By season four of Stranger Things, Jonathan Byers is a certified hero who lends a compassionate ear to his younger brother while he’s struggling with his sexuality. But in the early episodes of the Netflix series, he was a certified stalker creep. In season one, episode two, “The Weirdo on Maple Street” (a.k.a. the one with Barb), he takes picture of the object of his affection, Nancy Byers, while she’s in the pool with her friends — and again when she’s changing in her bedroom, including when she’s in her bra.
You wouldn’t know it from watching the episode in 2022, however.
Insiderreports that “in the original cut of the episode, Jonathan lowered his camera for a moment, clearly understanding that he would be violating her privacy even more if he documented this intimate moment.” But in the current cut of “The Weirdo on Maple Street,” the weirdo (Jonathan) doesn’t take any photos of Nancy while her shirt is off.
Some fans have said he raised the camera once more, and claim they saw him deliberately take more pictures of Nancy while she was in this vulnerable position. Instead, he raises his camera and the edit makes it look like he chose to photograph Barb (fully clothed and sitting by the pool) instead.
Lizzo is used to waiting for her songs to have their moment. “Truth Hurts” became her first No. 1 single in 2019 despite its initial release coming two years earlier. “Good As Hell” did something similar, hitting No. 3 that year after being first released in 2016. Now, to a lesser extreme, “About Damn Time” has finished a long(ish) journey of its own: The song was released as a single on April 14 and now, after gradually making its way up the charts over the past three months, “About Damn Time” reaches No. 1 for the first time on the new Billboard Hot 100 dated July 30.
The Billboard #Hot100 Top 10 (chart dated July 30, 2022)
This comes after “About Damn Time” spent the previous two weeks at No. 2, behind Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” which enjoyed its tenth (and for now, final) week at No. 1 last week. Now, though, “About Damn Time” is Lizzo’s second chart-topper, the 1,139th No. 1 song of all time, and the seventh this year.
Also noteworthy in this week’s top 10 is that Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” still has some serious momentum, as it reaches a new Hot 100 peak at No. 3. Elsewhere, Styles actually has two songs in the top 10 this week, as “Late Night Talking” rises to No. 9 following the recent release of the song’s new video.
Meanwhile, Lizzo’s new album Special also just debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, making it the highest-charting album of her career and the highest-charting 2022 album from a female artist.
.@lizzo‘s #Special debuts at No. 2 on this week’s #Billboard200, becoming the highest-charting album of her career.
It also becomes the highest-charting album released this year by a female artist.
A few days before free agency began, there were reports that Kyrie Irving had been given permission to seek out a sign-and-trade from the Nets, but was unable to find any suitors beyond the Lakers, who didn’t have a package the Nets wanted in return. As such, Irving picked up his player option for next season and it seemed as though the Nets would run it back and try one more time to make the Irving-Kevin Durant pairing work.
However, that feeling lasted a day before Durant requested a trade and sent the NBA into turmoil, stalemating a number of other potential moves as teams didn’t want to take themselves out of the Durant sweepstakes by dealing away assets, and also bringing Kyrie back into trade discussions despite his decision to opt in. At this point, though, the Durant trade talks have hit a lull, with the only real recent news being that Boston offered Jaylen Brown in a package at some point in the last few weeks and got turned down, which caught Brown a bit off guard. That has also stalled Kyrie talks, and at this point it seems there’s a legitimate chance the Nets hold on to both Durant and Irving going into camp.
Furthering that belief is a new report that Irving himself is expecting to be in Brooklyn no matter what happens with his co-star. At the one minute mark of this clip from Shams Charania’s appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, he offers up a nugget of info that Irving isn’t exactly pushing to leave Brooklyn and is planning on being a Net “with or without Kevin Durant.”
Charania is rather famously close to Irving’s camp, so there’s plenty of reason to believe this is indeed how Kyrie is thinking at the moment. Now, we also know that how Kyrie feels right now in late July is not guaranteed to be how Kyrie feels in September if KD is traded, and it also doesn’t particularly matter what Irving wants if the Nets decide they want to move him and have teams offering something they view as value in return. Still, as we approach the one month mark since Durant’s trade request, the idea the Nets could just bring everyone back has to be viewed as a real possibility, and the only person that can derail that is Durant by holding out — which would be a bold stance for someone with four years to go on his deal.
We’re about halfway through summer and, to our excitement, the music festivals just don’t stop. Most recently Northern Nights Festival Music Festival threw down in Piercy, California. As the first music festival to have multiple on-site dispensaries, as well as dispensaries located at stages, the event fostered the perfect environment for bumping techno beats, standout style, booze-filled beverages, and endless good vibes.
It was the ultimate summer party for avid festival goers, weed smokers, and music lovers alike with a lineup that included Claude VonStroke, TroyBoi, SNBRN, CloZeeTwo Feet, Of The Trees, Balkan Bump, Smoakland, Modern Biology, and Wreckno.
Between the epic music sets, outdoorsy scenery, and cannabis-friendly environment, it’s safe to say that Northern Nights Music Festival was a downright great time. If you’re in need of a mood boost this Monday, check out the photos from the fesitval below. The genuine smiles, neon lasers, and rainbow ensembles are sure to start your week off right.
While American whiskeys can be a lot of things, each style does have its own legal definition (and restrictions). One of the big ones is that in order to be called a “whiskey” (bourbon, rye, blended whiskey, etc.), it has to go in the bottle at 80 proof (40% ABV) or above.
That’s the low limit of alcohol by volume that a distiller/blender can adjust to with water (or flavoring) before it’s no longer considered a “whiskey.” Add more water, and you don’t have whiskey anymore. Sounds pretty easy, right? Well, what happens when a whiskey comes out of the barrel below that legal limit?
Head Distiller and General Manager of Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. in Tennessee, Nicole Austin, is asking us all to think about just that. Austin just released her fifth edition of Cascade Moon — a series of one-off and very unique whiskeys from the vast rickhouses of George Dickel — to test the waters of what whiskey can and can’t be.
The latest Cascade Moon is a barrel-proof 15-year-old “spirits distilled from grain.” Legally, Austin cannot call it a “whiskey” because this barrel-proof expression is only 39.9% ABV, or 79.8 proof. Otherwise, this is a Tennessee whiskey just like any other made at Cascade Hollow. It’s a conundrum, in that rules are important for continuity but not calling this a whiskey — especially since it is barrel proof, as in, it came out of a barrel at that proof, rather than coming out of a barrel higher and being cut down with water or “natural flavors” afterward to achieve that low ABV — feels absurd.
Okay, let’s get into what’s actually in the bottle.
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This whiskey, er, spirit, was made with George Dickel’s high-corn mash bill with about 8% each of rye and malted barley as support. It was barreled in new oak and left to rest in Cascade Hollow’s single-story rickhouse. After 15 years, Austin decided to bottle these spirits at barrel proof (with no fussing) instead of blending them out into other expressions (which is what usually happens with barrels that dip below the legal ABV standard to be called “whiskey”).
The Bottle:
The bottles from Cascade Moon are always cool. This edition is like an oversized Johnny Walker bottle with an artful label that feels like a Tennessee hollow abstraction in pastels. It’s a great centerpiece bottle with an eye-catching label. The tones are faint, like the thin juice, and altogether it feels like a photo torn from a sun-faded 70s magazine.
Tasting Notes:
Soft orchard fruits and dry grains draw you in on the nose initially before turning toward a fresh cherry Necco Wafer with a cut of old leather, sour currant, and damp white moss. There’s a faint hint of pine resin buried deep in that nose too. The palate is supple with a silky vanilla base supporting hints of cinnamon apple sauce, a flourish of buttery honey, and whole wheat biscuits with a twinge of buckwheat and maybe some sweetgrass. The mid-palate hits a light marzipan note before fading toward more vanilla, a touch of nutmeg, and almond shells on the very soft finish.
Bottom Line:
It’s kind of inexplicable how soft and inviting this whiskey is without a watery/washed-out base. I’ve tasted 90-proof whiskeys that are completely washed out by proofing water. Here, each of the flavor notes is distinct and deeply hewn. It feels a little old, a little bespoke, and a little Tennessee (that graininess and Necco Wafer are two cornerstones).
This is great neat. It’s very accessible while still delivering a well-rounded flavor profile. I can’t really see using it in a cocktail, thanks to that low ABV, but that’s fine. This is just good as it is.
Ranking:
95/100 — This gets extra points for being 100% fresh and new and pushing the boundaries of what we know of whiskey, especially at barrel proof. It helps that it tastes great — in fact, it’s one of the better Dickel expressions I’ve ever had.
There was a time when it seemed like Marvel was not going to move forward with its Black Panther sequel. After the lead Chadwick Boseman passed away in August 2020, the production slowly began to fall apart. Marvel confirmed that they would not be re-casting Boseman’s role, and with several COVID-related delays, on-set injuries, and vaccine controversies, it seemed like this movie was never going to be finished.
But, somehow, the movie wrapped up earlier this year and will hit theaters in November, following a triumphant trailer with some dazzling special effects and inspiring words from Angela Bassett. The movie will also feature new music from the upcoming Wakanda Forever Prologue, which is now available for pre-order.
Despite all of the bumps in the road, star Lupita Nyong’o called the process of making the highly-anticipated sequel “therapeutic.”
“For us as a cast, having lost our king, Chadwick Boseman, that was a lot to process, and in many ways, we’re still processing it,” Nyong’o told The Hollywood Reporter. “When you lose someone, I don’t know when you stop missing them. And of course, we felt it so much, making this film without him.” The movie also stars Letitia Wright, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, and Angela Bassett as they fight for Wakanda after the death of King T’Challa.
“It was very therapeutic,” the actress added. “It restored a sense of hope for me in making it, and I think we’ve expanded the world of Wakanda in ways that will blow people’s minds — not just Wakanda, but the Black Panther world. It’s gonna blow people’s minds, and I just cannot wait until it’s not a secret anymore.” The trailer also revealed that someone is wearing the Black Panther suit, though the details are of course under wraps. Who could it possibly be? As it turns out, it could literally be anyone.
The secrets of Wakanda will be revealed when the movie drops on November 11th.
Last week, Billie Eilish made her musical return with two new songs, “TV” and “The 30th.” The records were released together as a part of a double single titled Guitar Songs and the former track is one that Billie premiered during a show at the AO Arena in Manchester, England. Naturally, with new music from Billie, there are questions that always come with it. They include her inspirations, how it came about, and more. In a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, she explained why she went against tradition by releasing the song without promotion. During that same conversation, she also explained why she is not a fan of making music in recording studios.
“I don’t like studios,” she said. “I don’t like sessions. I don’t like [that] there’s a runner and he asks you what kind of food you want at so-and-so and he asks you if you want a La Croix.” She continued, “I really have never liked the vibe of studios. There’s no windows. It smells like weed. There’s other artists there — you bump into them, you look stupid. Then you’re embarrassed that they saw you when you looked stupid. I don’t know, it freaks me out. It truly gives me social anxiety.”
Joe Keery first made a name for himself in a big way with his beloved Steve Harrington character on Stranger Things, but he’s an established musician, too. Pre-Stranger Things, he was a member of successful Chicago psychedelic rock group Post Animal, although he left the band following their 2018 debut album When I Think Of You In A Castle due to his newfound fame and business creating scheduling issues for the group.
More recently, he has performed as a solo act under the name Djo, releasing a debut album, Twenty Twenty, in 2019. Now he has another LP, Decide, on the way, which he announced last month. Today, he returns with a new single, “Gloom.” The track is a quick two-minute romp, a jaunty, psychedelic rocker that press materials accurately call “Talking Heads-inspired.”
Meanwhile, Keery sat down for an interview on The Tonight Show last week and spoke with Jimmy Fallon about Djo, saying of choosing that performing name, “It’s connected to me, but it’s not directly connected to me, was the idea.” He also noted of his decision to play a wig-wearing character as Djo, “I was kind of inspired by Andy Kaufman, you know? So that was kind of the idea, this alter ego sort of musician.”
Listen to “Gloom” above and in case you missed it, check out that Fallon interview below.
It’s possible we’ve all clung to our late-night infotainment shows a little tighter than we should have across these last few years of nightmare fuel and eroding norms, but can you blame us? The mainstream media has often seemed unable or unwilling to plainly label bad actors and actions for fear of being painted as biased, causing people to look to the John Olivers, Stephen Colberts, Trevor Noahs, and Sam Bees of the world to shout it out loud and, in some cases, focus on stories that inexplicably fall through the cracks or need a signal boost. And yet, here we are with one less such show to turn our eyes to following the news that TBS is moving on from Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.
One of television’s smartest and gutsiest late-night shows that also happened to be the most prominent female-hosted late-night series of all time. The show is not going to get the chance to return for its 8th season, according to Bee’s reps in a statement released to Variety. And in case the optics/timing aren’t clear enough, I’ll just underline by saying that this is, of course, happening at a time when women’s rights are under attack, and it might be beneficial to have someone in late-night comedy speaking out and keeping focus on that, as Bee has with the skill and force that have become a trademark of the show throughout its run across multiple topics.
For TBS, this all comes down to a move away from late night following Conan O’Brien’s exit from the cable channel a little more than a year ago. Which is wild considering TBS’s long focus on late night, which predates O’Brien’s 11 years on TBS to the launch of George Lopez’ Lopez Tonight. But, as per Variety‘s report, there may be an industry-wide cut back on late-night brewing. Another wild thing to consider when you look at the critical praise, awards chatter, and general feeling of cultural import that a lot of these shows (including Full Frontal with its dozen Emmy nominations and zeitgeist mastery) give off; but in an ever-shifting media landscape and with ever-changing leadership with differing visions playing musical chairs, there are several variables at play with a decision like this. Still, in times like these and with the skill with which a show like this operates, it almost feels like it should be considered a public service to keep it on the air.
No doubt, the end of Full Frontal will be praised as proof of some kind of sea change in the culture wars by far right (proof that she show’s barbs often landed), but the success of the show and of Bee’s brand of commentary (long celebrated dating back to her legendary run on The Daily Show) ensures that there will be another opportunity on the horizon for Bee and her talented team. But for now, we’ll mourn the loss of this truly powerful, always funny show and wait for word on what’s next.
Even in all of Kentucky’s vast bourbon scene, Four Roses is a unique brand — the distillery is renowned for having ten different bourbons it makes and then blends into its varying expressions. There’s a mid-high-rye mash bill (75 percent corn, 20 percent rye, and five percent malted barley) and a high-rye mash bill (60 percent corn, 35 percent rye, and five percent malted barley), each of those bills is fermented with five different yeasts — creating the ten bourbons that makeup Four Roses’ whiskeys. Diving deeper, each yeast highlights a different flavor profile: “Delicate Fruit,” “Slight Spice,” “Rich Fruit,” “Floral Essence,” and “Herbal Notes.” This, in turn, helps to create barrels of whiskey that highlight specific flavors so that the blenders at Four Roses can build a final product that feels unique and distinct.
Okay, that’s a lot of info and doesn’t mean much until you actually taste what’s in the bottle. Let’s dive in, re-taste, and rank some seriously good Kentucky bourbon. Hopefully, find you the perfect bottle to add to your bar cart!
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This introductory juice from Four Roses is a blend of all ten of their whiskeys. The barrels are a minimum of five years old when they’re plucked from the warehouses, blended, brought down to proof, and bottled.
Tasting Notes:
There’s a definite steel note to this whiskey that leans toward minerality when water is added. The nose also brings along dried flowers, plenty of honey, and orchard fruits, with a hint of dark spice. The palate adds vanilla to the honey and apple foundations. The end is short but full of fruit, sweetness, spice, and green oak.
Bottom Line:
This is very clearly a mixing whiskey. It’s great in a highball with either Coke, ginger ale, or fizzy water. It works in a cocktail but that minerality up top can be a little distracting in a more nuanced cocktail. Overall, this is a well whiskey that’s best shot with a beer back.
Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon is a blend of four whiskeys. The blend is split evenly between the high and mid-ryes with a focus on “slight spice” and “rich fruit” yeasts. The whiskey is then blended, cut with soft Kentucky water, and bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Soft and sweet apple and cherry woods greet with a good dose of sour red berries dusted with brown winter spices, especially clove and nutmeg. The palate leans into soft and salted caramel with a hint of those berries underneath while the spices get woodier and a thin line of green sweetgrass sneaks in. The finish is silky and boils down to blackberry jam with a good dose of winter spice, old wood, and a hint of vanilla tobacco.
Bottom Line:
We’re already into the good stuff with this one. This is a killer cocktail base that shines with tart berries and woody spice. It’s also a super easy sipper, especially on the rocks. A little water helps this bloom with a twinge of dark potting soil and wet cedar bark next to darker berries and spice.
Four Rose’s standard single barrel expression is an interesting one. This is their “number one” recipe, meaning it’s the high-rye mash bill that’s fermented with a yeast that highlights “delicate fruit.” The juice is then bottled at 100 proof, meaning you’re getting a good sense of that single barrel in every bottle.
(Note: Most local retailers will have their own “barrel pick” of this expression which may be a different mash bill, yeast, or ABV.)
Tasting Notes:
Woody maple syrup and cinnamon sticks lead to a hint of pear candy with a vanilla underbelly on the nose. The palate lets the pear shine as the spices lean into woody barks and tart berries next to leathery dates and plums with a butteriness tying everything together. A spicy tobacco chewiness leads the mid-palate toward a soft fruitiness and a hint of plum pudding at the end with a slight nuttiness and green herbal vibe.
Bottom Line:
This is always good on a rock or two. I also really like this in a Manhattan as that leathery dark fruit and nuttiness play well with good sweet vermouth of some aromatic bitters.
This expression uses six of Four Rose’s ten whiskeys in their small-batching process. The idea is to blend both high and mid-rye bourbons with yeast strains that highlight “delicate fruit,” “slight spice,” and “herbal notes.” The whiskeys tend to spend at least six years in the barrel before blending and proofing with just a touch of Kentucky’s soft limestone water.
Tasting Notes:
This nose is enticing with a mix of dark berries and cloves with a yeasty doughnut filled with dark fruit and covered in powdered sugar next to a thin line of berry brambles — stems, thorns, dirt, leaves, everything. The palate is lush with a balance of dark berry pie filling next to winter spices, mincemeat pies, nutshells, and brandy butter vanilla sauce. The finish arrives with a rush of fresh mint next to wet cedar, blackberry Hostess Pies, and nutmeg-heavy eggnog all leading to a final note of that dark berry bramble black dirt.
Bottom Line:
If you’re talking about the main line of Four Roses, this is the mountaintop. This is just an excellent whiskey all around. It’s funky and fresh with a deeply rooted flavor profile that really highlights the beauty of Four Roses’ blending program.
This is great neat, on the rocks, or in your favorite whiskey cocktail.
1. Four Roses Small Batch Barrel Strength Limited Edition 2021
2021’s LE Small Batch is a blend of four bourbons. This whiskey marries their two mash bills with yeasts of “delicate fruit,” “spice essence,” and “floral essence.” The barrels ranged from 12 to 16 years old, making this a fairly old bourbon. The juice was then bottled as-is without any fussing.
Tasting Notes:
The nose has a mix of honey next to buttery biscuits, rich vanilla, a touch of tart red berries, dry cedar, and a very faint hint of dry mint. The palate dives into a dark plum jam with a spicy edge of allspice and nutmeg. That fruit gives way to a spritz of orange oils next to a light touch of dark chocolate on the mid-palate that leads to a rich and buttery finish. That finish leaves you with warming spice, more of that orange/choco vibe, and another mild hint of green, dry mint.
Bottom Line:
This is a delicious whiskey. It’s also fleeting. Every year these are released via lottery only from the distillery and then you’ll see them pop up in retail on the aftermarket … for a price. All of that aside, this whiskey truly is great and shines a bright light on the craft behind this iconic brand. It’s great in a neat pour but really needs a few drops of water or a rock to let it find its full potential in the glass.
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