For those not well versed in moose facts, the shedding of antlers is normally a fairly lengthy process. It happens only once a year after mating season and usually consists of a moose losing one antler at a time.
It’s incredibly rare for a bull moose to lose both at the same time—and even more rare that someone would actually catch it on film.
That’s why shed hunter (yes, that’s a real term) and woodsman Derek Burgoyne calls his footage of the phenomenon a “one-in-a-million” shot.
According to The Guardian, Burgoyne was flying his drone through a remote patch of forest in Canada when he spotted three moose in a clearing. His drone followed one of the bulls, who began doing the wobbly little shake thing that signals these antlers are going bye-bye.
Burgoyne knew he had to keep his camera on the moment—but he had no idea that he’d hit the jackpot.
Watch below:
It’s hard to tell which is more fun to watch— the super rare moment in nature or Burgoyne’s pure passion for his hobby.
“I shook a little bit. It was an adrenaline rush for sure,“ he told CBC News, sharing that he has previously found hundreds of shed antlers in his life.
Antler hunting has become a hot and profitable pastime over the past few years, although Burgoyne affirms that his shed hunting ambitions are born from a desire for well-being, not monetary gain.
“I enjoy being in the woods. It’s great exercise and it’s fun tracking the moose through the winter and looking for their sheds in the spring. Each one you find feels like the first one. It never gets old,” he told The Guardian.
Well Derek Burgoyne, thank you for doing what you love. Thanks to your passion, we too can share this once-in-a-lifetime moment. Here’s to good moose news!
“This is almost scarier,” Gracie Abrams told the crowd during the first of her sold-out intimate performances with Aaron Dessner. The two, who had worked together at Dessner’s Long Pond Studios to create her recent album, took the stage at The McKittrick Hotel in New York City. For two artists of their level of prominence, the acoustic decision provided fans with a truly special experience to connect with their favorite artists in such a small space.
Upon entering the hotel for the first time, it felt like a fitting spot to host a heartfelt and emotional performance. They took fans up in a dimly-lit elevator, with the decorations feeling vintage (and eerily similar to Tower of Terror, as I joked to my roommate.)
The set opened shortly after with the catchy “I Know It Won’t Work,” the second track from Abrams’ Good Riddance. Joined by Dessner on guitar, the collaborators started to show fans exactly why they work together, as their dynamic (both musically and personally) shined through almost instantly.
The duo followed it with “Best,” being the first of beloved bridges throughout the night, as the crowd scream-sung along, pouring their hearts out with a relatability to what Abrams sings about. Dessner also switched to playing piano, adding an extra emotional layer.
After the two songs, Abrams and Dessner took some time to talk to the crowd. They hinted at the possibility that they’re still working on new music. Fans going to other acoustic shows in different cities will also receive personalized setlists — making each appearance feel singular.
“Unless we just start playing new songs, you have no idea,” she said. “They’re so fun and good.” Those in the audience had thrown out names of songs they wanted to hear, including “Augusta” from Abrams’ This Is What It Feels Like. While that didn’t make it in New York, she did opt for the even-more-emotional “Camden” from the same record. “Maybe you’ll cry still,” Abrams added before starting the song.
Before “Rockland,” Dessner also revealed that, when working together, they had titled the songs after different cities around Maine. The two also touched on the magic of working at Long Pond Studios and why a lot of the songs that are made there turn out quite sad — not just with Abrams, but with other artists too.
Despite the sadder nature of the songs, including ones like “This Is What The Drugs Are For,” Abrams still managed to bring the energy back up with the bridge of “I Should Hate You.” The crowd shouted along with her, “I should hate you, I feel stupid / Like I almost crashed my car.”
Compared to the large stages that both Abrams and Dessner had previously commanded, this one was stripped of any background visuals. The only changes between some of the songs were the lights, which switched between blue, red, and a pink and purple combination, depending on the song. The McKittrick also had these glowing planets hanging from the ceiling, providing a creative touch that I hadn’t seen in a venue before.
The speakers also propelled the sound all the way to the back, where the merch stand was. Because of this, it made the crowd singing “Happy Birthday” to Abrams a sweet experience. (She turned 24 the following day.)
Keeping with the spirit, Dessner teased a riddle earlier in the set, hinting that something else was coming tied to the show being held on Abrams’ last day of being 23. The result was a ground-shaking cover of Taylor Swift’s “Right Where You Left Me” that drove the audience to more cheers and screaming along.
Abrams joked that Swift’s song had quite a lot of words, so she relied on her phone to guide the way. In any other set, the move would make the musician look unrehearsed. But this wasn’t a typical concert. And Abrams still carrying the song while reading from her phone was both a testament to her focus as a performer and the carefree, impromptu feeling of the event. While Dessner and Abrams likely knew they wanted to cover it beforehand, it felt like something they silently decided on during an earlier part of the set.
The only real complaint was being a little bummed that “The Blue” didn’t make the setlist, just as a personal favorite, but it didn’t take away from the one-of-a-kind performance. Given that Abrams and Dessner are bringing the acoustic show to Nashville and Los Angeles, those who admire their work and are attending are surely in for a treat — and maybe, even some new surprise songs.
What about “Lacy,” the acoustic ballad about “the sweetest thing on this side of hell” whom Rodrigo deeply envies?
“Lacy, oh, Lacy / It’s like you’re out to get me,” Rodrigo softly sings in the outro, on the other side of a swelling bridge. “You poison every little thing that I do / Lacy, oh, Lacy / I just loathe you lately / And I despise my jealous eyes and how hard they fell for you / Yeah, I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you.”
Is Lacy a pseudonym for one person — “dazzling starlet, Bardot reincarnate,” like maybe Taylor Swift?! — or does the song clump together several people or a broader concept under the impression it’s aimed at one person?
Again, we’ll likely never know.
When asked about whether “Vampire” is about Swift, Rodrigo told The Guardian, “How do I answer this? I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about. I’ve never done that before in my career and probably won’t. I think it’s better to not pigeonhole a song to being about this one thing.”
Chicago’s Riot Fest returns this weekend with another three-day lineup featuring some of the biggest names in rock. Beginning Friday, September 15 and running through Sunday, September 17, the Riot Fest will take over Douglass Park with the help of The Cure, Death Cab For Cutie, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Postal Service, and Foo Fighters to rock Chicago fans with five stages covering everything from 100 Gecs to P-Funk, with some left-field picks thrown in to shake things up (if you ever wanted to hear comedian Hannibal Buress rap, check out Eshu Tune on Saturday). See the set times below.
On Friday, the Riot Stage features Olivia Jean from 12:50-1:20, Yard Act from 2:15-3:00, and The Interrupters from 3:55-4:40. The Breeders will play their album Last Splash from 5:50-6:50, and Foo Fighters will close things out with a two-hour set at 8:00.
The Roots stage features Calva Louise (12:15-12:45), Quasi (1:25-2:10), Code Orange (3:05-3:50), Quicksand (playing their album Slip 4:45-5:45), and Turnstile (6:55-7:55).
On Saturday, the Riot Stage features Pool Kids (12:10-12:40), Warpaint (1:20-2:05), White Reaper (3:00-4:45), Head Automatica (4:40-5:40), Death Cab For Cutie (playing Transatlanticism 6:50-7:50), and The Postal Service (playing Give Up 9:00-10:00).
The Roots Stage features Enola Gay (12:45-1:15), Jehnny Beth (2:10-2:55), Viagra Boys (3:50-4:45), Death Grips (5:45-6:45), and Queens Of The Stone Age (7:55-8:55).
On Sunday, the Riot Stage features Hotline TNT (12:05-12:35), Just Mustard (1:15-1:45), Cults (2:25-2:55), Ride (3:35-4:20), The Dresden Dolls (5:30-6:30), and The Cure (7:40-9:55).
The Roots Stage features Smoking Popes (12:40-1:10), Nothing (1:50-2:20), The Black Angels (3:00-3:30), AFI (4:25-5:25), and The Mars Volta (6:35-7:35).
For the set times for the other stages, see below.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Lauren Boebert might be MAGA’s unofficial mascot of the Second Amendment. Her love of guns is so infamous that SNL parodied her armed-family Christmas card, and she acted triggered in response. However, Boebert’s pro-gun ways have led to unsavory moments including her posing with a t-shirt that referred to firearms as hole punchers of humans. She also recently trashed a pin that paid tribute to a Uvalde school shooting victim.
Now, Boebert is hopping mad over the New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s response to a rash of gun violence, particularly against children in her state. Following last week’s road-rage shooting of an 11-year-old boy, Grisham has placed an emergency 30-day ban (largely by suspending Albuquerque’s concealed carry law) on carrying guns in public. Via CNN, there are exceptions to Grisham’s ban, which she put into place with insight from public safety figures in the state:
Under the plan, citizens with carry permits will still be allowed to possess their weapons on private property such as gun ranges and gun stores if the firearm is transported in a locked box or a trigger lock or other mechanism is used to render the gun incapable of being fired, according to the statement.
The order was issued after consultation with public safety officials, including Bernalillo District Attorney Sam Bregman, Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen, Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina, and former State Police Chief Pete Kassetas.
The order also prohibits firearms on state property, including state buildings and schools, as well as parks and other places where children gather.
As one might expect, Boebert believes that this ban is unnecessary and does nothing to help the situation. “Any ban on firearms doesn’t affect criminals. Because criminals don’t obey laws,” Boebert tweeted. “So what the New Mexico governor is doing will prevent lawful gun owners from protecting themselves against criminal gun users. Never forget: when a Democrat talks about gun control, they really mean PEOPLE control.”
Any ban on firearms doesn’t affect criminals.
Because criminals don’t obey laws.
So what the New Mexico governor is doing will prevent lawful gun owners from protecting themselves against criminal gun users.
Never forget: when a Democrat talks about gun control, they really…
No one is really surprised about Boebert’s stance, but they are calling her out for reasoning and her lack of a suggestion on how to stop gun violence against children. One user concluded, “Newsflash: Every law gets broken, so you’re calling for a nation without laws.” And the head shaking continued from there.
Wait, so laws which get broken shouldn’t be laws since criminals broke them? Newsflash: Every law gets broken, so you’re calling for a nation without laws.
“We cannot do anything to stop criminals, because criminals are gonna be criminals, so why do anything?”
— Lauren Boebert, basically.
— Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AI (@enuminous) September 10, 2023
You know, school shootings aren’t always committed by criminals. They can happen due to a number of reasons, what is your plan to help bring them down or you just don’t give a damn?
If only you cared as much about children as you care about guns. The last 25 mass shootings the shooters had legally purchased weapons and no criminal record.
As Americans recognize the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, one particularly historic moment from that terrible day has bubbled up on social media. Namely, the time Donald Trump called into a local TV station shortly after the Twin Towers collapsed and bragged about how he has the tallest building in downtown Manhattan now.
As firefighters and first responders risked their lives and health to pull people from the wreckage, Trump called into WWOR and went live on the air with this thoughts on the devastation. He was focused on the size of his building after worst terrorist attack on American soil. That’s what was clearly important to him in the middle of 9/11.
Trump called in on 9/11 to brag that his building was now the tallest building in downtown Manhattan:
“Forty Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building… Now it’s the tallest!” pic.twitter.com/QS2hw6lsUT
“I mean, 40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan. And it was actually – before the World Trade Center – was the tallest. And then when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second-tallest, and now it’s the tallest.”
What made Trump’s tone-deaf boast even worse is that it’s not even true. 40 Wall Street was never the tallest building in Manhattan in the 1970s, nor was it after the Twin Towers collapsed. Trump basically lied, and again, right in the middle of 9/11 as the downtown area was still smoldering. Against all logic and reason, he’d go on to become America’s 45th president.
In the spirit of #NeverForget-ing, folks on Twitter are making it a point to commemorate 9/11 by reminding everyone of Trump’s incredible display of patriotism on that day. You can see some of the reactions below:
This should have been the warning moment to everyone about Trump. His narcissism on full display, making 9/11 about him. Greatest terrorist attack on US Soil, and he has to mention it has now made his building the tallest in Wall Street. Just a sick sick man. https://t.co/QJypibiIOE
Mr. Trump doesn’t care about any of his cult members, or anyone else. He only cares about making up for the inadequacy in his pants. https://t.co/NgbV1Qfu4P
The festival released the weekend’s full schedule on August 30, giving attendees plenty of time to plan.
On September 15, doors will open at 5 p.m. local time. Only six acts will perform on opening night. Skaiwater will start everything off from 5:15-5:45 p.m., followed by Leah Kate (5:45-6:30 p.m.), JID (6:30-7:30 p.m.), Pitbull (7:30-8:30 p.m.), and Flume (8:30-9:30 p.m.). Pink’s set is scheduled to begin at 9:30 p.m.
Doors will open at 11 a.m. local time on Saturday and Sunday alike. All four stages will be functioning on Saturday, September 16, featuring the likes of Niall Horan (6-7 p.m.), Fletcher (7-8 p.m.), Destroy Lonely (7-8 p.m.), and Louis The Child (8-9 p.m.) ahead of headlining performances from The 1975 (8-9:30 p.m.) and Eilish, who will take the Venmo stage at 9:30 p.m.
The final day will welcome JP Saxe (2:30-3:30 p.m.), Masego (3:30-4:30 p.m.), Tove Lo (4:30-5:30 p.m.), GloRilla (5:30-6:30 p.m.), Incubus (5:30-6:30 p.m.), Young Nudy (6:30-7:30 p.m.), and The Garden (6:30-7:30 p.m.) before headlining sets from Lil Baby (7:30-8:45 p.m.) and Guns N’ Roses, who are slated for 7:30 p.m.
Check out the full lineup and schedule below, and find more information here.
If there are two things Louisville, Kentucky is known for, they are music and bourbon (and college basketball, but that’s another story). The Bourbon & Beyond Festival combines the best of both. Boasting 40 brands, a slew of workshops, and a focus on food that pairs well with both the beverages and the entertainment, Bourbon & Beyond kicks off this Thursday, September 14 and runs through Sunday, September 17 at the Kentucky Exposition Center-Highlands Festival Grounds. We’ve got the set times below.
This year’s lineup includes headliners Bruno Mars, The Black Keys, The Killers, and Brandi Carlile, as well as a who’s-who of rock and blues, from Train and Duran Duran to The Black Crowes and Blondie. Other highlights include Buddy Guy and Mavis Staples, Hozier and Brittany Howard, The Avett Brothers and Spoon, and Jon Batiste and Ryan Bingham. I also see The Gaslight Anthem, Michelle Branch, Babyface, Aloe Blacc, and Fantastic Negrito on the flyer, so this looks like a winner of a festival. You can get more info here.
Thursday’s headliner, Brandi Carlile, hits the stage at 9:15 for a 90-minute set, while The Killers are scheduled for the same time on Friday night. Saturday’s got The Black Keys going on 9:15 and on Sunday, Bruno Mars closes things out at 9:05. You can see the rest of the set times in the IG posts below.
Donald Trump, who has a history of telling outlandish lies about September 11th, offered a uniquely weird tribute to the horrible events of 22 years ago today.
The video shared on Truth Social started normal enough, at least, with Trump saying, “No one who lived through the horror of the September 11 terrorist attacks can ever forget the agony and the anguish of that terrible day, it was a terrible day.” The frequently-arrested former president then took a weird pivot to praise a field. “The images of dark plumes of smoke billowing over lower Manhattan, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania – such a beautiful field – are seared into our minds forever, for we will never forget,” he shouted.
“Beautiful” is one of Trump’s favorite words. He’s used it to describe World Wars, pandemic-era nurses and doctors “running into death just like soldiers running into bullets,” sleeping gas, coal, phones, tax dollars, a mask of himself, and now a field in Pennsylvania where 44 people died.
He continued:
“We honor the firefighters, the great New York PD, the police department – what great people they are, they are so great, and the Port Authority officers, the Virginia, D.C., and Pentagon police and the military service members and other first responders, actually all over the country, they acted with supreme heroism and they went to the site of the most heinous crime. They would leave other states far away and go to the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon, they’d go to Pennsylvania.”
A reminder that the Trump administration reportedly “siphoned nearly $4 million away” from 9/11 first responders.
President Donald J. Trump’s Statement on the Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks pic.twitter.com/Y1QWqTS6rd
After suffering three losses at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, including back-to-back losses in the semifinals and bronze medal game to Germany and Canada, USA Basketball is not exactly riding high into the 2024 Paris Olympics.
There has always been the expectation the player pool to choose from for the Olympics will be far superior to that for the World Cup, as star players typically see Olympic gold as worth playing through their offseason for but not the World Cup. Still, it remained to be seen how USA Basketball would fix the problems of this year’s World Cup team, particularly in the frontcourt where things were fairly dire. The prospects for American big men is pretty thin, and a couple of stars turning down the team could lead to some scrambling. The good news for Team USA is, it appears that won’t be a concern for the 2024 Olympics.
James has spoken to Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum and Draymond Green, and they are all prepared to commit as well. Separately, Phoenix’s Devin Booker, Portland’s Damian Lillard, Sacramento’s De’Aaron Fox and Dallas’ Kyrie Irving also have serious interest in committing, league sources said.
While Shams and Vardon note these conversations have been going on for some time, I do like to imagine watching Dillon Brooks drop 39 points on Team USA was the last straw for James. He has not played for Team USA since 2012 and some of those stars, like Steph Curry, have never appeared in an Olympics (although Curry does have a pair of World Cup golds).
Reading through that list you notice that backcourt and wing talent shouldn’t be an issue for Team USA in the Olympics, and their biggest issue might be having to tell some guards there’s no room on the roster. One name not on that list that you would expect to be at the top of Team USA’s wishlist given how this year’s effort went is Bam Adebayo, who anchored the defense on that Tokyo gold medal squad, as well as the continued pursuit of Joel Embiid, who has a choice to make between playing for Team USA or France. If they have Davis, Green, and Adebayo or Embiid, they’d unquestionably have fixed their big man concerns from the World Cup, and surrounded by a who’s who of superstars in the backcourt and on the wing, they’d be even heavier favorites than usual.
That said, it’s easier to be excited about playing for Team USA in September when you’re starting to miss being on the court than it is in June and early July when you’re fresh off of the playoffs. All of those players listed have designs on a deep postseason run, and most of them (aside from Tatum, Fox, and Booker) are in their mid-30s. We’ll have to see how many of that group are healthy enough to commit to a summer of extra basketball in Paris, but it’s very good news for USA hoops that the nation’s top stars are at least entering this upcoming season with playing in the Olympics as one of the goals in mind.
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