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‘The song got us signed but I hated it’: how Haircut 100 made Fantastic Day
‘In the early days, we hopped on every bandwagon going – punk, ska, mod, everything. Fantastic Day was always there, just in different styles. The original was more Talking Heads. I preferred that’If I’d been sitting down when I wrote Fantastic Day, it would have been a different song, but I was standing up in…
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Microsoft announces 3200 layoffs and four studio departures in “most significant” Xbox restructuring in history
The news is finally out. Microsoft is laying off thousands of people from its Xbox division and losing four game studios from its roster. Read more
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Member of 1994 USA World Cup team knows how much soccer can grow if this year’s team keeps up its success
John Harkes called the USMNT World Cup knockout stage run a “full-circle moment” connecting the Summer of '94 to today's quarterfinal push.
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Underground Monk Show: inside Edinburgh fringe’s cult comedy of the highest order
This late-night escapade became a word-of-mouth festival favourite. The show’s creators discuss the method behind its madness – and why you’ll laugh without knowing whyDeep within the cavernous Banshee Labyrinth in Edinburgh’s Cowgate, robed monks stand ominously on stage after midnight. It’s 2024, halfway through the Edinburgh fringe, and nobody really knows what’s happening. But…
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This Is Not A Fugazi Sneaker
Legendary DC punk institution Fugazi were famously opposed to consumerism, to the point where they wouldn’t even print up their own T-shirts; the “this is not a Fugazi T-shirt” T-shirts that were omnipresent in the ’90s were all bootlegs. Even at a time when plenty of other canonized ’90s cult artists have cashed in on…
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Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees today, and more than 30 percent of the job losses are in the company’s Xbox division. The significant gaming cuts will affect nearly every part of Xbox and also involve four game studios being spun off to be run independently from Microsoft. Today’s layoffs, which are being described as…
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USB4 cables: When and why it’s worth paying more
They’re for more than just fast charging.
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Historic World Cup Furor At ‘Incomprehensible’ FIFA Decision To Let U.S. Forward Balogun Play
An all-time controversy in the World Cup’s 96-year history rages Monday ahead of the co-host United States facing Belgium with a quarterfinals place at stake.
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Pokémon has partnered with the Japanese soccer league to give every club a Pokémon mascot
The J. League has partnered with Pokémon to ensure all 60 clubs in the top three divisions have a mascot Pokémon that fits their team.
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AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood To Star In Feature Film ‘Misaligned’
Controversial AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood will ‘star’ in Misaligned, marking the first time she has lead a feature film. Eline van den Velden’s Particle 6, which created Norwood, is in development on the pic. The London-based firm claims to have “retrained and upskilled” more than 30 TV and film creatives, filmmakers, actors and technologists since…