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With new music flying like warp-speed through the various channels of the Internet, it can be hard to keep up. But worry not! Each week The Fresh Toast will deliver the most-discussed and exciting songs that have recently dropped....

This sentence will either infuriate or inspire you: Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. He joins a laureate ranks that includes Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, Kenzaburō Ōe, Samuel Becket and many...

The force is strong with this trailer. Disney delivered a surprise present for Star Wars fans Thursday with the release of the second trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Though the first trailer debuted in August, fans...

What can we say about Ken Bone that hasn’t been said before? If you know, please tell us. But in the meantime, here’s a recap of what we’ve learned about the debate’s true hero over the past 28 hours,...

Obituaries for punk rock have been written many times before. So often, in fact, that "punk's not dead" is common rallying cry for fans and chroniclers of the movement. Further proof of the music's ongoing vitality can be found in the...

Japanese media Mainichi reported today that Michiyo Yasuda, prolific animator and color designer for Studio Ghibli, died on Oct. 5 at the age of 77. Yasuda started working in the animation industry since before she was 20 years old — breaking into an industry dominated...

Through intensive efforts by The Fresh Toast's investigative team, we bring you the exclusive LiveJournal entries from America's greatest hero, Mr. Kenneth Bone. We may not deserve him, but we definitely need him right now.  A wonderful surprise Oct. 3, 2016 Great...

Because pumpkin spice is evidently the new fall mascot, cannabis has shape-shifted into conformity. That's depressing news if you like your weed the old-fashioned way — unpretentious. But great news if you've always wanted your weed to taste a bit...

Dear Ms. Pot, Okay, I’m guessing you’ve heard this one before, but I’d still like your opinion on this common dilemma: I like to smoke pot and my wife doesn’t. I, like, really like to smoke pot: seven nights a...

Here are six Halloween costumes that let people know that even if you aren't the best at dressing up, you know your 2016 pop-culture references. Choosing a Halloween costume can be tricky. Simplicity and comfort often win out over elaborate...