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Steve Vai: Passion and payoff
Most musicians have a moment when a song, a piece of music or the sound of an instrument hits them like a lightning bolt. It can lead to a career, or at least a lifetime passion for the profession
Kanye West slammed for ‘ignorant’ lyrics
Kanye West has been branded “ignorant” for including lyrics about Parkinson’s disease on his new album. The rapper’s sixth studio album, Yeezus, was released this week and a storm has already brewed up over one of the tracks.
Cornish rappers feel misunderstood
Hedluv and Passman are a serious rap duo from Cornwall, UK, who are still at a loss as of why they were invited to a comedy festival. The ‘originators of Casio rap’, met at school, have been making music together since 2001 and released two albums.
All about the rhythm at Womad
Antibalas founder and baritone saxophonist Martin Perna says his group’s music is like the foreplay before making love.
Viral videos stoke celebrities’ images
Mila Kunis’ stardom went up a notch last week, and you would think it’s because she stars in the biggest movie of the year so far.
Watch This Curious Koala Bear Swim to A Canoe and Climb Right In
A Curious little koala swims to check out a canoe and climbs on in. A koala surprises a group of people in Australia by swimming across a river towards their canoe and climbing in it.
Largest Burmese Python Found in Florida It’s17.7 Feet Long and Carrying 87 Eggs
The National Geographic has reported on a very rare find from Florida, a state plagued environmentally with released exotic pets that are damaging to the local ecosystems. Florida has a new attraction, a 17.7-foot-long (5.4-meter-long) Burmese python, the biggest snake ever found in the southeastern U.S. state, scientists say. What’s more, a necropsy on the euthanized python revealed she was […]
The Illusion of Optimism
To some, the very idea of optimism seems peculiarly American. In fact, the concept was German, the word was French, and the trait precedes nations altogether: it is baked into our DNA
Ancient quasar can give clues to the dawn of the universe
It’s hard to overstate the shock astronomers felt when the true nature of quasars began to dawn on them in the early 1960s.