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Music

September 29, 2015

by Steven Hyden

How Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ Kicked Off the Streaming Revolution

How the world’s most celebrated band changed the way we receive music in the 21st century.

Grantland Network

September 29, 2015

by Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan

‘Hollywood Prospectus Podcast’: ‘Sicario’ and ‘Homeland’

Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald discuss ‘Sicario,’ the return of ‘Homeland,’ and ‘The Leftovers.’

Papal Affairs

September 28, 2015

by Rembert Browne

#Holywatergate: The Theft of a Pope’s Beverage Rocks Washington, D.C.

Thou Shalt Not Steal the Pope’s Water Glass.

Music

September 28, 2015

by Shea Serrano

Fetty Wap’s Charming, Impossible-to-Dismiss ‘Fetty Wap,’ in Six Notes

Fetty Wap finally dropped ‘Fetty Wap.’ Here are some thoughts about where we now stand, Fetty-wise.

Movies

September 28, 2015

by Chris Ryan

Are My Methods Unsound? Why ‘Sicario’ Is the ‘Apocalypse Now’ of the Drug War

In the past, movies about the war on drugs have played like procedurals — crime films — and they have played like cinematic journalism. This is especially true in the case of Steven Soderbergh’s 2000 film ‘Traffic,’ probably the most notable film ever made about the drug trade on the U.S.-Mexico border. But as the war on drugs has become the drug war, and as the prism through which we view the conflict has become increasingly militarized, so has the cinema surrounding it. And now this war has its ‘Apocalypse Now.’