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Music

Country Music Memories: Alabama Go Quadruple Platinum

Thirty-seven years ago today (July 30, 1985), Alabama had 8 million reasons to celebrate. It was on that date that the group became the first country act to earn quadruple-platinum status — twice over, nonetheless! The band achieved the feat with both their 1981 album Feels So Right and 1982's Mountain...
Books

Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 30, 2022

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Anchored Hearts by Priscilla Oliveras for $0.99 Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman for $1.99 The Color Master by Aimee Bender for $4.99 The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova for $1.99 A Wrinkle in Time: The...
Pop Culture

How Does the Paper Girls TV Series Compare to the Comics?

Spoilers ahead. Paper Girls, one of the most successful comic book series of the last 10 years, is finally hitting the screen in the newly minted TV adaptation on Amazon Prime Video. When the streamer first announced it would adapt the graphic novel for television, I was skeptical. However, after...
Fashion & Style

Maggie Rogers Finds Catharsis in a Haircut

Photography by Harbinger The singer sheds what no longer serves her in her new album. By Natalie Michie Date July 29, 2022 Facebook Twitter A few weeks before the release of her second studio album, Maggie Rogers is still grappling with its title. Surrender, out July 29, is an ode...
Music

Dan + Shay Nearly Chose a Totally Different Name for Themselves

Dan + Shay weren't originally Dan + Shay. Sure, they were always Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, but the singers reveal that folders holding their early demos came with a different vision.The pair wanted to pay tribute to one of their favorite artists and influences: Tim McGraw. Fate — or...
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