicked off on Monday when Musk provided a comment to Forbes after he pulled ahead of Bezos to become the world’s richest man. “I’m sending a giant statue of the digit ‘2’ to Jeffrey B., along with a silver medal,” Musk wrote to Forbes in an email, and that was just the warm-up act.
The following day, Musk sat down with tech reporter Kara Swisher at Tuesday’s CodeCon 2021, and it was all-systems-go for jokes about Bezos, uh, rocket. According to Guardian reporter Kari Paul, Swisher set Musk up by asking him about Bezos’ Blue Origin mission and noting that “you all make fun of each other’s rockets.”
“Well, it could be a different shape…” Musk quipped about Bezos’ Blue Origin capsule, which has a distinctly phallic shape to it. However, the conversation turned more pointed as Musk criticized Bezos for filing lawsuits against the Tesla CEO’s SpaceX company. Via CNBC:
“I think I’ve expressed my thoughts on that front – I think he should put more of his energy into getting to orbit, [rather] than lawsuits,” Musk said Tuesday at the CodeCon 2021 conference in Beverly Hills, California.
“You cannot sue your way to the moon, no matter how good your lawyers are,” Musk added.
Ever since the world got a glimpse at the penis rocket, Musk has been routinely mocking Bezos’ efforts to join the space race, which has involved the aforementioned lawsuits. Back in August, Musk blasted Bezos by joking about the real reason he stepped down as CEO of Amazon.
“Turns out Besos [sic] retired in order to pursue a full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX,” Musk tweeted during a busy day of posting the laughing face emoji in response to d*ck rocket jokes.
Kodak Black is headed to rehab, according to TMZ. The Pompano Beach, Florida rapper reportedly violated the terms of his supervised release by failing a drug test and was consequently ordered to attend a 90-day residential treatment program. Kodak was serving a 46-month sentence for lying on an application to buy a gun but was pardoned by Donald Trump early this year along with Lil Wayne, who was facing gun charges of his own. TMZ also reports that Kodak is already checked into the program. Here’s hoping he gets the help he needs.
Unfortunately, Koday Black doesn’t have the greatest record with treatment. Back in 2017, it was reported that he burped his way out of anger management sessions. His counselor at the time found him to be disturbing group therapy and asked him to leave, eventually resorting to threats to call 911.
Although Kodak did receive a pardon on his gun charges, he pled guilty to sexually assaulting a minor from an alleged 2016 incident involving a teenaged fan at Comfort Inn in South Carolina. He was sentenced to probation for 18 months against a suspended 10-year sentence, as well as agreeing to undergo counseling.
Kodak Black is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Last month, I celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System by compiling over 200,000 user ratings from multiple gaming websites, crunching the numbers, and coming up with a data-driven list of the system’s most popular games among modern players. Now, this month brings another major video game anniversary: The Nintendo 64 was released in North America 25 years ago today, on Sept. 29, 1996.
The SNES and N64 enjoyed very different lives. While the SNES was the clear leader of its console generation, its follow-up was not: The N64 sold about 32 million units, which is less than the SNES’ lifetime sales (49 million). More importantly, it lived in the shadow of its main competitor, the PlayStation, which sold about three times as many consoles.
That said, there’s plenty to love about the N64, and critics agree: The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time is the highest-rated game of all time across all consoles on Metacritic. It’s also the only title on the review-aggregating site to achieve a 99 rating. A handful of other games are scattered throughout the site’s top-100 list as well, which is impressive considering not many games were released for the N64: just 296 in North America. For reference, that’s substantially less than half the size of the SNES’ North American library (720 games).
Derrick Rossignol for Uproxx
Speaking of ratings, the aforementioned SNES rankings feature was a fun project that taught me (and hopefully you) a lot about the defining console of my childhood. So, still in data-gathering mode, I decided to make a similar list for the N64, one that can help you plan which games to play first when N64 games are added to Nintendo Switch Online, as was recently announced.
The methodology used to compile these rankings was essentially the same as the SNES list, so revisit that for more details. To summarize, though, I collected user ratings — 250,849 of them this time — for North American N64 games from Emuparadise, Grouvee, IGDB, and HowLongToBeat. Then, I calculated a Final Score for each game, based on both their user ratings and how many ratings they received, in order to weigh both how beloved a game is and how many people are still playing it today.
(Before proceeding to the list, there’s a cape-wearing elephant in the room that I’ll address before we get to it: Superman — aka Superman 64 — is fairly high up on the list, despite that fact that it’s widely regarded as a historically awful game. I attribute that to users ironically giving the game many positive ratings over the years. Thankfully, though, those shenanigans don’t seem prevalent in the data and Superman is the only notable head-scratcher that I noticed. So, if it makes you feel better, ignore Superman and nudge everything below it up a spot in your head. I won’t get mad.)
As I stated in the SNES feature, this N64 list has nothing to do with my personal opinions, just what a quarter of a million user ratings indicate. So, let’s get into it, starting at 100 and sprinting towards the top of the ranks before slowing down and getting into more detail with the top 10 games.
100. Command & Conquer
99. San Francisco Rush 2049
98. Turok 3: Shadow Of Oblivion
97. Clay Fighter 63 1/3
96. Shadow Man
95. Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA
94. BattleTanx: Global Assault
93. Quest 64
92. Hybrid Heaven
91. FIFA 99
90. Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear To The Rescue
89. Quake 64
88. Snowboard Kids 2
87. Glover
86. Castlevania
85. Spider-Man
84. South Park
83. F-1 World Grand Prix
82. Goemon’s Great Adventure
81. Cruis’n World
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80. Worms Armageddon
79. Vigilante 8
78. Beetle Adventure Racing!
77. Chameleon Twist
76. Rampage 2: Universal Tour
75. Excitebike 64
74. Ogre Battle 64: Person Of Lordly Caliber
73. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
72. Fighting Force 64
71. Killer Instinct Gold
70. WWF WrestleMania 2000
69. Mortal Kombat Trilogy
68. Donald Duck: Goin’ Quackers
67. Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes
66. Extreme-G
65. Mission: Impossible
64. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
63. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
62. Cruis’n USA
61. Turok 2: Seeds Of Evil
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60. WCW Vs. nWo: World Tour
59. Mischief Makers
58. 007: The World Is Not Enough
57. Space Station Silicon Valley
56. International Superstar Soccer 64
55. WCW/nWo Revenge
54. Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
53. San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing
52. Hydro Thunder
51. Snowboard Kids
50. Harvest Moon 64
49. Resident Evil 2
48. Mortal Kombat 4
47. Pilotwings 64
46. Bomberman Hero
45. World Cup 98
44. Rampage World Tour
43. Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire
42. Jet Force Gemini
41. StarCraft
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40. Rayman 2: The Great Escape
39. Bomberman 64
38. Gauntlet Legends
37. Doom 64
36. Mario Golf
35. Blast Corps
34. Star Wars Episode I: Racer
33. Pokémon Puzzle League
32. 1080° Snowboarding
31. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
30. F-Zero X
29. Mario Party 3
28. WWF No Mercy
27. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
26. Yoshi’s Story
25. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
24. Wave Race 64
23. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
22. Mario Tennis
21. Mario Party 2
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20. Perfect Dark
19. Mario Party
18. Duke Nukem 64
17. Diddy Kong Racing
16. Banjo-Tooie
15. Pokémon Stadium 2
14. Donkey Kong 64
13. Pokémon Stadium
12. Conker’s Bad Fur Day
11. Superman
10. Pokémon Snap
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Release Date: June 30, 1999 Final Score: 68.64 Average Rating: 75.65/100 (82nd) Total Ratings: 2,964 (16th)
Nintendo has historically been not as overtly violent as their peers in gaming, so when it came time to put out a first-person shooter, Pokémon Snap had the perfect kid-friendly concept: Instead of using guns to inflict harm, players can do another kind of shooting — with a camera — to capture the majesty of beloved characters through visual art.
At the time, it was also a rare example of a 3D Pokémon game, and while it followed Pokémon Stadium by a few months, Snap offered something that Stadium didn’t. While Stadium was more or less a distillation of the Game Boy RPGs’ battle system, Snap gave fans the opportunity to explore the world of Pokémon in a 3D environment, making Snap the best way for Pokémon enthusiasts to feel like they could go on their own monster-catching journey and be the very best like no one ever was.
9. Star Fox 64
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Release Date: June 30, 1997 Final Score: 69.15 Average Rating: 84.75/100 (30th) Total Ratings: 3,397 (14th)
The original Star Fox game for the Super Nintendo was an impressive technical marvel, as it brought 3D to a platform that wasn’t known for it. While that was a great start, the N64 sequel improved on a lot of what the SNES original did, making it one of the finest games in the N64 library.
Aside from the fun sky-bound shooting gameplay, the game also impressed with its level branching system, and its cutscenes make it perhaps the most cinematic game on the N64. On top of that, the game has multiple multiplayer modes that add a ton of replay value, especially if you have friends who can’t resist a good barrel roll.
8. Paper Mario
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Release Date: Feb. 5, 2001 Final Score: 70.77 Average Rating: 88.51/100 (7th) Total Ratings: 6,257 (8th)
RPGs were huge on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo themselves had multiple great ones for the system, including Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars. When it came time to continue the red-hatted RPG series on the N64, they did so with Paper Mario, which stood in firm defiance of the hot new 3D technology. Yes, the environments are made of polygons, but as for the characters and many other elements, they could pass as higher-res SNES graphics.
In some ways, functionally, Paper Mario was a 2D game in a 3D environment, making it a departure in a time when every game developer this side of the Mississippi felt the need to flock to 3D gaming, even if they were nailing it in the 2D space and ended up stumbling in the next console generation. In classic Nintendo fashion, Paper Mario is a tremendous balance of the old and new in gaming, all while feeling distinctly like the latter.
7. Banjo-Kazooie
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Release Date: June 29, 1998 Final Score: 71.65 Average Rating: 87.9/100 (10th) Total Ratings: 5,667 (10th)
Super Mario 64 is the clear leader in N64 3D platformers, but that doesn’t mean it was the only worthwhile one. Given the then-novelty of 3D console gaming, a lot of platformers popped up during the ’90s and ’00s, and in that crowded environment, Banjo-Kazooie did more than enough to stand out as a unique and worthwhile experience. Some, in fact, have argued that Banjo-Kazooie is actually superior to Super Mario 64; In a 1998 review, IGN’s Peer Schneider called it “the best 3D platformer I have ever played, and a more than worthy successor to Super Mario 64.”
The game has been praised for the depth of its gameplay mechanics, level design and aesthetics, and music, all of which help make Banjo-Kazooie a collectathon that makes players want to explore its delightfully rich world, a primary goal of the era’s 3D games. Whether or not it truly is superior to Mario 64, we can just be glad they both grace the N64 library.
6. GoldenEye 007
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Release Date: Aug. 25, 1997 Final Score: 74.11 Average Rating: 85.88/100 (23th) Total Ratings: 8,711 (5th)
When GoldenEye 007 was released, first-person shooters were thought as more of a PC gaming thing, but the James Bond title helped show console gamers that they too could have a gun-wielding hand on the bottom of their screens as they take out ne’er-do-wells. In so many ways, GoldenEye paved the way for first-person shooters, making it an origin of the species for today’s FPS-dominated gaming market.
There’s also the fact that GoldenEye is a game based on a movie, which more often than not are low-quality rush-jobs churned out to serve as little more than promotional material. GoldenEye, though, is just an all-time great game that happens to be based on a movie. Not to mention, the game’s multiplayer mode was essentially the first of its kind, and we all know how big a role multiplayer elements have in modern shooters.
5. The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
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Release Date: Oct. 26, 2000 Final Score: 76.91 Average Rating: 88.62/100 (6th) Total Ratings: 7,935 (6th)
In many ways, Majora’s Mask isn’t all that different from Ocarina Of Time. Both games use the same engine and a lot of visual assets. That said, despite the similarities, the two games are far from the same.
Majora’s Mask is noted for its darker themes and its looping three-day cycle, the sort of thing that wasn’t really something you saw in games at the start of the millennium. Another novel concept was the use of masks: There are 24 of them in the game and each gives Link new abilities and change the game in other ways. All of Majora’s Mask‘s unique aspects compel you to think differently than you do when playing most other games, which isn’t something that many titles, for the N64 or otherwise, can claim.
4. Super Smash Bros.
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Release Date: April 26, 1999 Final Score: 80.75 Average Rating: 85.24/100 (27th) Total Ratings: 16,230 (4th)
A ton of key Nintendo franchises either reached an important peak or were established on the N64, and perhaps the most pivotal of the new ones is Super Smash Bros. While Melee may be the series’ defining title, the magic began with the original, which can still hold its own today.
Not only is Smash Bros. one of the N64’s premiere multiplayer experiences, but it’s also the platform’s best celebration of Nintendo. Smash Bros. took iconic characters like Link, Mario, and Pikachu out of their respective universes and brought them together under the same umbrella to show off their firepower, both in terms of their place as pop culture heroes and in terms of how much literal damage they can inflict on their Nintendo co-workers.
3. Mario Kart 64
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Release Date: Feb. 10, 1997 Final Score: 82.14 Average Rating: 86.18/100 (21st) Total Ratings: 16,573 (3rd)
While the PS1 beat the N64 to claim the throne for its console generation, it could be argued that the top games on the N64 were more influential than the premiere PS1 titles. (Which are still great, by the way. We’re not trying to disparage the PS1, an excellent console.) But, like the next two games on this list, Mario Kart 64 is essentially a prototype for its genre.
Super Mario Kart helped establish the wacky character-based racing game as delightful fun, but Mario Kart 64 helped the genre successfully transition into the 3D era. Aside from laying the foundation for the rest of the uber-successful post-2D Mario Kart games, Mario Kart 64 offers rock-solid gameplay that can be as basic or complex as you want to make it, as the competitive speedrunning scene has proven.
It’s also probably the best party game on the N64 (sorry, Mario Party, a game with “party” in its name): If you turn on the TV and hear the “welcome to Mario Kart!” title screen in a roomful of friends, excitement and fun will abound, whether or not they consider themselves “gamers.” This glee can last for either just a few minutes or however many courses you can get in before things get too competitive, tensions boil over, and somebody does something they regret after getting blue-shelled right before the finish line.
2. Super Mario 64
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Release Date: Sept. 29, 1996 Final Score: 86.83 Average Rating: 87.45/100 (13th) Total Ratings: 26,993 (2nd)
I posit that of all the games on this list, none of them have a stronger influence on modern games than Super Mario 64. It’s not the first 3D platforming game ever, but it’s the one that made the world realize how fun it is to move around in 3D environments (even if the embryonic camera system isn’t perfect) and established a lot of 3D gaming norms. It’s fair to say that in a way, Super Mario 64 paved the path for virtually every important game that followed it, everything from Minecraft to Fortnite to Grand Theft Auto.
When the game was released, critics and fans knew immediately that Super Mario 64 was a legendary title. A lot of 3D games of the era have not aged well, but Super Mario 64 is still tremendously fun to pick up and play today. Nostalgia factors aside, the game’s varying worlds remain fun to explore, especially if you didn’t get that far into the game as a kid and haven’t seen some of the later levels since the ’90s. While you can’t control Mario here as well as you can in Super Mario Odyssey, it still feels intuitive to make Mario go exactly where you want him to.
Super Mario 64 is the N64’s best-selling game, and fans are still eating it up. Aside from its high ranking on this list, it’s the defining game of the speedrunning community, as it has been run more times than any other game ever. On that note, the speedrunning leaderboards are a testament to the game’s depth: World records for the game have been set in the past few months, indicating that even 25 years later, there are still things to learn about Mario’s first 3D adventure.
1. The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
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Release Date: Nov. 23, 1998 Final Score: 94.89 Average Rating: 97.01/100 (1st) Total Ratings: 59,812 (1st)
Ocarina Of Time isn’t one of those games that didn’t get its due back in its day and eventually became a cult classic: The Zelda series established its footing on the NES and SNES, so fans were pumped to see how the game would work in 3D. While 3D games in the 90s aren’t as polished as their modern successors, there isn’t much Ocarina Of Time did wrong.
It wasn’t just great for its time, as it continues to resonate years later: As mentioned in the intro, it’s the highest-rated N64 game on Metacritic, but it’s also the top 3DS game on the site thanks to its 2011 port. Unsurprisingly, many reputable publications have deemed Ocarina Of Time the best video game ever, N64 or not.
What does Ocarina Of Time do well? Basically everything. The world is detailed and vibrant, it introduced gameplay mechanics (like Z-targeting) that made the then-clumsy world of 3D gaming environments easier to negotiate, and all in all, its influence on future RPGs is hard to overstate. Link proved he was great on his NES and SNES adventures, but Ocarina Of Time made him a legend.
In 2000, David Bowie started re-recording some of his older, more obscure songs for an album called Toy. The project was set for release in 2001, but ultimately, due to issues with his label, the album was never released (save for an internet leak in 2011). Now, though, the album is finally getting an official release, both as a standalone release and as part of the box set David Bowie 5: Brilliant Adventure (1992 — 2001).
Mark Plati, who co-produced the album with Bowie, says:
“Toy is like a moment in time captured in an amber of joy, fire and energy. It’s the sound of people happy to be playing music. David revisited and re-examined his work from decades prior through prisms of experience and fresh perspective — a parallel not lost on me as I now revisit it twenty years later. From time to time, he used to say, ‘Mark, this is our album’ — I think because he knew I was so deeply in the trenches with him on that journey. I’m happy to finally be able to say it now belongs to all of us.”
In 2000, Bowie, following a Glastonbury performance, wrote of the album in a message to fans, “I hate to waste the energy of a show-honed band so I’ve asked one and all if they would like to make an album immediately when we get back to New York. All are in full agreement that they’d like that very much, so I’ve pulled together a selection of songs from a somewhat unusual reservoir and booked time in a studio. I still get really elated by the spontaneous event and cannot wait to sit in a claustrophobic space with seven other energetic people and sing till my tits drop off.”
A few weeks out from releasing their third album, Letter Blue, NYC electro-pop trio Wet are back today with an aching new song, “Far Cry,” which is co-produced by Toro y Moi’s Chaz Bear. Bolstered by Kelly Zutrau’s slick vocals, “Far Cry” is a grooving R&B-inspired song, with a mid-tempo beat, flowing guitar melody, and electronic accents.
Earlier this year, Wet teased a comeback with “On Your Side.” Another new single, “Larabar,” followed in August with the announcement of Letter Blue, which arrives in late October. “We were circling back to the beginning,” Zutrau said when Letter Blue was announced, adding, “when it was fun and intuitive and friends working on music, and how sweet that was.”
Zutrau continued, elaborating on what fans can expect from the trio’s latest: “I’m always interested in multiple feelings at once. Not just a happy song, but happy and sad and guilty — those can all be true. We see these messages in music and media that are very black and white, but our lives don’t really live up to those expectations. Instead, we’re somewhere in the middle of all these states that are much easier to explain.”
Listen to “Far Cry” above.
Letter Blue is out 10/22 via AWAL. Pre-order it here.
When The View returned on Monday morning, the first thing Joy Behar addressed was the calamitous situation on Friday where co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro received positive COVID tests results on the air and were whisked off the set just moments before Vice President Kamala Harris was about to make a live appearance, which was quickly pivoted to a remote interview. It was an all-around chaotic scene, but by Monday, it was being presented as an unfortunate mix-up as Hostin and Navarro tested negative several times over the weekend. Producer Brian Teta apologized, and Behar thanked Harris’ staff for being so gracious and helpful. The end, right? Not so much.
According to a new report, the Vice President’s office is “vexed” with what went wrong on The View, and there are concerns that the daytime talk show may not have been forthcoming about when the co-hosts were tested. In order for Harris to appear live on the show, the co-hosts were required to take PCR tests within 24 hours of the interview. Harris’ team was led to believe that requirement was fulfilled, until it wasn’t. Via CNN:
That night, a representative for “The View” gave the “all clear” to Harris’ office, suggesting that the show had satisfied the requirements to proceed with the taping, one of the people familiar with the matter said.
After it was suddenly revealed Friday morning that was not the case, Harris’ team was left puzzled and seeking answers about what happened. But, according to a person familiar with the matter, “The View” has not been forthcoming with the vice president’s office, leaving Harris’ staff “deeply concerned” about what happened.
According to CNN, ABC and The View have refused multiple requests for comment. However, a source said that ABC News president Kim Godwin was “irked and embarrassed by the whole fiasco.”
In a couple weeks, we’ll have a new Courtney Barnett album, Things Take Time, Take Time. That drops on October 12, but what was released today is the latest single from the album, “Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To.”
Barnett spoke about the song in a July interview with Rolling Stone, saying of its origins, “I was just really sad. I was in a really dark place, and a friend […] said, ‘Why don’t you try to write a list of positive things in your life that you’re looking forward to?’ At the time, I was like, ‘Nothing. There’s nothing I’m looking forward to.’”
However, Barnett eventually came up with “like 25 verses” worth of items. She also noted, “I love that the song feels so fun. It sounds like you’re driving across a highway and it’s sunny. I love the juxtaposition of those things.”
She also said of the album more broadly, “On the one hand, nothing was happening to me last year. But at the same time, so much was happening! There’s that lyric in ‘Turning Green’ about flowers in the weeds — as in, finding beauty in a place where you least expect it. That’s my ongoing lesson for myself.”
Watch the “Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To” video above.
Things Take Time, Take Time is out 10/12 via Mom + Pop Music/Marathon Artists. Pre-order it here.
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