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Lael Neale Announces New Album As Killers Do: Hear “Slip Away”
LA-based indie musician Lael Neale has announced a new album, “As Killers Do,” due out on 20 November via her own label, Consensual Sound. It follows last year’s “Altogether Stranger,” released on Sub Pop, and is accompanied by a lead single, “Slip Away,” described as a garage rock track blending influences from Stereolab and the…
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Making history in the USSR: Why are Boney M so big in Russia?
A bizarre relationship. The post Making history in the USSR: Why are Boney M so big in Russia? first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Cut off by your adult child? Psychology researcher reveals what parents should do next
Family estrangement has become increasingly common in the United States, but experts say reconciliation between parents and adult children remains possible in most cases, provided both sides are willing to change and find common ground. Texas-based psychology researcher Dr Richard Blake notes that while every relationship differs and there are no guarantees, the majority of…
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Warner Bros promotes ‘The End of Oak Street’ using bizarre AI dog podcast
The film’s dog, Starbuck, was being interviewed. The post Warner Bros promotes ‘The End of Oak Street’ using bizarre AI dog podcast first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Halloween game blocked in Australia and New Zealand over cannabis
Halloween: The Game has been refused classification in Australia, with regulators objecting not to its violence or depiction of serial killer Michael Myers, but to a minor gameplay mechanic that lets characters smoke cannabis for an in-game buff. Developer IllFonic has also withheld the multiplayer horror title from New Zealand, even though that country runs…
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You Won’t Get Free of It by Rachel Aviv review – a subtle study of the mother-daughter bond
Rachel Aviv, a Pulitzer finalist known for empathetic, incisive journalism, follows her acclaimed Strangers to Ourselves with You Won’t Get Free of It, a collection of six essays on mothers and daughters originally published in the New Yorker. The book explores the most complex of family relationships through cases of psychological instability, disappearance and neglect,…
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Halloween has been banned in Australia and New Zealand for a reason you’d never imagine
Halloween: The Game, a video game adaptation of the classic slasher franchise, has been denied a classification rating in Australia, effectively banning its sale there ahead of its September launch. The developers say the refusal was not due to the game’s violence or its depiction of killer Michael Myers, but because it features cannabis use…
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Tesla owner’s outrage after built-in security camera captures stranger keying her car: ‘Completely shocked’
A Tesla owner has expressed shock after her car’s built-in security camera recorded a stranger deliberately keying the vehicle, leaving a deep scratch along its bodywork. The footage, captured automatically by Tesla’s Sentry Mode system, has reignited discussion about the value of in-car surveillance technology in catching acts of vandalism that would otherwise go unwitnessed…
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Perry Como Was Supposed To Record What Became One of Willie Nelson’s Biggest Hits
The country song “Red Headed Stranger,” the title track of Willie Nelson’s landmark 1975 album, was originally intended for crooner Perry Como but never reached him because of a publishing dispute. Written by Carl Stutz and Edith Lindeman, the song instead became one of the defining recordings of Nelson’s career, a fact revealed in Lindeman’s…
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Georgia jogger runs for her life after stranger allegedly tries to mow her down 3 times
A woman jogging in Cherokee County, Georgia, was allegedly targeted by a stranger who tried to run her over three times after she offered him a brief, friendly greeting during her Sunday morning workout. The attack was captured on video, and the accused driver has since been arrested and charged over the incident, which has…