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On This Day in 1950 at Nashville’s Castle Studio, Hank Williams Recorded One of Only Two Songs in His Legendary Catalog to Feature Drums
On 31 August 1950, Hank Williams recorded “Moanin’ the Blues” at Castle Studio in Nashville, a session that stands out because it features drums – an instrument he used on only one other track in his entire career. The recording later became his fourth number-one single. Its inclusion of percussion was unusual for the era,…
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Dolly Parton To Be Honored With Two-Day DOLLYFEST in 2027
Dolly Parton is to be celebrated with DOLLYFEST, a two-day festival planned for both Nashville, Tennessee, and London in 2027, following her death on 25 August at the age of 80. The event was originally conceived as a Nashville show for January 2026 to mark her 80th birthday, with Parton set to perform and host,…
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OpenAI back up after roughly 5 hours 14 minutes
OpenAI is reporting a service incident: Partial System Outage
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David Fair, Co-Founder of Art Rock Innovators Half Japanese, Dead at 74
David Fair, co-founder of the influential art rock band Half Japanese, has died aged 74 after a battle with cancer, his brother and bandmate Jad confirmed to Rolling Stone. Fair’s daughter announced his death on his Facebook page, describing “a beautiful life of love, kindness, and creativity”, while his friend and label head Travis McElroy…
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword review
Eurogamer’s review of Onimusha: Way of the Sword concludes that Capcom has built the game’s combat around the philosophy of real-life swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, whose treatise The Book of Five Rings prizes patience, observation and intuitive judgement over brute aggression. The reviewer argues this produces a demanding, old-fashioned action game that rewards reading and countering…
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Australian hiker Michael Keats confirmed dead in Nepal floods
The family of Australian hiker Michael Keats, from Mollymook on the NSW South Coast, has confirmed he died in the catastrophic flooding that struck Nepal last week, making him the first Australian fatality to be confirmed in the disaster. The floods, triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, have devastated central Nepal, and Keats…
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Healey seeks G20 defence funding cooperation before UK Budget
Chancellor John Healey has called on G20 counterparts to boost international cooperation on defence funding, using talks in North Carolina to push for joint mechanisms to strengthen collective economic resilience. He cited the impact of the Iran conflict on energy prices as evidence that no single country can absorb such shocks alone, framing the push…
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Carrie Underwood performs See You Again for Dolly Parton
Carrie Underwood paid tribute to Dolly Parton during a concert at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, following the country legend’s death, choosing to perform her own song “See You Again” rather than one of Parton’s hits. Underwood, who had a personal friendship with Parton, described her as “one of the nicest people I…
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Review: The Blood of Dawnwalker (PS5) – A Fang-Tastic Vampire RPG Held Back by Toothless Combat
Pushsquare’s review of The Blood of Dawnwalker, the debut RPG from Rebel Wolves, a studio founded by former Witcher 3 developers, finds a promising vampire-themed story hampered by weaker combat. The game opens strongly with an intriguing premise: players control Coen, a young villager whose family and community live under the rule of Brencis, an…