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The 1971 guitar solo Living Colour’s Vernon Reid said could “evoke the ghosts of the past”
Vernon Reid of Living Colour has described Eddie Hazel’s guitar solo on Funkadelic’s 1971 track ‘Maggot Brain’ as music that can “evoke the ghosts of the past”. The article argues that Hazel’s emotionally charged playing helped shape Reid’s approach to guitar and influenced Living Colour’s blend of funk, rock and metal. The song is the…
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Brave internet star Brooke Eby who spoke candidly about her heartbreaking struggle with debilitating ALS dies aged 37 as emotional tributes pour in
Brooke Eby, a social media personality who spoke openly about living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has died aged 37. The ALS Network said her honesty, humour and determination helped change how many people understood the condition. Diagnosed at 33, Eby shared her experience online as ALS progressed and built a following of hundreds of…
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Gregor Fisher launches YouTube cookery channel after recipe videos take off
Actor Gregor Fisher, best known for playing Rab C Nesbitt, has launched a YouTube cookery channel after finding a large audience for his online recipes. The move lets him share longer cooking lessons and develop a new role as a home cook. Encouraged by his daughter Cissie, Fisher began filming recipes last year to promote…
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YouTube will reduce reach for Shorts accounts reposting others’ clips
YouTube is changing its Shorts recommendations to reduce the reach of accounts that repost other creators’ clips without making significant changes. The move is intended to give original videos more prominence and encourage clipper accounts to add commentary, distinctive edits or storytelling. YouTube says channels that mainly aggregate existing content are likely to receive less…
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer turns podracing into an intense roguelike game
Star Wars: Galactic Racer transforms the podracing sequence from The Phantom Menace into an immersive roguelike racing game developed by Fuse Games. The title combines high-speed, split-second racing mechanics with roguelike structure, capturing the thrilling atmosphere and authenticity of the Star Wars universe whilst challenging players to master intense courses and overcome aggressive opponents. Players…
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Inscribed copy of Meghan’s book listed on eBay for £20,000
A first edition of Meghan Markle’s children’s book *The Bench*, bearing an inscription apparently addressed to Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, has been listed for £20,000 on eBay. The seller says Meghan gave it to the couple after the birth of their son, but the inscription has not been independently verified, and it is unclear…
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‘It’s rational to fear the music industry’: Grouper’s Liz Harris on virality, streaming scammers and her ‘restorative’ dream-pop trio
Liz Harris, the influential ambient artist behind Grouper, performs sold-out shows at New York’s Town Hall whilst promoting Helen, her reformed dream-pop band. When a Grouper recording went viral on TikTok, fraudsters attempted to steal her royalties, reinforcing her existing wariness of the music industry. However, collaborating with drummer Jed Bindeman and bassist Scott Simmons…
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LanLan Yang misses another Sydney hearing as evidence delays continue
LanLan Yang, a 24-year-old student accused of causing a serious crash while driving under the influence, did not attend another court hearing in Sydney despite an earlier warning that an arrest warrant could be issued. The judge took no action and excused her from the next appearance, while the case continues to face delays over…
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Watermill theatre stages Richard Coles’s wartime village murder mystery
Watermill theatre has adapted Rev Richard Coles’s 2022 crime novel “Murder Before Evensong” as a stage mystery centred on Canon Daniel Clement, a detecting rector investigating serial killings connected to events buried in the village’s wartime past. The 1980s setting avoids modern surveillance obstacles while enabling connections to the second world war that drive the…
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Alice Oswald’s debut explores poetry’s oral tradition from Homer to Hughes
Alice Oswald’s debut prose work “Rhapsody: A Manifesto” offers a wide-ranging exploration of poetry centred on the concept of the oral tradition, from classical Greek rhapsodes through Homer to the contemporary world. Presented as an urgent manifesto, the book positions poetry as a living phenomenon that transcends rhetoric and fashion, searching for those moments where…