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Dayna Discusses The California Sound with Jakob Dylan & Andrew Slater

Dayna Discusses The California Sound with Jakob Dylan & Andrew Slater

Echo In The Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to…

The Black Keys announce tour, coming to San Francisco in November

The Black Keys announce tour, coming to San Francisco in November

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 09: Drummer Patrick Carney and singer Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys perform onstage during the iHeartRadio LIVE performance and Q&A with The Black Keys at iHeartRadio Theater on June 9, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for iHeart Radio). The Black Keys announced earlier this…

Jerry Seinfeld stars in new Vampire Weekend video for “Sunflower”

Jerry Seinfeld stars in new Vampire Weekend video for “Sunflower”

Vampire Weekend has shared another video, this time for their recently released single “Sunflower”. The video packs some serious star power considering that it’s directed by actor Jonah Hill, stars Jerry Seinfeld,and features cameos from The Internet’s  Steve Lacey, and hip-hop pioneer Fab Five Freddy(?). That’s a lot of going on for a music video…

Vampire Weekend announces release date of new album, drop two new songs

Vampire Weekend announces release date of new album, drop two new songs

We finally have a date for the new Vampire Weekend album, Father of the Bride, and it’s a lot sooner than expected. The follow-up to 2013’s Vampires in the City is set to be released May 3rd. The band added to the big news by dropping two new singles “Big Blue” and “Sunflower” featuring The…

Pearl Jam named the official ambassadors of Record Store Day 2019

Pearl Jam named the official ambassadors of Record Store Day 2019

Everyone’s favorite grunge forefathers, Pearl Jam, have been named the official ambassadors of Record Store Day 2019. The annual celebration of independent record stores across the globe falls on April 13th bringing all sorts of exclusive releases to the shelves. Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready released a video to accompany  the announcement detailing the important…

Brendon Urie Pleads with Fans: “Please Stop Kissing Me at Shows”

Brendon Urie Pleads with Fans: “Please Stop Kissing Me at Shows”

“I chime in with a ‘haven’t you people ever heard of’”…not kissing Brendon Urie at shows? Panic! At The Disco will be at the Oracle Arena on February 19th. If you’re planning on being there, please refrain from planting a smooch on frontman Brendon Urie when he makes his way into the crowd for the…

Billie Eilish announces debut album, premieres new video

Billie Eilish announces debut album, premieres new video

Billie Eilish announced today that she’ll be releasing her debut full-length album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? slated to come out March 29th. It’s hard to believe, but the 17 year-old phenom has yet to release a proper album, but her steady stream of singles and EP’s has made her one…

Listen: Weezer’s surprises fans with ‘The Teal Album’ of cover songs

Listen: Weezer’s surprises fans with ‘The Teal Album’ of cover songs

Weezer just keeps on getting kookier with age. On the heels of the massive success of their cover of Toto’s “Africa,” the band upped the ante by releasing a surprise album of all cover songs overnight. The 10 -rack album includes their take on everything from The Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams” to TLC’s “No Scrubs”, and…

Best Songs (Arthur’s Favorites) of 2018

Best Songs (Arthur’s Favorites) of 2018

So here we are at the end of the year and it’s time to make some god damn lists! Lists of accomplishments, lists of the number of different burrito spots I ate at, lists of the different movie theaters I fell asleep in (it’s a problem). Most importantly though, I have put together of list…

Watch: Rivers Cuomo releases quirky video and solo song

Watch: Rivers Cuomo releases quirky video and solo song

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is coming off a big year, and he’s bookending it with a surprise solo song and video release. “Two Broken Hearts” is the story of the people who leave and are left. It’s like dive into River’s Twitter feed, with a chorus about healing with Häagen-Dazs and HBO. Lyrics “give me your…

Cage the Elephant tease new album

Cage the Elephant tease new album

It’s been over three years since we were blessed with a new Cage the Elephant album, but it looks like the wait may be coming to an end soon.

Thom Yorke reveals new solo ‘political’ album is on the way

Thom Yorke reveals new solo ‘political’ album is on the way

Matt Cardy / Stringer Thom Yorke is a master of public relations; skillfully playing the game to promote not one, but two new projects. During an interview to promote tomorrow’s release of the movie he scored,Suspiria, a remake of a 70’s Italian horror flick, the Radiohead frontman dropped a hint that he has a new…

Weezer debuts new song “Can’t Knock the Hustle” starring Pete Wentz

Weezer debuts new song “Can’t Knock the Hustle” starring Pete Wentz

Weezer dropped some major news today. This morning on The Woody Show Rivers, Scott, and Brian debuted their brand new song “Can’t Knock the Hustle”, announced their new Black Album due out in early next year, AND announced a North American tour alongside alt-rock legends Pixies that will stop at the Oracle Arena on April…

R.E.M announce massive new BBC sessions box set

R.E.M announce massive new BBC sessions box set

R.E.M have announced a new box set containing over 20 years of concerts, interviews, and performances for the BBC. The eight-CD, one-DVD collection features a number of rare and previously unreleased performances.

Imagine Dragons partners with ‘Angry Birds’ to fight pediatric cancer

Imagine Dragons partners with ‘Angry Birds’ to fight pediatric cancer

Via Rovio “Angry Birds Match” app is not just the perfect game to play in class throughout college (no? just me?) Rovio Entertainment has now partnered with the Tyler Robinson Foundation for an in-game event that will benefit the Imagine Dragons’ pediatric cancer non-profit. You can help by playing “Angry Birds Match” and selecting the…

The 1975 debut video for latest single “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME”

The 1975 debut video for latest single “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME”

The 1975 released a new video Wednesday for their new single “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME” off of their upcoming album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. The video features a number of the groups’ fans lip syncing the lyrics to the song alongside front man Matty Healy. With a basic backdrop, the video is all about the fan’s…

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49ers Practice Report: Jalen Hurd resurfaces in final practice before real(ish) action

49ers Practice Report: Jalen Hurd resurfaces in final practice before real(ish) action

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Thursday was as quick, efficient and as businesslike as Kyle Shanahan probably could have hoped for. It was the 49ers’ final practice before basically real game action against the Kansas City Chiefs in Saturday’s preseason opener, and the 49ers accomplished a number of things.

It was the (perhaps underwhelming) debut of veteran safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, and a resurgent day from wide receiver Jalen Hurd, who Kyle Shanahan may or may not have lit a fire under with some “time is ticking”-type comments on Tuesday.

Hurd missed Tuesday’s practice because he didn’t feel right, Shanahan said. But he also emphasized that time is running out for Hurd. And on Wednesday, Hurd returned to practice, though wasn’t significantly involved. On Thursday, he looked like the potential dynamo who flashed for a couple touchdowns against the Dallas Cowboys before losing both of his first two seasons to back and ACL injuries, respectively.

In a score-the-ball drill (that’s what I’m calling it), the 49ers had their quarterbacks start from what looked like their own 20 or 25-yard-line. Trey Lance followed up Jimmy Garoppolo (we’ll get to that later) with a shaky start, missing Hurd deep to his left in what looked like a throwaway under pressure. Then he failed to complete a pass to Richie James Jr.

On third down, Hurd came through over the middle, with Lance hitting him on a rope to move the chains. Lance targeted Hurd on the very next play in nearly the same spot, for nearly the same sort of gain. It was a dangerous throw from Lance, and a first-team defensive back might have made a play on the ball, but he managed to thread the needle, putting enough heat on it to get through to Hurd, who made an impressive catch in tight coverage. Hurd had at least two other catches on the day.

Hurd also motioned, a la George Kittle or Kyle Juszczyk in an F role, where he shifted to the right side of the offensive line as an in-line blocker. He got to the second level and made a key block, which might have impressed Shanahan — who demands a lot out of his receivers as blockers — as much as anything.

“I was impressed when he got some balls, made some plays,” Shanahan said. “He’s coming along. The stuff that I said the other day wasn’t anything that was a shot at him. That’s the reality of injured players. I don’t think people realize that. You have guys who are talented enough to make your team itself because it’s not about just getting to the 53 there’s a lot. Those are the stressful decisions John and I have.”

I’m of the opinion that Shanahan’s comments were intentional — truthful, but intentional — to light a little bit of a fire under Hurd, who answered the call on Thursday.

Now, will Hurd definitely make the roster? No. It still seems more likely he doesn’t, at least at the moment, and he’ll have to prove himself in both of the latter two preseason games. But Thursday was a pretty sizable step in the right direction for a man who can’t afford to lose any more time.

Let’s go back to that score-the-ball drive for Lance, because it was the most significant part of practice. After his second completion to Hurd, he threw the ball away towards River Cracraft on the right side of the field, and then made one of his two worst throws of the day — along with a mis-timed and misread short throw to Wayne Gallman that he inexplicably missed — a deep ball down the right sideline towards Jauan Jennings, which was overthrown and which Deommodore Lenoir nearly made a play on.

Lenoir, by the way, has been extremely hit or miss, like when he got burned and looked lost on a deep ball Josh Rosen completed to a wide open Travis Benjamin, but he’ll occasionally close on the ball well and make a few nice pass breakups. It’s odd the 49ers haven’t repped him at slot corner, but defensive backs coach Cory Undlin told KNBR that he and Ambry Thomas are basically swimming right now, and another position is too much to throw at the rookie at this point in time. B.W. Webb is the 49ers’ current backup corner.

Lance finished his score-the-ball drill by doing, well, just that. He hit Ross Dwelley for a short completion, and then on what would have been fourth down, found Dwelley again over the middle for a touchdown.

Shanahan tried to make that offensive group run up to the line of scrimmage to spike the ball and stop the clock, but poked fun at Ross Dwelley for throwing the ball to the referee, who dropped it as time expired. Always hand the ball to the ref when you can, Shanahan said, because “those guys drop it way too much.”

Lance went 4-for-8 in that series with a closing touchdown, and had an impressive start to practice. Jimmy Garoppolo, meanwhile, had a less-than-impressive start to practice, but lived up to his reputation as a “gamer” — i.e. performing better in game or game-like situations — running a stellar score-the-ball drill.

He went 7-for-8 in that period with a closing touchdown to Brandon Aiyuk with four seconds remaining on the clock. He found Trent Sherfield, who is clearly going to make the team (probably fourth in the pecking order, just behind Mohamed Sanu), and then George Kittle twice on those short stick routes which Kittle runs so well. Kittle said he learned quite a bit from Darren Waller and Travis Kelce, who are masters of manipulating empty space.

Garoppolo’s lone incompletion was a eye-catching pass breakup from B.W. Webb on Mohamed Sanu along the left sideline. He also found River Cracraft, splitting both Jimmie Ward and Jason Verrett. One point of note was Trey Sermon catching the penultimate pass in the red zone, which came after a spike. Sermon might be the red zone guy, and if he’s not, he’ll at least be part of a timeshare in that role.

The first team concluded the day running the exact plays they’ll be running against the Chiefs. I can’t get into detail on those plays, but you’ll see Garoppolo throw the ball.

Absent from practice were K’Waun Williams and Arden Key, who were dealt “friendly fire” contusions to the hip and thigh, respectively, and who Shanahan said could have practiced if need be. Nick Bosa and Javon Kinlaw were both absent, while Darrion Daniels and Senio Kelemente returned to practice. In addition to Clinton-Dix, defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes — yet another former Raiders defensive lineman — debuted.

None of Bosa, Armstead, Hurd or Dee Ford will play. It seems unlikely that Kinlaw, Williams and Key will either, and Azeez Al-Shaair, Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, Samson Ebukam and MyCole Pruitt will also sit out. It’s going to be quite a bit of second- and third-stringers on Saturday.

Watch Twenty One Pilots Cover Oasis

Watch Twenty One Pilots Cover Oasis

Don’t look back in anger… Twenty One Pilots gave fans at Reading Festival quite the surprise this weekend when they covered Oasis during their set. Paying homage to British music and culture, Tyler Joseph stated, “We wanna thank you as a couple of Americans. Thanks for letting us come across the pond and play at…Continue Reading

Disney Announces New Original Series ‘The World According to Jeff Goldblum’

Disney Announces New Original Series ‘The World According to Jeff Goldblum’

*Insert open button-down shirt Ian Malcolm here* The new Disney+ service drops in November and will feature an original series based around Jeff Goldblum. The World According to Jeff Goldblum will allow you to “see the world through his eyes.” See the world through his eyes. The World According To Jeff Goldblum. Original Series. Streaming…Continue Reading

“Dad Guy”: Watch This Hilarious Billie Eilish Parody

“Dad Guy”: Watch This Hilarious Billie Eilish Parody

“Dinner’s ready.” “Dad Guy”, the latest parody of Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy”, is making its rounds on the internet. From changing the car’s oil, to long toenails, to taco stains, this video sums up the day-to-day duties of dad life. It’ll be stuck in your head for weeks. Watch below:    Continue Reading

26-Pound Cat Becomes Internet Sensation

26-Pound Cat Becomes Internet Sensation

A 26-pound kitty has become an overnight sensation. The cat named BeeJay went viral when Philadelphia’s Morris Animal Refuge posted pictures of him in an effort to get him adopted. The shelter said interest in adopting the cat has skyrocketed after the photo was shared on social media. The Philadelphia Police Department even offered BeeJay…Continue Reading

KFC Rolls Out New Mac & Cheese Bowls

KFC Rolls Out New Mac & Cheese Bowls

While the chicken sandwich battle rages on between Chick-fil-A, Popeyes and others, KFC is just over here like, “Hold my beer.” KFC isn’t reworking their sandwich, however, but they are offering a new Mac & Cheese Bowl. The dish contains a cheddar mac with a three-cheese blend on top plus KFC’s popcorn chicken bites mixed…Continue Reading

You Can Now Take a Course In ‘Adulting’ At UC Berkeley

You Can Now Take a Course In ‘Adulting’ At UC Berkeley

You’ve just completed your BA in advanced microbiology with a minor in theater. Congrats. On the way to graduation, you get a flat tire. Oh no! You never took a class on how to handle this situation! AND you need to do your taxes at the same time? AND you need to call and schedule…Continue Reading

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