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  JONAH BAYER  

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Sometimes it’s easy to forget that huge rockstars like Amy Winehouse are also human beings and in addition to the normal mourning process, celebrities’ families also have to deal with all of the fans who have their own connection with their favorite stars. Luckily even though the singer is gone, her father is keeping Winehouse’s compassionate spirit and connection with her listeners alive.
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  JONAH BAYER  

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It had to happen, people. Today the always=controversial rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All announced plans for their first national tour, which will take place this fall.
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  JONAH BAYER  

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We’ll be honest, we don’t really remember our 21st birthday or any of the presents we got although we do remember splurging at the Chinese Buffet that evening and getting a Coke instead of sticking to water like we usually do.
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The news of Amy Winehouse’s death this weekend had been barely broken before fans, critics, and casual observers alike began rushing to compose their final thoughts. Within minutes, thousands of words went up on the Internet — words that, while outwardly meant to express how we felt upon hearing the news, turned out to say more about how we interpret the lives of our icons. Armed with a bizarre mix of superstition and literary affectations, these elegies hewed closer to the final act of a Shakespearean fall myth than to the factual account of one woman’s tragic ending; they convey more about the way we “read” death as a culture, than they do about the real life of Amy Winehouse.

  EMILY ZEMLER  

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Bret Michaels and Tommy Lee may be in trouble, but it’s not quite the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll of their heyday. The Poison frontman and Motley Crue drummer may face gun charges after visiting a shooting range in North Carolina.
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