Rolling Stone Sep-24-15

INTERVIEW Q&A: MICHAEL MOORE The provocative director sat with us at the Toronto Film Fest to talk about Where to Invade Next, his new documentary on the military-industrial complex. PHOTO BURNING MAN: CRAZIEST PICS Check some of the weirdest, funniest and nakedest moments from the weeklong fest that attracts thousands to the Nevada desert every year. VIDEO AT HOME WITH MAC DEMARCO ROLLING STONE spent a fun day with the rising indie-rock star at his house in Rockaway, Queens. Presented by Transitions adaptive lenses. THIS WEEK ON HUFFPOST LIVE ANATOMY OF A HIT MUSICAL Broadway audiences have fallen in love with Hamilton. What’s behind the hip-hop show’s success – and will it redefine the future of the American stage musical? JOIN THE CONVERSATION AT HUFFPOSTLIVE.COM ON SEPT. 14TH TO EXPLORE OUR ARCHIVES, VISIT ROLLINGSTONE.COM/COVERWALL POLITICS MATT TAIBBI RollingStone.com/taibbi CULTURE ROB SHEFFIELD RollingStone.com/she field MOVIES PETER TRAVERS RollingStone.com/travers ROCK & ROLL DAVID FRICKE RollingStone.com/fricke FOLLOW US ON FROM TOP, LEFT…

Hip-Hop Masters THRILLED TO SEE DRE AND Cube on the cover [“American Gangstas,” RS 1242]. To a white suburban teenager in the early Nineties, the hip-hop giants of the time were what the Stones and Hendrix were to my parents: radical, fresh and topical. Which they couldn’t understand. Ken Scelfo, Belmar, NJ N.W.A’S BEAT-THE-ODDS ORIGIN story got a great telling by Brian Hiatt. Straight Outta Compton remains a revolutionary rap record, a masterpiece of music and social justice. Alicia Gomez, via the Internet “FEEL THE GROOVE, BUST A move, this is something to dance to.” Still so true! A great story on N.W.A, too. Hank Lee, via the Internet MAYBE NOW WE CAN GET A film about the truly most dangerous hip-hop group of the same era, Public Enemy. Ben Brown Jr., via the Internet Tweedy in Space WILCO’S SOUND…

TAIBBI’S STORY WAS ENRAGING and enlightening. The GOP’s candidates are the political version of The Bachelor, and Trump is the Frankenstein monster of our own creation – a schoolyard bully we built ourselves when we bestowed credibility on reality-show personalities. It’s fun to watch your three-year-old pretend to drive a car, but would you really give him the keys? Lisa Oxman, via the Internet “IT’S LIKE WATCHING 17 platypuses try to mount the queen of England” may be the funniest sentence ever written by man. With the void left by Jon Stewart, I’m grateful Taibbi’s back to help us sort out this “would be hysterical if it wasn’t so sad” epoch. Paul Treffert Via the Internet CLASSIC TAIBBI! TOO BAD he didn’t spend time with someone of true character: Ben Carson. Can’t wait for…

1. Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?” Crying at the VMAs was pretty humanizing. Now he’s taken another step on the road to redemption with this genuinely sung, actually good dance-pop tune. Love the new sensitivity, Biebs! 2. Yo La Tengo “Friday I’m in Love” The beloved indie-rock icons’ latest album, Stuff Like That There, is a collection of acoustic covers – from Hank Williams to the Lovin’ Spoonful to the Parliaments. The highlight is this tender take on the Cure’s 1992 weekendwarrior classic, which turns a buoyant pop tune into a sweet lullaby. 3. The Dead Weather “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)” It’s been five years since we’ve heard from this supergroup, which features Jack White and the Kills’ Alison Mosshart. But their new Zeppelin-zonked rocker suggests the wait was more than worth it. 4. Kelly Clarkson “Jolene”…

The New Jersey rapper singer currently has two Top 10 smashes on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (the supercatchy “Trap Queen” and “679”) – plus another Top 20 hit with “My Way.” We asked him to check out five songs, old and new, and tell us what he thought. CLASSIC Abba “Dancing Queen” I remember that my mom would always sing this song around the house. It was one of her favorites. Fugees “Fu-Gee-La” The Fugees were instrumental in hip-hop! This is such a classic beat. Everyone I knew would always freestyle over it. Cam’ron feat. Juelz Santana “Hey Ma” When this song came out, I remember hearing all the older dudes where I grew up riding around town saying, “Hey, Ma!” It’s still a classic Dipset song. NEW Miranda Lambert “Little Red Wagon” This one’s got a catchy hook! It seems like a…

AN HOUR BEFORE THEY TOOK THE stage at MTV’s Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on August 30th, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were sure their set was going to be a total disaster. The Seattle rapper-producer duo had just finished the final run-through of the performance – an ambitious outdoor version of their new single, “Downtown,” involving tricky choreography and multiple guest vocalists – and nothing was going right. “We watched the playback, and Ryan was bummed,” says Mackle more. “He was like, ‘Dude, this isn’t good. It’s going to be a shitshow.’ ” In the end, their first televised performance in more than a year went off without a hitch – but it was a high stakes moment for more reasons than one. The last awards show Macklemore and Lewis…