Month: February 2024

Goldenvoice is a dominant force in the festival space, as they’re the company behind events like Coachella, Stagecoach, and a handful of other beloved fests. Now their empire continues to grow with today’s (February 20) news: Goldenvoice’s latest new fest is called No Values, and it’s a punk-focused event that’s set to go down on June 8 at Pomona, California’s Fairplex.

The biggest names on the poster are Misfits, Social Distortion, Iggy Pop, Turnstile, Bad Religion, and Sublime. Notably, the fest will also feature the return of Power Trip, following the death of singer Riley Gale in 2020. As the band announced on social media, they’ll be joined by Seth Gilmore, singer of the bands Fugitive and Skourge.

Tickets go on sale starting February 23 at 11 a.m. PT. GA tickets start at $199, while VIP goes for $399 (neither price includes fees, although all passes include free parking). Learn more at the No Values website.

Check out the full No Values lineup below.

No Values Festival 2024 Lineup

The Adicts
The Adolescents
Agent Orange
The Aquabats
Bad Religion
Black Flag
The Bronx
Ceremony
Cro-Mags
The Damned
The Dead Milkmen
The Dickies
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Exploited
Fear
Fidlar
Fishbone
Hepcat
Iggy Pop
Jello Biafra (DJ Set)
The Jesus Lizard
Joyce Manor
L7
The Lawrence Arms
Misfits
Mourning Noise
MSPAINT
Power Trip
Scowl
The Selecter
Shattered Faith
The Skeletones
Social Distortion
Soul Glo
Steve Ignorant
Sublime
Suicidal Tendencies
T.S.O.L.
Turnstile
Untouchables
The Vandals
Viagra Boys

No Values Festival 2024 Lineup Poster

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

For Black clubgoers, attending a music festival or exploring nightlife will more than likely lead to a feeling of isolation from a lack of other Black attendees combined with the absence of Black music. If you’ve found yourself aimlessly pacing back and forth on a crowded, primarily-white dance floor wondering when you’ll hear a familiar artist, you’re not alone.

At Dweller, an annual electronic music festival in New York City, this isn’t an issue. Black DJs and producers are behind the turntables, the talent is curated by a Black woman, and you’ll have a moment to boogie on the utopic dance floor with fellow Black ravers until four in the morning.

For Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Dweller’s founder, booking Black artists at Bushwick techno club Bossa Nova Civic Club led her to co-founding Discwoman in 2014. The collective for women and nonbinary DJs and producers has recently transitioned into a talent agency, but the mission of Discwoman and Dweller remain the same: to welcome more of us into the room.

The purpose of Dweller’s six-day string of events is “to draw attention to [the] lack of spaces in dance music for Black folks, seeing as house and techno was pioneered by Black folks in Chicago and Detroit respectively,” Hutchinson said.

Since 2019, the festival has occurred during Black History Month to showcase Black artists throughout various clubs and venues in Brooklyn and Queens. House, techno, and other electronic dance genres like drum-n-bass, jungle, and disco have roots in Black American culture, and Dweller’s lineup reflects that with artists like R&B artist Liv.e, Bronx producer Kush Jones, and techno legend Robert Hood.

According to Dweller’s blog, their mission is to remain a “Black lighthouse” amid the “isolating whitewaters” of electronic music. “At this time, the authorities controlling this current seek to drown the voices and new structures that can reverse the flow of power back into our hands. We must be vigilant towards persisting as to not just speak for ourselves but redistribute resource, equity, and justice in a space that has long made its worth on the backs of the silenced.”

This year’s six-night run from February 20-25 begins with live performances in Queens at MoMA PS1, a contemporary art institution that frequently hosts community-driven events. And a weeknight isn’t stopping any of the fun. Activities begin on Wednesday night with an educational discussion at Ridgewood club and bar Nowadays on “themes of light, sight, sound, and echolocation as means of organized navigation” followed by an opening performance where it all began: Bossa Nova Civic Club.

Although the winter might keep some folks indoors, at least four of Dweller’s 21 events have sold out and are projected to host hundreds of attendees. From Park Slope’s Public Records to Bushwick’s Paragon, the dimly-lit dance floors are an ideal place to hear an extensive range of music, such as dubstep, jungle, and ghettotech.

But if you’re waiting until the weekend to booty bounce, you may end up at Nowadays during their nonstop party that lasts 24 hours. Whether you’re leaving a late work shift, celebrating after Sunday service, or looking to dance at an unconventional hour, the party will be there. According to Hutchinson, there’s no pressure to stay for the entire duration of the party, but “to get a healthy changeover of [the] crowd which curates a really vibrant fluid environment.”

If you’re not located in New York, you can somewhat enjoy the Dweller experience at home with “Radical Dreams, Underground Sounds,” a collection of 13 films curated by Dweller in collaboration with the Criterion Channel. The recommended feature films and shorts “explore Black musical technology and imagination, and salute the dance floor as a site of Black joy, protest, personal transformation, and ecstatic communal liberation.” For more information, check out their website.

Hurkle-durkle might be the silliest word ever, but it could be the missing step in your self-care.

Hurkle-durkling simply means to linger in bed long past the time when you “should” already be up. It’s a Scottish term dating back to the 1800s—-originally having more to do with sitting in a crouching position either for warmth or secrecy, but eventually taking on a more relaxed and positive connotation.

It’s a word that only the biggest etymology enthusiast would know, had it not been plucked from obscurity thanks to TikTok.

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The viral trend seems to have started with actress Kira Kosarin sharing it as her “word of the day,” joking that “I do be hurkling, and I do be durkling and once I’ve hurkled my last durkle in a given morning I will get up, but I’m a big fan of a hurkle-durkle.”

@kirakosarin

hurkle-durkle, u deserve it &lt3

♬ original sound – Kira Kosarin

Kosarin’s clip prompted others to share videos of themselves enjoying a good hurkle-durkling, blissfully wrapped in their sheets, basking in the sunlight, leisurely reading, etc.

One woman hailing from Scotland even joked, “[The Scottish] knew it was so critical to well-being they made a whole term about it. So no I’m not being lazy or wasting my life. I’m practicing an ancestral right of passage. I’m connecting with my culture and heritage.”

At this point you might be thinking, wait, isn’t this just bed-rotting?

Bed-rotting, another TikTok trend about lying in bed, and hurkle-durkling are similar, but have very different contexts. Bed-rotting has more to do with symptoms of burnout and fatigue, whereas hurkle-durkling is a bit more hygge, if you will. It’s seen as a pleasurable activity meant to promote rest for overall well being. Plus a hurkle-durkle has an end in sight, whereas bedrotting can take up an entire weekend, or longer.

And now matter how silly hurkle-durkle sounds, it could be seriously good for us. Research has shown that sleeping in, even a couple days a week, reduce the chances of a heart attack or stroke by 63%, especially for folks who get less than 6 hours of sleep through the rest of the week. (So, everyone, basically). Not only that, but getting those few extra minutes of shut-eye from hitting the snooze can help increase alertness and boost our mood.

Really, as with any self care practice, balance is key. Experts warn against staying in bed as an everyday practice or to avoid responsibilities an uncomfortable feelings, especially as too much inactivity can worsen feelings of depression. But when done mindfully and moderately, it can be the rejuvenation we long for, that so many of us don’t grant ourselves.

In fact, Kristin Wilson, a licensed professional counselor and chief experience officer, told Yahoo Life that perhaps so many people are leaning into silly, catchy terms like hurkle-durkle because they make rest and self-care, activities many Americans “are hesitant to celebrate and fully embrace,” more accessible.

“Sometimes our bodies just need a break, and we don’t want to feel guilty about taking time to rest,” she explained. “Giving this behavior a clever social media name can make it feel more socially acceptable and when it trends and becomes popular, it normalizes the need for relaxation within the community of followers.”

So with that, show yourself some love with a little hurkle-durkle. It’s fun to say, and oh so important to do.

Even though it’s 2023 and schools are much more concerned with protecting children from bullying than in the past, parents still have to be aware that kids will be kids, and having a child with a funny name is bound to cause them trouble.

A mother on Reddit is concerned that her future children will have the unfortunate last name of “Butt,” so she asked people on the namenerds forum to help her convince her husband to name their child something different.

(Note: We’re assuming that the person who wrote the post is a woman because their husband is interested in perpetuating the family name, and if it were a same-sex relationship, a husband probably wouldn’t automatically make that assumption.)

“My husband’s last name is Butt. Can someone please help me illuminate to him why this last name is less than ideal,” she asked the forum. “I totally get we can’t shield kids from everything and I understand the whole family ties thing, but c’mon. Am I being unreasonable by suggesting our future kid either take my name, a hybrid, or a new one altogether?”

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The posters on the forum overwhelmingly supported her.

“I can see hubby being a bit of a stickler because he wants to keep the family name, but I find it a bit baffling that he doesn’t get why it would be a concern,” Babelight wrote. “If you have to club him over the head with it, indicate that for children/young persons hearing the name, they would equate it to someone’s last name being ‘Pooh,’ ‘Vaginah’ or ‘Peenis/Peniss.’”

Other posters noted that her opinion is just as valid as her husband’s when naming their child.

“You are absolutely not being unreasonable. Your husband’s last name is objectively pretty awful, and of course, you don’t want your child to have it. Also, even if it wasn’t that bad, you would be still entitled to at least suggest that your child takes your last name since you are also going to be their parent,” SwordfishBrilliant 40 wrote. “Also, he needs to think about his child, let’s be honest, their life is going to be a lot easier with a ‘normal’/not bad’ last name.”

Having a last name like Butt opens a child up to being bullied, which can lead to feelings of rejection, exclusion, isolation, diminished self-esteem and long-term mental health struggles, including depression and anxiety.

“I knew a kid named Zack Butt. Teased relentlessly. At every age,” Kwam26 confirmed.

There is also the practical problem of living in a digital world where algorithms often filter out names deemed offensive. This issue is known as the “Scunthorpe problem.” Back in the late ‘90s, people from the town of Scunthorpe in the UK couldn’t sign up on AOL because a filter blocked out the name due to the offensive term that sits in the middle of it.

The husband is proud of his family heritage and, possibly, of having learned to live with a name that would make most people chuckle. But it’s also understandable that his wife has a real problem bringing a child up in this world with a name that will make them the butt of jokes throughout their lives.

One wonders why this wasn’t discussed before the couple got married.

This article originally appeared on 9.5.23

Going to the gym can be a daunting prospect for a lot of people. It shouldn’t be—the whole point of going to the gym is to exercise, which is something that should universally be applauded—but sometimes it can feel like there’s pressure to be at a certain fitness level or have a certain physique before stepping foot in the door.

For people who are heavier, gym culture can be especially intimidating. Unfortunately, not everyone remembers to practice kindness and fatphobia appears to remain a fairly tolerated prejudice. That shouldn’t stop people with big bodies from enjoying all that fitness centers have to offer, but all too often, it does.

It hasn’t stopped a woman named Steph from working out regularly at her gym, albeit with some trepidation. As she shared in a hugely viral TikTok, she’s experienced some unkind behavior at the gym that made her nervous when a man approached her recently. But her description of the encounter ultimately demonstrated how powerful a few positive words can be.

In a video made from her car just after leaving the gym, Steph explained that a “hardcore” gym-goer who is “super tough” and covered in tattoos had came up to talk to her. Her initial response was to be afraid of what he was going to say to her, based on previous experience. She shared in the video how hard it’s been to stay steady with her workouts, especially with medications she’s on making her body hold onto weight, but she’s been working hard to be consistent. She steeled herself for whatever he might say.

She didn’t expect it to be this: “I’ve seen you in here every week, almost every day. I’ve seen you in here every week—and I’m proud of you.” Nor did she expect that such simple words of encouragement could make such a huge impact.

Watch her tell the story:

@steph5468

#gymprogress #workputjourney #keepgoing #healingjourney

People had a lot to say about the interchange and Steph’s emotional response to it.

“People do not realize, how one person can change everything,” wrote one commenter.

“Girl you are CRUSHING IT,” wrote another. “That man you encountered is what real men do. Encourage. Support. Be human! It isn’t hard! ❤️”

“No one knows your story, your struggles. You’re doing the dang thing and that takes courage and strength. You. Keep. Going. I’m proud of you too!” shared another.

More and more words of encouragement flooded Steph’s comment section, and people on Upworthy’s Instagram page weighed in as well.

“I’m a fitness coach and this made me cry 😢 just having someone say they are proud of you can move mountains for so many of us who didn’t/ don’t get the praise growing up,” wrote one person.

“Who knows? He may be going through something too and saw a determined, consistent, fellow traveler,” wrote another. “You share your Truth so powerfully. You may not know how many people will see this and be encouraged by your honesty. I’m in awe that you show up for YOURSELF every day. And as for the rude and ill-mannered? Well they struggle too—just to be decent kind human beings. Some people have not been shown Empathy and therefore do not know how to use that muscle. You are beautiful, smart, articulate, wise and a woman who knows where she’s headed. Keep walking, head up knowing there are many many more who do empathize, who see you and are on your side❤️”

“It’s amazing to think about how this man’s single act of kindness, spread through you to affect us all in a positive way,” shared another. “This made all of our days, and I’m crying tears of joy while I write this. Please thank him from all of us the next time you see him, if you’re comfortable with that. And thank you for sharing! ❤️”

Indeed, thanks to both Steph and the hardcore, tattooed gym bro for being wonderful examples for us all. We never know what a small act of kindness or a few words of encouragement will do to make someone’s life significantly better, but it’s always worth trying.

This article originally appeared on 9.5.23

Alan Ritchson left at least one The View co-host unable to contain herself after regaling the panel with a real-life Reacher moment. The hulking actor and Hilary Swank were on-hand to promote their new film, Ordinary Angels, which stars Ritchson as a struggle widower trying to raise his two daughters. It’s a much more dramatic role for Ritchson, but apparently, he can’t escape being the muscle-bound hero even when he’s not working.

According to the actor, he was recently on a date with his wife in Old Montreal when they stumbled upon a thief breaking into car. Despite his wife’s protests, Ritchson went after the culprit. Although, he realized partway through the chase that it was probably not the smartest move.

“We’re running side-by-side and we look at each other and go, ‘How does this end?’” Ritchson told The View panel. “I’m not sure how either of us get out of this situation. We’ve taken it pretty far.”

Eventually, the two men are locked in a fight to the finish, which turns out to be more of a light tussle.

Via Decider:

“He goes to put his hands on me. He’s like running but he’s got his fists up,” the star said. “I was like, ‘Don’t do this dude.’ He shoves me and so I gently … I don’t want to hurt him … like multiple spins into a building wall and he just sat down. That was it. That was really it. We got him.”

While the Reacher star tried to downplay his heroics, the anecdote was enough for Sara Haines to exclaim that Ritchson “just got hotter!”

Ordinary Angels arrives in theaters on February 22.

(Via Decider)

It is not unlike Tom Sandoval to say something outlandish and offensive considering he’s been doing it on TV for over a decade with Vanderpump Rules. Last year, when it was revealed that he had been cheating on his long-time girlfriend Ariana Madix with fellow co-star Rachel Leviss, some people thought he would change his tune, reevaluate his life and quietly fade into the background of the Bravoverse like many before him. But because he’s Tom Sandoval, he took the opportunity to be the most hated guy on TV and dug himself into a darker, deeper hole.

Sandoval was interviewed by The New York Times to reflect on the past year after he became the “most hated man in America,” and not just because of his stint on The Masked Singer. When asked why he thought the scandal “got so big,” he went off the rails more than usual. “I’m not a pop-culture historian really, but I witnessed the O.J. Simpson thing and George Floyd and all these big things, which is really weird to compare this to that, I think, but do you think in a weird way it’s a little bit the same?” he asked. The answer is no.

You’d think that one comment was a fluke? Not for this Worm With A Mustache. Elsewhere in the interview, Sandoval doubled down on comparing himself to other high-profile cases. “I feel like I got more hate than Danny Masterson, and he’s a convicted rapist,” he added.

The interviewer, Irina Aleksander, then added a note to give him the benefit of the doubt. “I think I knew what he meant. He was trying to express the oddity of becoming the symbolic center of a nationwide discussion and a major news story; what he communicated instead was something more honest, which is just how much the experience had made him lose perspective.” Sandoval was likely just commenting on the media frenzy surrounding him, but he should not have compared his situation to two very different circumstances.

After the interview, Aleksander wrote that “a Bravo publicist rang me late on a Friday. Some of what Sandoval had said had gotten back to Bravo, and everyone was concerned. What was it that he said about O.J. Simpson and George Floyd exactly?”

Unfortunately, this is not the first and will not be the last time Sandoval says or does something out of pocket. This is a man who got a piece of bacon tattooed on his butt for no reason. We have not seen the last of him.

(Via Variety)

It’s still early, but Madame Web will likely go down as one of the worst movies of 2024. And — this is not too early to say — one of the worst comic book movies of all-time, alongside stinkers like Morbius and Catwoman. The reviews are brutal, but one of the most devastating reviews wasn’t written by a critic. It came from Mike Flanagan, the director of Ouija: Origin of Evil and Gerald’s Game and creator of The Haunting of Hill House and The Fall of the House of Usher.

Flanagan didn’t want to straight up trash the film; that wouldn’t be cool to Madame Web director S. J. Clarkson (who directed a memorable season one episode of Succession, so I don’t put the blame on her). Instead, he found another method. Here is the review, published in full from Flanagan’s personal Letterboxd

We come to this place… for magic.
We come to the theater to laugh, to cry, to care.
Because we need that, all of us:
that indescribable feeling we get when the lights begin to dim,
and we go somewhere we’ve never been before;
not just entertained, but somehow reborn…. together.
Dazzling images, on a huge silver screen.
Sound that I can feel.
Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this.
Our heroes feel like the best part of us,
and stories feel perfect and powerful.

Because here…

They are.

Sound familiar? It’s Nicole Kidman’s speech from her AMC commercial. Flanagan created tags for the review as well, including “exposition to cats,” “fireworks because,” and “wait why is she blind.” He wrote it in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died.

I don’t ask for much, but Mike Flanagan? Please cast Dakota Johnson in your next show. Also, have your next show be about her experience making Madame Web. You can call it The Fall of the House of Spider-Women.

(Via Letterboxd)

Just as springtime pops up around the US, “Older” singer Lizzy McAlpine is ready to poke her head out into the world. Today (February 20), McAlpine took to her official Instagram page to announce her performance plans for the coming season.

To support her forthcoming album Older, she will travel across North America and Europe for her extensive 21-date tour, which spans from April to October. In addition to McAlpine’s The Older Tour international show dates, the sing is also set to perform at the 2024 Bonnaroo and Hinterland music festivals. Continue below for the tour schedule, poster, and ticket sale information.

The Older Tour presale starts on Wednesday, February 21, at 10 a.m. local time. The general on-sale date is scheduled for Friday, February 23, at 10 a.m. local time. It is important to note that Lizzy McAlpine had pledged that a portion of The Older Tour proceeds will go to The Ally Coalition (TAC) and their work supporting LGBTQ Youth. Find more information here.

Lizzy McAlpine’s The Older Tour Dates

04/21 — San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
04/24 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
05/11 — Seattle, WA @ WaMu Theater
05/13 — Portland, OR @ Alaska Airlines’ Theater of the Clouds
05/16 — San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
05/18 — Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
06/12 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
06/14 — Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
06/19 — New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
06/21 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
06/24 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
08/03 — Saint Charles, IA @ Hinterland Music Festival
08/06 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
08/07 — Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
10/13 — Brussels, BE @ Forest National
10/15 — Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live
10/17 — Berlin, DE @ Uber Eats Music Hall
10/19 — Cologne, DE @ Palladium
10/21 — Paris, FR @ Zénith Paris – La Villette
10/24 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/27 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
10/28 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy
10/31 — Dublin, IE @ 3Arena

Lizzy McAlpine’s The Older Tour Poster

Older is out 4/5 via RCA Records. Find more information here.

Emma Stone is about to be very jealous. For the first time ever, a Celebrity Jeopardy! winner will have the chance to compete in the Tournament of Champions on the normal version of the classic game show. That lucky celeb: Ike Barinholtz.

Back in February 2023, Barinholtz emerged the victor of Season 1 by besting Patton Oswalt and Wil Wheaton in the final installment. He’s now on his way to the Tournament of Champions where he’ll have his work cut out for him.

Via TVLine:

In the 2024 Tournament of Champions, which Sony says boasts “the biggest field in ToC history,” Barinholtz will compete alongside 26 “regular” Jeopardy! champions. (His quarterfinals episode airs March 4; see full schedule below.) The contestant field features the players who won the most games since the last Tournament of Champions in 2022, plus six players who advanced out of the Season 37/38 and Season 39 Champions Wildcard competitions, as well as the winners of the Jeopardy! High School Reunion Tournament.

Barinholtz’s episode won’t air until March 4, but again, it marks the first time that a celebrity contestant will get to match wits with competitors from the classic version of Jeopardy!. Whether this tradition will continue remains to be seen, but it would open the door to new Celebrity Jeopardy! champ Lisa Ann Walter to return after the Abbott Elementary star pulled off an impressive win for the latest season.

The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions starts February 23 on ABC.

(Via TVLine)