Offbeat

A federal judge has ruled that a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sam Smith and Normani over their 2019 hit “Dancing With a Stranger” will proceed to trial. The judge rejected the defendants’ motion to dismiss the case, finding sufficient grounds to question whether they had copied from a 2015 song of the same name by…

The article discusses how director David Cronenberg and actor Brad Pitt were briefly attached to adapt Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel American Psycho for the screen, but the collaboration did not materialise. Cronenberg’s creative demands—including refusing to film restaurant scenes, nightclub sequences, or scenes depicting violence—were fundamentally at odds with Ellis’s vision, ultimately leading to…

Tom Scholz spent five years writing and perfecting Boston’s “More Than a Feeling” largely in isolation, using his electronics expertise to create its huge stadium-rock sound. The unusual approach helped produce a landmark track that sold more than one million copies and established Boston as a major band. The song reflects how music can revive…

Roland has released a Minions-themed keyboard called the GO:KEYS 3 Minion, targeting children and fans of the Illumination films. The instrument features bright yellow casing adorned with Minion imagery and includes 32 Minions-themed sound variations, complete with character voices, making it a novelty entry-level keyboard for aspiring young musicians. The keyboard is based on Roland’s…