Led Zeppelin IV is the most popular album from Led Zeppelin, one of the biggest bands ever. The 1971 recording, which includes classic rock radio favorites “Stairway to Heaven,” “Black Dog,” and “Rock and Roll,” has sold over 37 million copies worldwide; in the United States alone, it’s gone 24 times platinum, good for fifth all-time. But a mystery has always surrounded the album: who is the stick man on the cover? We finally have an answer.
University of the West of England researcher Brian Edwards was browsing a photograph album when he noticed a familiar image: a crouched man carrying a basket of sticks on his back. The caption for the picture read only “Wiltshire thatcher,” but according to the Guardian, “further research suggests the thatcher is Lot Long (sometimes Longyear), who was born in Mere in 1823 and died in 1893. At the time the photograph was taken, Long was a widower living in a small cottage in Shaftesbury Road, Mere.”
At the time of Long’s death, Led Zeppelin was 75 years from forming. The “Stairway to Heaven” guitar solo would have broken his brain.
The photograph was taken by Ernest Farmer, who died in 1944. But his work will be on display as part of an exhibit at the Wiltshire Museum. “Through the exhibition, we will show how Farmer captured the spirit of people, villages, and landscapes of Wiltshire and Dorset that were so much of a contrast to his life in London,” said Wiltshire Museum director David Dawson. “It is fascinating to see how this theme of rural and urban contrasts was developed by Led Zeppelin and became the focus for this iconic album cover 70 years later.”
You can read our ranking of the best Led Zeppelin songs here.
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After the issue of abortion rights won Democrats major election victories in key states (again) yesterday, GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene launched a Twitter tirade blaming her party’s anti-abortion stance for the upsets. Specifically, she thinks they aren’t being batsh**t enough when it comes to the issue.
Despite clear and damning evidence that a majority of Americans believe abortion constitutes healthcare and should be a widely available procedure for women, Greene saw landslide wins for Dems in states like Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia as proof that Republicans just aren’t being militant enough in their “right-to-life” approach. After (ironically) labeling her fellow Republicans “tone-deaf” on the issue via rambling run-on sentences that suggested she should probably read a book on Marxism — or, at the very least, Google “What is communism?” — Greene defined abortion as genocide.
“Abortion is genocide and none of their screams are heard when each of them are slaughtered in their mother’s wombs,” she wrote. “Calling this ongoing genocide ‘healthcare’ is an abomination and political lie that democrats use in order to manipulate women to vote for them and continue the child sacrifices that enable democrats to maintain power.”
Her melodramatic ranting continued as she called on Republicans to fund graphic depictions of dead babies in order to spread misinformation about abortion procedures in the U.S., hoping to scare voters to her draconian way of thinking.
“Producing ads that graphically show the truth of an abortion as a baby is being ripped apart or dies lying on a cold metal trey gasping for air after being ripped out of its mother’s womb is the truth America needs to see versus the democrat’s never ending ads lying to women that baby murder is their right,” Greene said. “Too offensive? No not for America and definitely not for democrats.”
Greene managed to squeeze more of her go-to bigoted talking points in the thread, hurling transphobic insults and suggesting children were “throwing money” at Drag Queens on the street, successfully ramping up her brand of crazy to batsh*t levels before retweeting Hilary Clinton and making a mini-stump speech for Donald Trump.
So really, just another Wednesday in the MTG camp.
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Republicans did not lose because of abortion itself, it’s how the party handles the issue or rather does not handle the issue.
And there are bigger growing problems.
Republicans are losing Republican voters because the base is fed up with weak Republicans who never do…
Even as adults we find ourselves being extremely silly with our siblings at times. Just because you’ve got kids and a mortgage doesn’t mean you have grown out of your typical sibling interactions. You’ll find elderly siblings still having silly squabbles or trying to make the other laugh.
What makes this sibling interaction so ridiculously hilarious and embarrassing is the fact that, the whole thing happened at the wrong house. A woman walked up to what she thought was her sister’s doorbell camera and began to make silly faces into it saying, “help me! Help me!” in a high pitched voice. It’s obvious she’s feeling pretty confident her sister will appreciate her shenanigans as she continues contorting her face in the camera.
But her confidence was quickly overshadowed by embarrassment after a man she doesn’t recognize opens the door to greet the stranger in his doorbell camera.
“Am I at the wrong house,” the woman asks while seemingly looking into the door. The man just calmly says, “I think so. Yes, ma’am,” before the woman quickly leaves while hysterically laughing and apologizing the entire trip down the steps and across the yard. Hopefully she made her way to the right doorbell camera on her second try, though the goofy faces and voices may be retired for a while.
Watching this video is definitely giving people second hand embarrassment but it seems to not be so uncommon judging from the comments.
“I did this once, but I didn’t knock, I just walked in where a little girl was laying on the couch. I asked where my aunt(by name) was, she yelled out mom there’s a lady here we don’t know. I apologized said wrong house and left before her mom got in there. I started laughing when I realized I was in the wrong house and laughed until I got to my aunt’s house, two houses down. It’s a weird feeling lol,” one person reveals.
“My husband and I pulled up to the wrong apartment building one Christmas Eve, hauled all of our things into what we “thought” was my Mom’s apartment, yelled “Merry Christmas!”, then realized we were in someone else’s apartment! We turned quickly and left before we either got shot or had the cops called on us,” another commenter says.
“I went in the wrong funeral home and shook a few hands with my condolences. Then I saw the name and did a slick exit,” someone writes.
While there’s no identification on where the video originally came from or who the woman was in the video but it’s gone viral across different social media platforms and was shared by LADbible. You can watch the video below:
When early reports on a movie come out about endless reshoots and then director Nia DaCosta at least appears to distance herself from the movie by saying, “It is a Kevin Feige production, it’s his movie” – then add in The Marvels didn’t screen until two days before its release for anybody; which is unheard of for an MCU movie that’s not a huge spoiler-filled movie like Endgame – it does tend to lower expectations. So while watching The Marvels, I was pleasantly surprised that the dynamic between Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, Teyonah Parris’s Monica Rambeau, and Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan does work. Or, at the very least, is willed together by the sheer force of Vellani’s endless enthusiasm.
(The MCU Disney+ shows have gotten a bad reputation lately for “diluting the brand” or whatever, and maybe that’s true, but as I wrote before, Ms. Marvel was really good.)
The problem with The Marvels is just the story itself. The plot, which focuses on the continuing and never-ending war between the Kree and Skrulls, is so borderline indecipherable at times, even though they keep trying to explain it multiple times, I truly was questioning if I missed three or four Marvel Cinematic Universe movies somehow. (I haven’t.) It feels like a movie that’s missing a good 30 minutes and, in fact, at a brisk 105 minutes – the shortest MCU movie to date – I’m sure it is missing 30 minutes. And keep in mind, that 105 minutes includes the credits. Anyway, I will do my best to explain the plot of this movie.
Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan all keep switching places with each other when they use their powers. Again, why this happens is explained multiple times and it’s never truly clear why – it has something to do with space portals – but whatever, it does lead to some funny scenes. As this is happening, a Kree warrior named Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton) is searching for a mysterious bangle that will allow her to manipulate these space portals (I think?) – a bangle that matches the one that Kamala Khan uses.
Dar-Benn’s motivation is her home world of Hala has been decimated of natural resources like air and water — and also their sun is dying. Dar-Benn is using the space portals to steal resources from planets that have those resources. So she uses the bangle to open a portal above a water planet, suck all the water out, then splash it all down on Hala. Eventually, Dar-Benn comes for Earth’s sun. Now, Dar-Benn blames Carol Danvers for the Kree’s troubles – referring to Danvers’ Captain Marvel as “The Annihilator” – and, for her part, Carol agrees that she screwed up and destroyed their planet by destroying the artificial intelligence that ran Hala during the events of the first film.
Now, this is an interesting concept that Carol Danvers might actually be the villain here, but the whole concept is never played out fully and pretty much forgotten by the end of the movie as everything is wrapped up quickly and in a way too tidy way*. I can’t help but wonder if this was something that DaCosta wanted to explore further and wasn’t allowed because, well, Captain Marvel certainly can’t be the villain.
(*Without getting into too many details, there’s a part near the end of this movie when Carol is literally told, oh, that whole thing you feel bad about and the reason the villain exists in this movie … you know with your powers you can just fix that right? And, as an afterthought, she does it with no repercussions.)
Samuel L. Jackson is back as Nick Fury in his first MCU movie since Spider-Man: Far From Home (he was also in the Disney+ show Secret Invasion) and really doesn’t have a whole lot to do here. His primary function seems to be relegated to checking on the team from time to time and taking care of Kamala’s family who, for some reason, he brings up to his top secret space station. I understand, for comedy’s sake, it’s better to have all these characters together, but narratively it makes absolutely no sense.
There’s a scene in the middle of The Marvels where it starts to get pretty weird and interesting as our trio of heroes travel to the aforementioned water planet. It’s a planet where the locals only speak while singing. To communicate with them, Carol has to sing a song to warn them of the upcoming Kree invasion. See, this is pretty fun! But this is also where it feels like a lot was cut out to keep the movie moving along because we get on and off of that planet pretty quickly. Actually, again, the whole movie feels like that. It truly feels like a decision was made, “Let’s just get in and out of this thing as quickly as humanly possible and get to the mid-credit scene so we can start our new thing.” Which makes The Marvels feel like a movie that only really exists as a way to get to that mid-credit scene. (I will not spoil what it is but I’m sure a quick search of social media will fill you in.)
Even though there are some fun scenes with The Marvels trio, I’d be hard-pressed to recommend this to anyone who isn’t an MCU superfan. Again, even *I* was a bit lost with the latest in the Kree and Skrull political relationships — I felt lost by it all and I’ve seen every movie. I bet a pretty straightforward plot involving the main three characters would have gone a long way. Or, on the other hand, really diving into this whole “The Annihilator” side of Carol Danvers’ history would have also been interesting, but it goes nowhere. Instead, we are left with a movie that seems to only exist for a scene that happens after you watch three minutes of credits.
‘The Marvels’ opens in theaters everywhere this week. You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter.
When early reports on a movie come out about endless reshoots and then director Nia DaCosta at least appears to distance herself from the movie by saying, “It is a Kevin Feige production, it’s his movie” – then add in The Marvels didn’t screen until two days before its release for anybody; which is unheard of for an MCU movie that’s not a huge spoiler-filled movie like Endgame – it does tend to lower expectations. So while watching The Marvels, I was pleasantly surprised that the dynamic between Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, Teyonah Parris’s Monica Rambeau, and Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan does work. Or, at the very least, is willed together by the sheer force of Vellani’s endless enthusiasm.
(The MCU Disney+ shows have gotten a bad reputation lately for “diluting the brand” or whatever, and maybe that’s true, but as I wrote before, Ms. Marvel was really good.)
The problem with The Marvels is just the story itself. The plot, which focuses on the continuing and never-ending war between the Kree and Skrulls, is so borderline indecipherable at times, even though they keep trying to explain it multiple times, I truly was questioning if I missed three or four Marvel Cinematic Universe movies somehow. (I haven’t.) It feels like a movie that’s missing a good 30 minutes and, in fact, at a brisk 105 minutes – the shortest MCU movie to date – I’m sure it is missing 30 minutes. And keep in mind, that 105 minutes includes the credits. Anyway, I will do my best to explain the plot of this movie.
Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan all keep switching places with each other when they use their powers. Again, why this happens is explained multiple times and it’s never truly clear why – it has something to do with space portals – but whatever, it does lead to some funny scenes. As this is happening, a Kree warrior named Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton) is searching for a mysterious bangle that will allow her to manipulate these space portals (I think?) – a bangle that matches the one that Kamala Khan uses.
Dar-Benn’s motivation is her home world of Hala has been decimated of natural resources like air and water — and also their sun is dying. Dar-Benn is using the space portals to steal resources from planets that have those resources. So she uses the bangle to open a portal above a water planet, suck all the water out, then splash it all down on Hala. Eventually, Dar-Benn comes for Earth’s sun. Now, Dar-Benn blames Carol Danvers for the Kree’s troubles – referring to Danvers’ Captain Marvel as “The Annihilator” – and, for her part, Carol agrees that she screwed up and destroyed their planet by destroying the artificial intelligence that ran Hala during the events of the first film.
Now, this is an interesting concept that Carol Danvers might actually be the villain here, but the whole concept is never played out fully and pretty much forgotten by the end of the movie as everything is wrapped up quickly and in a way too tidy way*. I can’t help but wonder if this was something that DaCosta wanted to explore further and wasn’t allowed because, well, Captain Marvel certainly can’t be the villain.
(*Without getting into too many details, there’s a part near the end of this movie when Carol is literally told, oh, that whole thing you feel bad about and the reason the villain exists in this movie … you know with your powers you can just fix that right? And, as an afterthought, she does it with no repercussions.)
Samuel L. Jackson is back as Nick Fury in his first MCU movie since Spider-Man: Far From Home (he was also in the Disney+ show Secret Invasion) and really doesn’t have a whole lot to do here. His primary function seems to be relegated to checking on the team from time to time and taking care of Kamala’s family who, for some reason, he brings up to his top secret space station. I understand, for comedy’s sake, it’s better to have all these characters together, but narratively it makes absolutely no sense.
There’s a scene in the middle of The Marvels where it starts to get pretty weird and interesting as our trio of heroes travel to the aforementioned water planet. It’s a planet where the locals only speak while singing. To communicate with them, Carol has to sing a song to warn them of the upcoming Kree invasion. See, this is pretty fun! But this is also where it feels like a lot was cut out to keep the movie moving along because we get on and off of that planet pretty quickly. Actually, again, the whole movie feels like that. It truly feels like a decision was made, “Let’s just get in and out of this thing as quickly as humanly possible and get to the mid-credit scene so we can start our new thing.” Which makes The Marvels feel like a movie that only really exists as a way to get to that mid-credit scene. (I will not spoil what it is but I’m sure a quick search of social media will fill you in.)
Even though there are some fun scenes with The Marvels trio, I’d be hard-pressed to recommend this to anyone who isn’t an MCU superfan. Again, even *I* was a bit lost with the latest in the Kree and Skrull political relationships — I felt lost by it all and I’ve seen every movie. I bet a pretty straightforward plot involving the main three characters would have gone a long way. Or, on the other hand, really diving into this whole “The Annihilator” side of Carol Danvers’ history would have also been interesting, but it goes nowhere. Instead, we are left with a movie that seems to only exist for a scene that happens after you watch three minutes of credits.
‘The Marvels’ opens in theaters everywhere this week. You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter.
On November 20, Swifties will be tuning into ABC to see if “Is It Over Now?” singer Taylor Swift makes a surprise appearance at her rumored boyfriend, Travis Kelce’s away game. Due to the continuation of Swift’s The Eras Tour abroad, that is highly unlikely. But let’s be honest, the devoted fan base would much rather enjoy the music from the entertainment titan.
It is that outpouring of support that ABC executives hope will bring in eyes for Taylor Swift Night on Dancing With The Stars. So, when exactly is Taylor Swift Night on Dancing With The Stars? According to Variety, the special event is set to take place on Tuesday, November 21. Competitors will be assigned one of Swift’s hit songs to perform original choreography during that broadcast.
While the costuming should be a piece of cake, given the oodles of fan-curated looks shared online from the recording-grossing tour, sharpening the dance moves is something else entirely. To ensure it meets Swift’s standards, the show will bring in the tour’s lead choreographer, Mandy Moore, as a special guest judge.
This isn’t the first time Swift’s music has been featured on the show. Swift herself has made several guest cameos, including on Seasons 9 (in 2009), 11 (in 2010), and 15 (in 2012).
ABC airs Dancing with The Stars on Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m. Eastern. Find more information here.
On November 20, Swifties will be tuning into ABC to see if “Is It Over Now?” singer Taylor Swift makes a surprise appearance at her rumored boyfriend, Travis Kelce’s away game. Due to the continuation of Swift’s The Eras Tour abroad, that is highly unlikely. But let’s be honest, the devoted fan base would much rather enjoy the music from the entertainment titan.
It is that outpouring of support that ABC executives hope will bring in eyes for Taylor Swift Night on Dancing With The Stars. So, when exactly is Taylor Swift Night on Dancing With The Stars? According to Variety, the special event is set to take place on Tuesday, November 21. Competitors will be assigned one of Swift’s hit songs to perform original choreography during that broadcast.
While the costuming should be a piece of cake, given the oodles of fan-curated looks shared online from the recording-grossing tour, sharpening the dance moves is something else entirely. To ensure it meets Swift’s standards, the show will bring in the tour’s lead choreographer, Mandy Moore, as a special guest judge.
This isn’t the first time Swift’s music has been featured on the show. Swift herself has made several guest cameos, including on Seasons 9 (in 2009), 11 (in 2010), and 15 (in 2012).
ABC airs Dancing with The Stars on Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m. Eastern. Find more information here.
Rick Ross and his Maybach Music labelmate Meek Mill are finally releasing a collab album. Too Good To Be True arrives later this week, and comes after the two have been collaborating for over a decade.
While a Meek and Rozay collab is usually guaranteed to be fire, the collabs on the album’s tracklist also show to be promising. Ross revealed the tracklist on his Instagram page today (November 8), and fans can expect to hear some heavy hitters.
Wale and The-Dream appear on a track called “Fine Lines,” which comes after “Above The Law,” featuring DJ Khaled and Teyana Taylor. Also on the tracklist is a remix of the single “Shaq & Kobe,” featuring one of the song’s namesakes Shaquille O’Neal, along with Dame D.O.L.L.A.
You can see the tracklist below.
1. “Shaq & Kobe”
2. “Star Island”
3. “Go To Hell”
4. “800 Karats”
5. “Dead Last” Feat. Vory & Fabolous
6. “They Don’t Really Love You”
7. “Million Dollar Trap”
8. “Grandiose” Feat. Vory
9. “Above The Law” Feat. Teyana Taylor & DJ Khaled
10. “Fine Lines” Feat. Wale & The-Dream
11. “Gold Medals” Feat. Jeremih
12. “Iconic”
13. “Lyrical Eazy”
14. “Pillow Talk”
15. “Millionaire Row” Feat. French Montana
16. “In Luv With The Money” Feat. Future
17. “Shaq & Kobe (Remix)” Feat. Shaquille O’Neal & Dame D.O.L.L.A.
Too Good To Be True is out 11/10 via MMG. Find more information here.
Rick Ross and his Maybach Music labelmate Meek Mill are finally releasing a collab album. Too Good To Be True arrives later this week, and comes after the two have been collaborating for over a decade.
While a Meek and Rozay collab is usually guaranteed to be fire, the collabs on the album’s tracklist also show to be promising. Ross revealed the tracklist on his Instagram page today (November 8), and fans can expect to hear some heavy hitters.
Wale and The-Dream appear on a track called “Fine Lines,” which comes after “Above The Law,” featuring DJ Khaled and Teyana Taylor. Also on the tracklist is a remix of the single “Shaq & Kobe,” featuring one of the song’s namesakes Shaquille O’Neal, along with Dame D.O.L.L.A.
You can see the tracklist below.
1. “Shaq & Kobe”
2. “Star Island”
3. “Go To Hell”
4. “800 Karats”
5. “Dead Last” Feat. Vory & Fabolous
6. “They Don’t Really Love You”
7. “Million Dollar Trap”
8. “Grandiose” Feat. Vory
9. “Above The Law” Feat. Teyana Taylor & DJ Khaled
10. “Fine Lines” Feat. Wale & The-Dream
11. “Gold Medals” Feat. Jeremih
12. “Iconic”
13. “Lyrical Eazy”
14. “Pillow Talk”
15. “Millionaire Row” Feat. French Montana
16. “In Luv With The Money” Feat. Future
17. “Shaq & Kobe (Remix)” Feat. Shaquille O’Neal & Dame D.O.L.L.A.
Too Good To Be True is out 11/10 via MMG. Find more information here.
Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn has been the launching pad for some of the most impactful acts in hip-hop: Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z, Lil Kim, Mos Def, and The Notorious B.I.G. have all claimed the neighborhood in New York’s biggest borough. A new rapper looking to live up to that legacy is Lola Brooke, the pint-size punchline purveyor who broke out in 2021 with “Don’t Play With It” and is about to release her debut studio album, Dennis Daughter.
Since then, she’s received co-signs from industry vets like Lil Kim and contemporary hitmakers like A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, been highlighted by her hometown’s premier festival, Hot97 Summer Jam, played Coachella alongside Latto, and been featured as a member of the 2023 XXL Freshman Class. And all of that was before announcing the release of her debut album.
Here’s everything we know about Dennis Daughter.
Release Date
Dennis Daughter is due November 10 via Arista Records.
Tracklist
01. “Intro (2023 Flow)”
02. “I Am Lola”
03. “Don’t Get Me Started” Feat. Coi Leray and Nija
04. “Best Side”
05. “Pit Stop” Feat. French Montana
06. “It’s Me Again”
07. “You” Feat. Bryson Tiller
08. “Vacant Heart”
09. “Dear Dennis”
10. “Shelter Baby (Be That B**ch)”
11. “God Bless All The Rappers”
12. “Don’t Play With It” Feat. Latto and Yung Miami
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