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Remember When Heart Made Some Compromises on a Hit-Filled Album in 1985?
Heart reinvented itself for its 1985 self-titled album, adopting outside-written songs and a more MTV-friendly image after declining commercial momentum in the early 1980s. The strategy made the band major pop stars again, but it also reduced the Wilson sisters’ creative involvement, creating lasting ambivalence about the record’s success. Capitol Records encouraged Heart to record…
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GOP targets progressives as frustration over economy grows
Republicans are increasingly training their fire on democratic socialists and Democratic Party’s progressive wing as they search for a winning message heading into the midterms, amid President Trump’s low approval rating and growing voter frustration over the cost of living. Republicans argue that recent victories by candidates they describe as “insurgent” would pull the country too far to the left….
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Save Us Drop Crushing New Track ‘Far’
Save Us have released ‘Far’, a new single from their forthcoming album ‘Death To Something’. The metalcore and alternative rock track explores the emotional strain of pursuing ambitions while being separated from loved ones, drawing on vocalist Miguel Owls’ homesickness during the album’s recording. Owls said the song was written midway through the band’s time…
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15 years later, VisionQuest might finally explain one of Captain America’s most obscure Easter Eggs as the OG Human Torch arrives in the MCU
The forthcoming Marvel series VisionQuest may provide an explanation for a long-discussed Easter egg in Captain America: The First Avenger involving the original Human Torch. The possibility matters to Marvel viewers because it could connect an obscure early MCU reference to a character now being introduced more directly into the franchise. The article links the…
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As Kingdom Hearts 4 fans await an update at D23, Disney says the JRPG series is now a $1 billion franchise
Disney said that Kingdom Hearts is among nine Disney Games franchises that have each grossed more than $1 billion at retail. The statement appeared in an August 2026 article outlining Disney’s wider games strategy, in which executive vice-president Sean Shoptaw also said the division and its licensing partners had generated an estimated $3.5 billion in…
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Pokémon Pokopia surpasses five million sales on Switch 2
Pokémon Pokopia has sold more than five million copies, making it the second best-selling Nintendo Switch 2 game behind Mario Kart World. The result is significant for an unconventional Pokémon spin-off centred on community-building and relationships between Pokémon, rather than the series’ usual adventure format. Its sales represent about 21% of the Switch 2’s reported…
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This Art Project Slows Down Citi Bikes to Make NYC’s Rent Crisis Feel Real
Brooklyn artist Justin Blinder has created Ground Truth, an art project that makes a modified Citi Bike harder to pedal in New York areas with higher levels of rent insecurity. The work aims to turn housing-affordability data into a physical experience, highlighting how sharply economic conditions can differ between nearby blocks. The device uses GPS…
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BOFH: How our Covid ransomware protocol’s Y2K blockchain lowered uptime
A satirical BOFH column depicts an IT team routinely inventing management statistics because nobody checks them, using polished charts to make the figures look credible. It matters chiefly as a comic critique of corporate reporting culture, where presentation and plausible excuses can outweigh accurate operational information. The narrator and PFY claim they have used successive…
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How much do you know about the Football League? Find out with our quiz
The Guardian has published a 16-question quiz to mark the start of the new English Football League season across the Championship, League One and League Two. It tests readers’ knowledge of clubs, managers, players, promotions, stadiums and historical records, offering a light-hearted way to engage with the season’s lower-league football. Questions cover Leicester City’s successive…
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Nigel Farage Documentary ‘Where Does the Money Come From?’ Set at U.K. Broadcaster 5 as Parliamentary Standards Watchdog Reopens Finance Probe
A one-hour documentary examining Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s finances will air on broadcaster 5 on 22 August, as the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner resumes an inquiry into an alleged undeclared gift. The programme matters because it comes amid heightened scrutiny of Farage’s outside earnings and financial backers, at a time when his political influence could…