Rolling Stone October 20, 2016

Q&A MANSON CHOPS IT UP As Marilyn Manson preps for his upcoming role as a barber-surgeon on the occult-themed TV show Salem, he tells us about his collection of prosthetic limbs and “skeletal remains.” HIT THE ROAD WITH DIERKS Go to RollingStone.com/startriding through November 4th – enter for a chance to win a 2017 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and go on a ride with country singer Dierks Bentley. RETURN OF ‘BLACK MIRROR’ TV’s best show about the dark side of technology is back: Black Mirror showrunner Charlie Brooker talks about the British series’ move to Netflix, and the unsettling new season. THE STATE OF LSD On the 50th anniversary of the criminalization of acid, we look at the state of the psychedelic world, from the latest scientific research to the evolving post-Silk Road crypto-market. CROSBY HAS REGRETS Crosby, Stills, Nash and…

Punk Comeback NICE COVER STORY ON A brilliant band with more staying power than any of its punk peers [“Green Day Rip It Up and Start Over,” RS 1270]. Billie JoeArmstrongsays theband has regained some of its early goofiness. As a lifelong fan, I’m really glad to hear it. Joe Hess, via the Internet ARMSTRONG COULDN’T STOP relentlessly touring because he was afraid he wouldn’t like the sober version of himself. And he didn’t trust the band to not fall apart. How great that he got clean – and was proved wrong. Izzy Masters, via the Internet I REMEMBER WONDERINGwhy Green Day, totally not a pop band, were on the lineup at iHeart Radio in 2012. Reading Armstrong declare, “Once a punk, always a punk!” was music to my ears. Lou Stump, via the Internet ARMSTRONG’S RIGHT…

CERTA INLY THE BEST campaign writing this season. A line like “Trump’s speeches increasingly look like VFW raffle nights” just sings. Taibbi tells you how bad things really are, but still makes you feel good about it all. America! David Faber Union Pier, MI TRUMP’S ADVISERS scare me more than he does. He’s an insecure bully who is fun to mock, as Taibbi does so well. But they are savage and experienced, willing to do anything to get Trump into the White House. Tom Simpson Via the Internet TAIBBI HAS MORE CONFIDENCE in American voters than the recent polls would warrant. Trump’s the worst Republican candidate for president imaginable, and it’s astounding he has any significant support. But I’m scared he can win. Andy Paquet, Uniontown, OH WISH TRUMP WERE REALLY in free-fall, but his supporters…

1. The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk “Starboy” The king of sulky R&B sensuality is back with a new LP (out this fall) and a darkly burbling Daft Punk-produced jam that works a sweet spot between hot and creepy like only the Weeknd can. “I’m tryna put you in the worst mood,” he croons. Mission accomplished! And it’s awesome. 2. Leonard Cohen “You Want It Darker” At 82 years old, Cohen can still bring the latenight black magic, and rarely has he been this heavy. His voice rumbles over goth-gospel backing as he seduces his demons (and us) into sunless submission. 3. PREP “Who’s Got You Singing Again” Buy a boat and learn how to make a good piña colada before slipping into this butter-smooth yacht-pop from some very slick British dudes. 4. Cherub feat. T.I. “Signs” Two Nashville electro-pop bros and…

T wanted to keep up with new albums by Beyoncé, Drake, Frank Ocean and Kanye West, among many others, you would have had to subscribe to not one but two streaming services. In a strategy that could represent a fundamental shift for the record business, Apple Music and Tidal have sought to pull users from Spotify, the world’s biggest streaming service, with a series of competing exclusive releases. As part of the deals, Apple, in particular, funds superstar artists’ songs and videos, and showcases them on TV commercials and online radio stations. But over the past few months, a backlash has developed against this new reality. The tipping point may have come in August, when Frank Ocean delivered a video album, Endless, to fulfill the terms of his contract with Def…

On november 22nd, 1957, a nervous 16-year-old from Forest Hills, Queens, found himself in an absurd position: singing a cute, Everly Brothers-inspired song he’d written called “Hey, Schoolgirl” on American Bandstand, moments after Jerry Lee Lewis had a studio audience full of girls screaming to “Great Balls of Fire.” Standing next to his pompadour’d singing partner, Tom Graph, the kid – who called himself Jerry Landis – meekly delivered the tune. Then he walked offstage, forked over the payola cash required of some Bandstand performers, and went back to the normal teenage life where everyone knew him as Paul Simon. It would be eight years before Simon and Graph (real name: Arthur Garfunkel) would land another hit, a wilderness period that’s quickly glossed over in most Simon books. But Peter Ames…