Rolling Stone Jul-16-15

POLITICS INSIDE AMERICA’S TROUBLED NUKE SITES Go 60 feet underground inside the bunkers where Air Force missileers – the officers in charge of the U.S. nuclear arsenal – spend 24-hour sleepless shifts preparing for Armageddon. LIST 100 BEST INSTAGRAMS We rank the top Instagram accounts you should be following, from Beyoncé snuggling Blue Ivy to Chris Pratt’s worldly travel pics (presented by FIAT). LIVE THE END OF THE DEAD Videos from the parking lot, recaps from the performances and reviews of the simulcast – total coverage of the Grateful Dead’s final shows, in Chicago and Cali. VIDEO A DAY WITH BLEACHERS We hung with Jack Antonoff at the Brooklyn apartment he shares with Lena Dunham, and at the studio as he records with Chromeo (presented by Transitions adaptive lenses). THIS WEEK ON HUFFPOST LOVE+SEX PODCAST Have you ever wondered what it is like to…

Orange Power I WATCHED THE FIRST FEW episodes of Orange Is the New Black, but I wasn’t fully sold [“Caged Heat,” RS 1237]. After reading your cover story, I have to give it – and the intriguing cast of misfit actors – a second chance. This show is a groundbreaking look at a world too long ignored by television. Bruce Sterling, Westminster, VT THE TAYLOR SCHILLING AND Laura Prepon photo, while visually alluring, doesn’t jibe with the content of Mac Mc-Clelland’s excellent article. Since OITNB challenges the status quo, it’s a missed opportunity not to feature Laverne Cox, Uzo Aduba or Lea DeLaria on the cover. Any one of them would have more accurately reflected the content of the article, as well as the show itself. Ben Bogart, Louisville, KY HERE’S TO THOSE SHINING A…

WHEN I CAME TO THE END OF ROLLING STONE’s beautiful tribute to B.B. King, I flipped back to see who’d written it. Of course it was the incomparable David Fricke. Thanks for the empathy, the carefully crafted details and the deep understanding of the man and his incredible legacy. Timothy Greene Via the Internet I LOVED B.B. KING AND Fricke’s tribute to him. One thing I’d have included is the role gospel played in influencing King’s vocal style. King told me that when he was a kid in Mississippi, his mom would tune the radio to Nashville’s WLAC at the crack of dawn before he went out to work the fields. He’d listen to live broadcasts of the Fairfield Four and their lead singer, Rev. Sam Mc-Crary, who had a profound affect…

1. Miguel feat. Lenny Kravitz “Face the Sun” Miguel’s new Wildheart is a sexy whirlwind of future-soul vibes. This standout track adds a nicely rocking edge to the mix via Lenny’s reverbed-out guitar part. Are we gonna go Miguel’s way? Oh, hell yeah. 2. Rod Stewart “Love Is” Rod goes Mumford! The folky fiddles and acoustic strums on this song, from his upcoming LP, are perfectly campfire-ready. 3. Pavement “Circa 1762” This dank nug from 1992 would have been one of the best songs on Slanted & Enchanted – and it’s a highlight of the upcoming rarities set The Secret History, Vol. 1. 4. Kitty “Drink Tickets” Back when she was called Kitty Pryde, she made one of our favorite songs of 2012 with her clever rap “Okay Cupid.” Now, she’s gone fullon synth-pop, and we’re digging…

CLASSIC Elvis Presley “One Night” (from 1968’Comeback Special) On the really early stuff , his voice sounds so incredible – but this has another level of intensity. Grateful Dead “Help on the Way/Slipknot” This is one of their most musical performances. They’re doing some instrumental stuff that no band can hang with. Bob Dylan “New Pony” Dylan has one or two great blues songs on every record. Likening your relationship to having a pony is so bizarre, but it’s great. NEW Mumford & Sons “Believe” This is their best-recorded song. When the drums come in, it’s like, “Holy shit, how do you get drums to feel that huge?” I think they knocked it out of the park. Future “Fuck Up Some Commas” There’s a lot of things I did not understand in this one. I even looked up the lyrics: “Fuck up a llama”? I don’t…

MUMFORD & SONS ARE STUCK in Tennessee traffic on the way to Bonnaroo a day before their headlining set, their bus nosing past a series of Waffle Houses and Flying J truck stops. “Is it going to take us three hours to get to this fucking place?” banjo-guitarist Winston Marshall wonders to no one in particular. A messyhaired Marcus Mumford f lips channels on the bus TV, failing to find the Wales-Belgium soccer game. Marshall sits on the couch, his newly grown-out hair spilling onto his unbuttoned white Renaissance-style shirt, blasting Kendrick Lamar from his iPad. • It’s the second week of their summer U.S. tour, and one of the most important shows of their career: the first major festival set since the release of their third album, Wilder Mind,…