May 7, 2013 – The beginning of Rihanna 777, the RihannaPlane documentary that aired on Fox last night, is somewhat like the start of a movie like Turistas. Shots outside the aircraft's windows into the clouds indicate hope and excitement, and the passengers — eagerly tearing open their gift bags — are shouting and giggling and ribbing one another. But you know that by the end, everyone involved will be slaughtered and vivisected in a bloody pile.At least that's how I felt watching it. Having survived the trip with pneumonia, I knew what coughing fits were coming (and that the Australian dude's dick was imminent). But something happened on the way to the end of this film: RihannaPlane... didn't seem that bad. Clever editing will do that!Rihanna 777 was the trip's official documentary (marketed by Island Def Jam and Roc Nation, as a placard at the ending told us).

May 6, 2013 – Tonight is the finale of Season Five of RuPaul's Drag Race, when we'll find out who will be crowned the next Drag Race Superstar (on LOGO, 9/8 CST). And for every exit, there's a fete: in New York City, this season's entire cast will descend on XL Nightclub for a party hosted by none other than Michelle Visage, Drag Race den mama and RuPaul's best friend. SPIN interviewed the inimitable Visage in February in West Hollywood, discussing everything from her beginnings in the New York club scene to her days as a radio host (with Ru) on New York's KTU, to becoming a television personality (and the official announcer at her teenage daughter's track meets). In homage to her quick wit, her strong personality, and her gigantic hair: Michelle Visage.If you haven't read our full RuPaul profile or spotlight on Drag Race's beloved queens, do it now!How did you get into the club scene in New York?

May 1, 2013 – Pink Floyd Laser Yoga is precisely that: yoga set to Pink Floyd with projections and lasers. Portland, Oregon-based instructor Chris Calarco has been teaching it since last year, aiming to "combine alignment-conscious Vinyasa and iconic musicians to deepen your relationship with the universal pulsation of spanda." Got that? He's done Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Bob Marley yoga classes as well, but Floyd's music hits that sweet spot between party vibes and higher consciousness — even his first class, with fellow yoga teacher Todd Vogt, sold out, and the recap on his blog boasted "righteous live mixing" and "going deep." Also: lasers.

April 1, 2013 – Three-quarters through every episode of the drag-queen competition reality show RuPaul's Drag Race, a camera pans onto a glimmering, iridescent pink runway. A triad of triumphant brass instruments dramatically herald RuPaul's entrance. "Cover girl! Put the bass in your walk!" Voice booming through the speakers, her spellbinding look so singular that it only could be soundtracked by her own music. "Head to toe! Let your whole body talk!" Strutting down the runway, RuPaul is nothing less than America's Supermodel of the World, giving face that says "serious business," wearing vampy, fashion-forward gowns in various flavors of sequins, tulle, and chiffon. As she reaches the end of the proscenium, the song's punch line hits: "And....

March 11, 2013 – With Elegancia Tropical, Bogotá, Colombia's Bomba Estéreo one-upped their signature style of electro hip-hop and traditional cumbia with a riveting, more-global dance-floor sound that was the result of touring the world for basically two years straight. Their U.S. dates over the past couple of years has shored up a fanbase that's almost as passionate as the one in their Colombian home base, one that's devoted to their forward-thinking yet past-preserving beats and the interminable vivaciousness of vocalist Liliana Saumet.Here's the debut of the video for "Caribbean Power," a statement track that reflects the Colombian beach town where they recorded the album as well as the group's fealtiness to what they do. The clip was recorded live during a 2012 concert in Bogotá — sun and sea gives you a lot of energy, apparently. "I am Caribbean Power, tropical elegance," Saumet sings in Spanish.

March 8, 2013 – Andrew W.K. has long positioned himself as the face of the Great American Party, spreading shop-wrecking good vibes and messy well-wishings wherever he may go (or tweet). His singular persona has landed him a couple of sensible endorsement deals in the past: that rattling version of "Gimme a Break" he created for the Kit-Kat commercial, and the role of spokesperson for Dos Equis, insofar as we can imagine him loving both sugar and beer.

March 5, 2013 – Rihanna's collection for River Island may have taken a strangely vitriolic blow from some of the British press, but last night's retail debut at NYC's Opening Ceremony proved the collection is hitting all the right notes.

February 21, 2013 – When beloved designer Jeremy Scott showed his A/W 2013 collection in New York last week, we were definitely feeling the Bones Brigade — the drippy, crazed cretins he printed on skirts, sweaters and trainers looked just like the designs on the bottoms of every skateboard circa 1989. (They also brought to mind a little Danzig.)Well, turns out we weren't just experiencing nostalgia: a post on the Facebook page of Jimbo Phillips — the legendary designer who, along with his father Jim Phillips, actually did the art for Santa Cruz Skateboards in the '80s and '90s — compares Scott's garments with his own back catalog, and it looks like someone did indeed get jacked. Under the header "this is crazy!," you can see the, ahem, similarities between the designs of Phillips' iconic goopy dudes and the ones Scott put on his clothes, apparently without permission.

February 18, 2013 – When Rihanna signed on with affordable high street label River Island for an exclusive fashion collaboration, she likely didn't picture... this. Last time the singer performed in London for the #777 Tour a.k.a. Rihannaplane, sponsored in part by River Island, she was feted passionately by thousands of weeping fans. This week, when she showed up in the city for London Fashion Week, she was greeted by a huge article in London's Sunday Times Magazine calling her the new Princess Diana, written by none other than 1990s anti-feminist provocateur Camille Paglia (an American). Based on that alone, it's safe to say the U.K.

February 17, 2013 – A few hours before Beyoncé's notoriously labored-over Life Is But a Dream made its debut on HBO, the March issue of American Vogue showed up in my mailbox, as if by magic, or the collective will of the Beyhive, or Anna Wintour's secret influence over the U.S. Postal Service. Beyoncé's second cover has already been largely circulated, but subscribers received a different image: it's Ms. Knowles-Carter's washboard-straight posture in profile, wearing couture Givenchy, sharpshooting enough passion from her eyes that you wonder if her determined stare busted photographer Patrick Demarchelier's camera lens. There is only one headline. "Power Issue 2013: Beyoncé Rules the World." That lust in her face might look sensual, but Bey is about her business. She wants our minds. This year, not a moment will pass when we're not thinking about her. She is power. Vogue decrees it.