SNL, Skunkbear, and Solange
Each day we're getting closer to November 8th, and if our liveblog of the first presidential debate (and the VP debate) wasn't enough for you, check out Saturday Night Live's recreation of the Hillary/Trump showdown, featuring Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin as America's sweethearts:[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nQGBZQrtT0[/embed]If elections stress you out too much, though, kick back for 51 minutes of Solange and chil with her new album, and after a good listen (or two, or three), treat yourself with her incredible video for "Don't Touch My Hair."[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTtrnDbOQAU[/embed]Also in the music world, check out C'est Toi, Cameron Avery's (of Tame Impala) debut single and Wings of Love, from LIV. Or climb abord as Vice attempts to answer the age-old question, "Are The Chainsmokers Really 'Just Frat Bro Dudes' In Disguise?"The New Yorker examines Nate Parker's retelling of The Birth of a Nation, as Vinson Cunningham questions its success "as art or as propaganda." In a different sector of the film world, IMAX and Warner Bros. are teaming up to release all eight Harry Potter films in theaters for a week, beginning October 13th, a month before the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.NPR's science tumblr may not be new, but it sure is interesting, like its most recent post about the upper limit of the human lifespan (we may've already reached it). And while we're on infographics, see how much voters can agree (and how much they disagree, more importantly) on energy issues this election.And wrapping up (yet again) with the election, take a look as Mykki Blanco performs Zoe Leonard's poem I Want a Dyke for President nearly 25 years after its first publication.[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6DgawQdSlQ[/embed]