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Ritchie Blackmore Set to Play With Deep Purple After 33 Year-Estrangement
Ritchie Blackmore is set to make a one-song encore appearance with Deep Purple at their Jones Beach show in New York, ending a 33-year absence from the band’s live stage. The planned reunion is significant because Blackmore is the group’s founding guitarist and a key writer of its best-known songs, while previous prospects of him…
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8-year-old boy reels in bizarre surprise during weekend fishing trip at Pennsylvania lake
Seamus Coffey was fishing for bass in Pennsylvania's Ridley Park Lake when he reeled in a piranha, later confirmed by the state Fish and Boat Commission.
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Gaten Matarazzo | Shelf Quest Episode 3
Gaten Matarazzo discusses his relationship with video games in the third episode of Polygon’s Shelf Quest. The Stranger Things actor says a restrictive childhood household led him to play games secretly, before his role as Dustin Henderson broadened his exposure to gaming; the episode highlights his favourite experiences and influences. Matarazzo mentions series including The…
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From sensation to spectacular, to silence: the strange history of Coleridge-Taylor’s Song of Hiawatha
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s three-part choral work The Song of Hiawatha will receive its first performance at the Edinburgh International Festival, despite having made the composer internationally famous more than a century ago. The article argues that its revival matters because the work was once a major popular success and helped establish Coleridge-Taylor as the best-known Black…
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The King is Watching revels in magic, menace and distraction
The King is Watching is an upcoming game that combines city-building and tower defence, centred on the constraint that resource-producing buildings only work when the king is looking at them. Players must continually move the king’s limited area of focus between wells, forests, farms, markets and other buildings while preparing troops to repel approaching monsters.…
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The strange way a solar eclipse inspired Carly Simon’s 1971 hit ‘You’re So Vain’
The mark of a great lyricist. The post The strange way a solar eclipse inspired Carly Simon’s 1971 hit ‘You’re So Vain’ first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Stranger gets shockingly light sentence after he bundled Florida girl into his car and subjected her to horrific rapes
The article reports that a stranger in Florida received a sentence widely criticised as lenient after abducting a girl by forcing her into his car and sexually assaulting her. The case has prompted concern about whether the punishment properly reflects the gravity of the crimes and the harm caused to the victim. The article describes…
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WATCH: Neighbor’s double take helped police identify accused wildfire arsonist as flames raced nearby
A neighbour’s observations helped police identify Aaron Forrest Farinacci, who is accused of starting the Old Trails Fire near Spokane, Washington. Paul Child said he saw an unfamiliar man near railway tracks and watched smoke rise shortly afterwards, prompting him to alert authorities and later assist with the identification. Child reportedly drove past the man…
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In The Room | Count Binface vs Farage: Flakes, Ferraris and the Clacton by-election
Independent TV’s *In The Room* features Count Binface, the novelty candidate standing against Nigel Farage in Clacton, shortly before the by-election. The discussion uses humour to explore his manifesto while considering whether his public profile could translate into votes and what the contest indicates about Farage, Reform UK and British politics. Binface promotes proposals including…
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How affordable are Edinburgh’s festivals?
Edinburgh’s summer festivals are becoming increasingly expensive for both audiences and performers, with accommodation, food, drink and ticket costs creating barriers to participation. The issue matters because the city’s cultural events rely on being accessible to local residents, visitors, artists and the workers who support them. A regular Fringe attendee said a full day can…