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9-1-1: Lone Star (FOX, 8:00pm) — God bless this franchise for keeping things chaotic and absurd, long after the flaming burrito that started it all. Since that time, the Austin setting has seen a volcano and a dominatrix-centered storyline. On, and there’s been roller-derby and military-tank madness, but in the midst of it all, handsome Rob Lowe is keeping things handsome while carrying the weight of the 126 on his still-sculpted shoulders.

Kenan (NBC, 8:00pm) — Kenan Thompson’s long overdue turn as a leading man heads into second-season territory. He’s getting into dating apps (ugh) and that minefield is (naturally) seeping into other areas of his life.

Ordinary Joe (NBC, 10:00pm) — James Wolk’s still playing three Joes, including a cop and a nurse and a rock star. In this week’s episode, Cop Joe deals with harsh truths while Music Joe finds himself questioning a lot of what he thought he knew.

Profile (HBO, 8:00pm) — Journey into a real-life horror as an investigative journalist unearths a scheme that recruits young women (from Europe) into the clutches of ISIS.

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Insecure: The End (HBO Max) — Issa Rae’s brainchild and longtime block party came to an end with Sunday night’s series finale. This documentary-style wrap-up takes an intimate look back at the award-winning comedy’s process and cultural impact. Expect plenty of interviews from star and executive producer Rae as well as Jay Ellis, Yvonne Orji, Natasha Rothwell, Amanda Seales, Wade Allain-Marcus, Kendrick Sampson, and Christina Elmore.

It’s been almost a year since Joe Biden became president and since the Democrats took control of the Senate and thus all three bodies of U.S. government. And yet, in that time, they haven’t gotten much done. One reason for that: the dreaded filibuster, the ages-old political procedure that gives whichever party is out of power (in this case, the Republicans) the ability to delay or block legislation they don’t like. But now there’s a chance — although not a very good one — that the filibuster could finally be scotched.

As per CNN, Chuck Schumer, who took the job of Senate majority leader away from Mitch McConnell after the 2020 election, told his colleagues Monday that he’s planning a vote on whether or not to eliminate the filibuster from the Senate, scheduled for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This will only happen, he said, if Republicans block Democrats’ voting and elections overhaul bill in the coming days.

“Over the coming weeks, the Senate will once again consider how to perfect this union and confront the historic challenges facing our democracy,” Schumer said in the letter. “We hope our Republican colleagues change course and work with us. But if they do not, the Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: free and fair elections.”

Mind you, Schumer may simply not have the votes. All Democrats must be on-board for removing the filibuster, and the dynamic duo of Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin have repeatedly announced they are against removing it (just as they’re against many of the Biden-era Democrats’ plans).

In his letter, Schumer described how the filibuster had evolved into a tool to gum up the wheels of Washington. “The weaponization of rules once meant to short-circuit obstruction have been hijacked to guarantee obstruction,” he wrote. “The Senate must evolve, like it has many times before. The Senate was designed to evolve and has evolved many times in our history.”

McConnell has vowed a “scorched earth” response should Democrats deep-six the filibuster. Then again, his party has no real power. For now.

(Via CNN)

A five-time Grammy nominee, including two at the upcoming 64th Annual Grammy Awards, British electronic producer Bonobo (neé Simon Green) has always had a master stroke when it comes to choosing his collaborators. While most of his compositions on his soon-to-be seven albums have been instrumentals, the occasional times where a vocalist joins him on a track have always been impactful. From Erykah Badu on 2013’s “Heaven For The Sinner,” to the traditional Moroccan sounds of Innov Gnawa on 2017’s Grammy-nominated “Bambro Koyo Ganda,” and recent stunning collaborations with Jamila Woods (“Tides“) and Jordan Rakei (“Shadows“) on Bonobo’s upcoming album, Fragments, these are tracks that linger with you long after the music has stopped playing.

Now Green has released one last single ahead of the release of Fragments on January 14th, and it features Japanese Alt-R&B singer and 88Rising signee, Joji. “From You” is a whirling number that plays into the album’s theme of yearning for a sense of normalcy amid the isolation of a global pandemic. Green paints a signature Bonobo atmospheric canvas for Joji’s breathy vocals to envelop, giving rise to a sense of floating in a carefree sky. “I remembered all over again how much I loved crowds and movement and people connecting with each other,” Green said in a statement on how the song made him feel. Joji is a fine addition to the Bonobo universe, and “From You” is yet another standout taste of what the new album has to offer.

Listen to and watch the visualizer for “From You” above and check out the album artwork and tracklist for Fragments below.

1. “Polyghost” Feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
2. “Shadows” Feat. Jordan Rakei
3. “Rosewood”
4. “Otomo” Feat. O’Flynn
5. “Tides” Feat. Jamila Woods
6. “Elysian”
7. “Closer”
8. “Age Of Phase”
9. “From You” Feat. Joji
10. “Counterpart”
11. “Sapien”
12. “Day By Day” Feat. Kadhja Bonet

Fragments is out 1/15/2022 via Ninja Tune. Pre-order it here.

The Golden State Warriors have been patiently waiting for the return of Klay Thompson, who has been steadily working his way back from a torn Achilles suffered prior to the start of last season (just as he was getting back in game shape coming off a torn ACL).

There was hope prior to the season that he could get back on the floor before Christmas, but as that day approached, Thompson was apparently not back at full capacity to play his regular minutes load, which is what he and the Warriors have both said is the goal for his return immediately. Thompson will be back in the starting lineup whenever he comes back, and while back-to-backs could be limited for him, Thompson is adamant that he wants to be able to play 30-plus minutes from the start.

As his target date shifted from pre-Christmas to January, there were a few dates circled on the calendar, as his return has always been booked for a home game. One of those is this coming Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, a familiar foe for Thompson (although with a roster he’s barely ever faced), and on Monday ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski added fuel to those rumors by indicating there is “optimism” in the Bay that will indeed be the date Thompson makes his debut.

As has been the case throughout this season, this report on Thompson’s return is filled with cautious language, as there isn’t anything firmly decided and likely won’t be until Friday or Saturday. If Sunday isn’t the day, Thompson would have to wait until January 18 for the next Golden State home game for his return.

All many people know about NFTs (short for “non-fungible tokens”) is that they can command high price tags, even if they don’t really know what they’re for. Indeed, NFT art has become a bit of an internet craze in recent months, one that Eminem has reportedly gotten in on, and it cost him quite a bit to do so.

Hypebeast reports that the rapper bought a Bored Ape NFT art piece that was created to resemble him (it’s called “EminApe”) for 123.45 ETH on the night of December 30. While it’s not clear at exactly what time Eminem bought the NFT (which has substantial implications on the value of the purchase in dollars), at 7 p.m. ET that day, one ETH was worth about $3,713.85 (according to CoinMarketCap), meaning the 123.45 ETH the NFT sold for was worth around $458,474.78 at that time.

GeeGazza, the artist who created and sold the NFT, shared the illustration on Twitter in early November 2021 and wrote, “I still think @Eminem is destined to buy my @BoredApeYC one day.” After the sale, he tweeted, “I’m living in a simulation. Thank you @Eminem for buying my ape and joining the club! Madness. Let me write a lyric in your next single [crying laughing emoji].” The rapper has since made the art his Twitter profile picture.

Hypebeast also notes that Eminem’s latest purchase adds to his existing collection, as he owns 15 NFTs on OpenSea (the leading NFT marketplace) under the name “Shady Holdings.”

Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in January. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, January 7

• Canyon City — Matinee EP (Nettwerk)
• David Bowie — Toy:Box (Warner)
• The Dollyrots — Down The Rabbit Hole (Wicked Cool Record)
• Eric Nam — There And Back Again (The Eric Nam Company, Inc.)
• Sis — Gnani EP (Native Cat Recordings)
• Spector — Now Or Whenever (Moth Noise)
• Twin Atlantic — Transparency (Virgin EMI Records)
• Vulfpeck — Vulf Vault 005: Wong’s Cafe (Vulf Records)
• Waxahatchee — El Deafo Soundtrack (Merge Records)
• The Wombats — Fix Yourself, Not The World (AWAL)
• Yard Act — The Overload (Island Records)
• Years & Years — Night Call (Polydor)
• Young Mountain — If You Leave EP (Young Mountain)

Friday, January 14

• Anna von Hausswolff — Live At Montreaux Jazz Festival ((RED) Southern Lord)
• Before Breakfast — I Could Be Asleep If It Weren’t For You (After Dinner)
• Bonobo — Fragments (Ninja Tune)
• Broken Social Scene — Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities (Arts & Crafts)
• Buffalo Revisited — Volcanic Rock Live (Vertigo Records)
• Cat Power — Covers (Domino Recording Company)
• Drew Holcomb And Ellie Holcomb — Coming Home: A Collection Of Songs (Magnolia Records)
• DVR — Dirty Tapes EP (XL Recordings)
• Earl Sweatshirt — Sick! (Tan Cressida/Warner Records)
• Eliza Gilkyson — Songs From The River Wind (Howlin’ Dog Records)
• Elvis Costello & The Imposters — The Boy Named If (EMI/Capitol Records)
• Fickle Friends — Are We Gonna Be Alright? (Polydor Records)
• Garcia Peoples — Dodging Dues (No Quarter Records)
• Grace Cummings — Storm Queen (ATO Records)
• Jamestown Revival — Young Man (Jamestown Revival Recordings)
• The Lumineers — Bright Side (Dualtone)
• Magic City Hippies — Water Your Garden (Wasserman Music)
• The Ophelias — Bare Bodkin (Darla Records)
• Orlando Weeks — Hop Up (Play It Again Sam)
• Punch Brothers — Hell On Church Street (Nonesuch)
• Reiko & Tori Kudo — Tangerine (Forced Exposure)
• Sea Girls — Homesick (Polydor)
• Skillet — Dominion (Atlantic)
• Steve Roach — Zones, Drones & Atmospheres (Projekt Records)
• Sun June — Somewhere +3 (Run for Cover Records)
• Tall Heights — Juniors (Terrorbird)
• Token — Pink Is Better (Never Too Different)

Friday, January 21

• Anna Ash — Sleeper (Black Mesa)
• Anxious — Little Green House (Run For Cover Records)
• Aoife O’Donovan — Age Of Apathy (Yep Roc Records)
• Artsick — Fingers Crossed (Slumberland)
• Ben Abraham — Friendly Fire (Secretly Canadian)
• Billy Talent — Crisis Of Faith (Warner Music)
• Boris — W (Sacred Bones/KiliKiliVIla)
• Boy Harsher — The Runner (Original Soundtrack) (Sacred Bones)
• Brad Barr — The Winter Mission (Secret City Records)
• Brothers Osborne — Skeletons Deluxe (EMI Nashville)
• Diamond Dogs — Slap Bang Blue Rendezvous (Wild Kingdom)
• Eddie Berman — Broken English (Nettwerk Records)
• Fast Eddy — Take A Look (Spaghetty Town Records)
• The Ferrymen — One More River To Cross (Frontiers Music)
• Fhunyue Gao And Sven Kacirek — Hoya (Atlin Village & Mine)
• Greensky Bluegrass — Stress Dreams (Thirty Tigers)
• Inside Voices — Liminal Space EP (Funnybone Records)
• Jake Xerxes Fussell — Good And Green Again (Paradise of Bachelors)
• Jesper Munk — Taped Heart Sounds (Billbrook Records)
• John Mellencamp — Strictly A One-Eyed Jack (Republic Records)
• Julie Christensen — 11 from Kevin: The Songs Of Kevin Gordon (Wirebird Records)
• Keb’ Mo’ Bridges — Good To Be (Rounder Records)
• Kiefer Sutherland — Bloor Street (Cooking Vinyl)
• Kids On A Crime Spree — Fall In Love Not In Line (Slumberland)
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Butterfly 3001 (KGLW)
• Kyla La Grange — While Your Heart’s Still Beating (Night Heron)
• LALU — Paint The Sky (Frontiers Records)
• Linda Draper — Patience And Lipstick (South Forty Records)
• Michael Rother And Vittoria Maccabruni — As Long As The Light (Groenland Records)
• Miles Kane — Change The Show (Blood Records)
• Mud Spencer — Fuzz Soup (Argonauta Records)
• Night Crickets — A Free Society (Omnivore Recordings)
• Pan Daijing — Tissues (PAN)
• Penny And Sparrow — Olly Olly (I Love You)
• Robert Stillman — What Does It Mean To Be American? (Orindal Records/KIT Records)
• Silverbacks — Archive Material (Full Time Hobby)
• Tammy Rogers And Thomm Jutz — Surely Will Be Singing (Mountain Fever Records)
• Teddy Swims — Tough Love EP (Warner Records)
• The Whitmore Sisters — Ghost Stories (Compass Records)

Friday, January 28

• Adam Shoenfeld — All The Birds Sing (Lozen Entertainment)
• Alice Glass — PREY//IV (Eating Glass Records)
• Amber Mark — Three Dimensions Deep (Interscope Records.)
• Anaïs Mitchell — Anaïs Mitchell (BMG Rights Management)
• Big Big Train — Welcome To The Planet (English Electric Recordings)
• Black Flower — Magma (Sdban Ultra)
• Brent Cobb — And Now, Let’s Turn To Page… (Ol Buddy Records)
• Carsen Gray — Each Moment EP (Nettwerk)
• Combo Chimbita — IRÉ (ANTI-)
• Earthgang — Ghetto Gods (Dreamville Records)
• Eels — Extreme Witchcraft (E Works Records)
• Eric Gales — Crown (Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group)
• Immanuel Wilkins — The 7th Hand (Blue Note Records)
• Kyle — It’s Not So Bad (Independent)
• Lady Wray — Piece Of Me (Big Crown Records)
• Maddie & Tae — Through The Madness Vol. 1 (Mercury Nashville)
• Mathis Picard — Live At The Museum (Outside In Music)
• Maverick Sabre — Don’t Forget To Look Up (Famm)
• Maya Shenfeld — In Free Fall (Thrill Jockey)
• Michelle — After Dinner We Talk Dreams (Canvasback Music/Transgressive)
• Mø — Motordrome (Columbia Records)
• North Mississippi Allstars — Set Sail (New West Records)
• Our Lady Peace — Spiritual Machines II (Shelter Music Group)
• PJ Harvey — Let England Shake — Demos (UMe/Island)
• Pinegrove — 11:11 (Rough Trade Records)
• Roedelius & Story — 4 Hands (Erased Tapes)
• Ryan Culwell — Run Like A Bull (Missing Piece Records)
• Sad Daddy — Way Up In The Hills (Red Yeti Records)
• Sam Moss — Blues Approved (Schoolkids Records)
• Scarlet Rebels — See Through Blue (Earache Records)
• Simone Felice — All The Bright Coins (Chrysalis Records)
• Squirrel Flower — Planet EP (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
• St. Paul & The Broken Bones — The Alien Coast (ATO Records)
• Thyla — Thyla (self-released)
• Wasuremono — Let’s Talk Pt. 2 (The Wilderness Records)
• Willie & The Bandits — When The World Stood Still (Fat Toad Records)

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

This morning, The Weeknd announced that his new album is called Dawn FM and that it’s coming out this week, on January 7. Aside from the impending new music itself, perhaps the biggest takeaway from the news is the fact that Jim Carrey — who, like The Weeknd, is one of the biggest icons in Canadian entertainment history — features on the project. Now it appears the two listened to the upcoming album together yesterday and Carrey is a big fan of the project.

Carrey tweeted today, “I listened to Dawn FM with my good friend Abel @theweeknd last night. It was deep and elegant and it danced me around the room. I’m thrilled to play a part in his symphony. ;^•.” The Weeknd shared the tweet and added, “Thank you for being a part of this. It’s kismet. Full circle [single tear emoji].”

Carrey has had the occasional brush with the music industry over the course of his career. He has a couple of singles on Spotify: 2014’s “Pecan Pie,” which originated from a 2003 Michel Gondry short film of the same name (the song was released as a single after Carrey performed it on Saturday Night Live). There’s also 2013’s “Cold Dead Hand,” which he recorded with Eels as part of a Funny Or Die sketch in which Carrey portrays Charlton Heston.

He also had some international success with a couple of songs from his movies: 1995’s “Cuban Pete” from The Mask charted in Australia and the UK, while 1996’s “Somebody To Love” (a Jefferson Airplane cover from The Cable Guy) charted in Australia.

If one of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s new year’s resolutions was to get booted from major social media platforms, she’s doing a fine job. On Sunday, the controversial Georgia lawmaker and bad idea-haver was permanently banned from Twitter because she couldn’t stop sharing COVID misinformation. But she wasn’t done yet. The very next day she got a lighter sentence from an even more hated platform.

As per The New York Times, Greene was handed a 24-hour suspension by Facebook, where they once allegedly vowed to not fact-check former president and serial fibber Donald J. Trump. What landed Greene in hot water? A lengthy post from Saturday about American life “Before COVID” and “After COVID,” in which she wrote falsely about “extremely high amounts of Covid vaccine deaths.” As per NYT:

Ms. Greene’s post cited misleading information from a government database of unverified raw data called the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, a decades-old system that relies on self-reported cases from patients and health care providers.

Greene dropped the post on her personal account. However, her government account remains active, as is also the case on Twitter.

A spokesperson for Facebook said in a statement that while they removed Greene’s post, deleting the account entirely is “beyond the scope of our policies.”

The platform has repeatedly altered their content policies since the start of the pandemic. Last December, they announced they would delete posts that had been debunked by the World Health Organization or government agencies.

By Tuesday, Greene’s personal account will return to its regularly scheduled programming, but her personal Twitter account will likely never return, meaning she’ll have to find somewhere else to attack fellow rightwing politician Dan Crenshaw.

(Via NYT)

At the moment, the 64th Annual Grammy Awards are set to go down at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on January 31, but that may not be the case for long: Billboard reports that “according to multiple sources,” the 2022 Grammys may be postponed, with a “source with direct knowledge” noting it’s “looking likely.” The publication reached out to The Recording Academy, who did not confirm the reports or announce a new date for the show.

It was around this time last year that it was announced that the 2021 Grammys would be delayed. On January 5, 2021, the Grammys shared a statement in which they noted, “After thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host and artists scheduled to appear, we are rescheduling the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards to be broadcast Sunday, March 14, 2021. The deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from state and local governments have all led us to conclude that postponing our show was the right thing to do. Nothing is more important than the health and safety of those in our music community and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly on producing the show.”

Find the full list of 2022 Grammy nominees here.

It’s hard to keep track of Donald Trump’s many legal and financial headaches, from him trying to block the Jan. 6 committee from seeing his White House records to his sketchy social media service. But don’t forget about this one: The New York State attorney general’s office is in the midst of a civil investigation into the former president’s family real estate business. And on Monday, that one took another hairpin turn.

As per ABC News, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a subpoena demanding two of Trump’s children, Don Jr. and Ivanka, who were named as respondents in the office’s inquiry. And already both Trump kids have said they will not comply, revealing that they plan to file motion to quash the subpoenas.

It’s a classic Trump move: sabotage investigations into possible wrongdoing by tying things up in legal red tape, hoping the problem will go away (or that the public will lose interest). Of course, it could also blow up in their face. Trump allies who’ve ignored subpoenas, such as Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows, face jail time. Meanwhile, the investigation has already resulted in longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg being indicted.

Both Don Jr. and Ivanka have denied any wrongdoing and have predictably claimed the investigation is purely political. Still, how long will it be until the former records one of his beloved late night hotel rants?

(Via ABC News)