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Music Venues Are In Crisis – Can Sponsorship Help Preserve Our Grassroots Spaces?
The Music Venue Trust’s latest annual report shows grassroots UK music venues are closing at a rate of roughly two a month, even as festival sponsorship revenue soars, raising the question of whether brand money could help preserve small clubs and pub venues. The report highlights a stark contrast within the same music industry: the…
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Burnham vows to resolve ‘long-running injustice’ of indefinite prison sentences in boost for thousands of inmates
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to resolve the “long-running injustice” of indefinite Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences as part of a wider plan to ease prison overcrowding while keeping the most serious offenders, such as those who killed PC Andrew Harper, behind bars. Options under consideration include releasing “lower risk” IPP prisoners, speeding…
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Shipping ore between the asteroid mining stations of Profits 2617 would be much easier if it weren’t for the darn space bug infestation
After a 90-second electrical fault left me stuck for two hours at Wilmslow station this weekend, I could be fooled into thinking trains are delicate fickle things. However, PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator is here to set me straight. The game puts you in the driver’s seat on a train…
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Why Pino Palladino was the only person who could replace John Entwistle: “Opened up space”
“Pino doesn’t play like John…” The post Why Pino Palladino was the only person who could replace John Entwistle: “Opened up space” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Heritage Monday at the Locarno Film Festival Sees a Future in the Past
At the Locarno Film Festival’s industry programme, this year’s Heritage Monday panel tackled how to draw younger audiences to older, classic films, amid growing interest in restoration and retrospective programming. Panellists including Leslie Vuchot (Timeless Cinema), Amy Homma (Academy Museum of Motion Pictures), Stefanie Schulte Strathaus (Arsenal Filminstitut) and Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation) argued…
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‘Sunset P.I.’ Bosses Dan Goor & Luke Del Tredici On Finding Inspiration From ‘Moonlighting’ & ‘The Pitt’
NBC has confirmed that its new half-hour comedy Sunset P.I. will premiere in February, with showrunners Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici discussing their creative influences at the network’s Backlot Press Day panel in Los Angeles. The pair, best known for executive producing Brooklyn Nine-Nine, said the series draws on the romantic tension of 1980s…
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Japan kind-of completes its sovereign satnav constellation
Japan has launched the seventh and final satellite of the current generation of its Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), giving the country its own sovereign satellite positioning network. The “Michibiki No. 7” (QZS-7) satellite reached orbit on Tuesday aboard a JAXA H3 rocket, a mission that matters because it restores momentum after a failed launch of…
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Netflix Adds Logan Marshall-Green, Scott Bakula and More to ‘The Sticks,’ Shares First-Look at Hockey Drama
The show centers on a grieving wife who steps behind the bench of the hockey team her husband built.
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“I wanted to get Jeff Beck in the band. Then I wanted to get Keith Moon. I went for the big time.” George Thorogood is at peace with not being Bob Seger or Steve Miller
George Thorogood, best known for hits such as “Bad to the Bone” and “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” has spoken candidly about his approach to fame, revealing he consciously chose showmanship and spectacle over the critically lauded, understated success achieved by peers such as Bob Seger and Steve Miller. Rather than chasing the credibility…
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Your Steam Deck Can Now Moonlight as a PS Portal, with PS Plus Cloud Streaming
A new app called Asobi, currently in testing, lets Steam Deck owners and other Linux-based handheld PC users stream PlayStation Plus Premium’s cloud gaming catalogue directly on their device, effectively turning the handheld into an unofficial PS Portal. Unlike Android-based alternatives such as PX Play, Asobi’s key advantage is native support for PS Plus Premium’s…