On “Tarantino,” Steve Aoki & Timmy Trumpet modernize the classic surf guitar riff made famous via Pulp Fiction. Aoki’s mesmerizing electro beats combined with Trumpet’s eccentric horn licks and STARX’s hard psy stylings set off a vigorous revamp where Aoki’s Rave Royale concept comes into full view. “Tarantino” is the first single to be revealed from
Trump: What you do is you go and vote. You do a solicited ballot, and that’s okay— Wallace: No. No. I know your complaint [crosstalk]. I’m asking you about the fact that millions of people have received— Trump: You go and vote. You go and vote— Wallace: No. But what I’m saying is [crosstalk], what
Photography by Vai Yu Law.“Joy was a big word for me when I was designing this collection.” By Odessa Paloma Parker Date September 30, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter When Sammi Smith, founder of the Toronto-based loungewear label Soft Focus, began designing looks for the brand’s Fall 2020 offering, she didn’t know what kind of world we’d
The process to bring back furloughed pilots can take as long as 15 months due to the industry’s extensive and intricate training system, according to an airline labor union official and pilot. “It’s a very large ship and when you stop it, it takes a lot of energy to get it back up and running,” Dennis
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic already has a song about last night’s 2020 Election Debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Yankovic teamed up with the Gregory Brothers to pen the song, which is called “America Is Doomed, The Musical.” The debate has been on the minds of nearly everybody who tuned last night, which is
TODAY: In 1890, poet, playwright, and theatre actress Blanche Oelrichs, who used the nom de plume Michael Strange to publish her poetry, is born. Read Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 2000 dissent in Bush v. Gore. (And let’s hope we don’t have to refer to its precedents any time soon.) | Lit Hub Politics Taunts and abuse: Deborah Tannen on
In such an unpredictable year, it would almost have been comforting to see the two dark-suited septuagenarians playing so true to type. It would have been comforting if it wasn’t so representative of the unravelling of America. During the first presidential debate of 2020, President Donald Trump was a perfect caricature of himself, speaking in
San Luis Obispo, once dubbed ‘the happiest place in America,’ finally has a hotel befitting its stature as home to one of California’s top-ranked higher learning institutions. Hotel San Luis Obispo, or Hotel SLO, a Piazza Hospitality boutique hotel, is sure to lure friends and family of Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo students, but the new stylish
A UK company at the forefront of a new type of fibre optic technology has come out of stealth mode and launched its first commercial products. Lumenisity was spun out of a University of Southampton research project, to commercialise breakthroughs in the development of hollowcore optical fibre. Hollowcore fibres involve the propagation of light in
It’s not uncommon for a band’s music to be used in a TV ad, and while a few Rolling Stones tracks have been used for ads over the years, did you know the band actually wrote an original jingle for breakfast cereal, Rice Krispies? Though it’s not clear when the jingle was originally written, The
Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone said it will spend JPY 4.25 trillion (roughly Rs. 2,96,637 crores) to take its wireless carrier business private, in a deal that opens the path to lower prices as the government calls for cuts. NTT will launch Japan’s largest-ever tender offer for the 34 percent of NTT Docomo stock that it does not own,
Previously, we chose ten classic poems about London, but now we’re turning to books about the capital – whether non-fiction studies, novels, or texts which fall somewhere between the two. Of course, London is such a vast and fascinating city with a long history, that we cannot be comprehensive with ten books – these are
JYNX and Missy team up for a playful new tech house production that will have you saying, “Shawty got my wig!” in any and every situation. Less is more as the simplicity of the track attracts much allure, with a booming bassline and slow burning energy. Match JYNX’s quirky melodies with Missy’s ridiculously catchy hook and
Lil Rel Howery and I are nervously laughing over the fact that no one in Atlanta seems to be taking COVID-19 seriously. “It’s almost shocking when you first get here,” he says during a recent phone call. “You’re like, ‘did I miss something?’ People look at you crazy when you got a mask on, like
Photo by Manny Carabel/Getty ImagesIn other words, it’s simply the best. By Pahull Bains Date September 30, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Following their Emmys sweep earlier this month, Schitt’s Creek shot to the top of global social media charts. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Canadian show reached No. 1 on its Social Climbers chart, a
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Steve Dickson, sitting inside the flight deck of a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, conducts a pre-flight check ahead of an evaluation flight from Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, September 30, 2020. Mike Siegel | Pool | via Reuters The head of the Federal Aviation Administration was upbeat about Boeing‘s 737
Bill & Ted Face the Music was able to pull in around $32 million from VOD sales alone. Despite the chaotic and unprecedented summer movie season, the sequel was able to become a lean success for the studio. Fans of the franchise began to think that the third installment was never going to happen after
September 30, 2020, 2:33pm Let’s start with the good news—incredible news, really. Poet Kevin Young and publisher Jamia Wilson, two influential African-American gatekeepers in the book and media sectors, are about to take on illustrious new jobs. Young, currently the poetry editor for the New Yorker and director of the Schomburg Center for Research and Black