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Superfly Snuka Gone

Low

from The Observer How David Bowie Perfected the Concept Album on ‘Low’ Ron Hart David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth. YouTube It’s been said the beginning of Kosmische Musik—the hypnotic, minimalist style of music crudely dubbed “Krautrock” by the British press in the late ’60s—lies in the wake of World War II. The trance-like atmosphere […]

Dark Matter Dying

from WIRED The Man Who’s Trying to Kill Dark Matter by NATALIE WOLCHOVER The Dutch theoretical physicist Erik Verlinde argues that dark matter does not exist.ILVY NJIOKIKTJIEN/QUANTA MAGAZINE FOR 80 YEARS, scientists have puzzled over the way galaxies and other cosmic structures appear to gravitate toward something they cannot see. This hypothetical “dark matter” seems to outweigh […]

William Peter Blatty Gone

from The Sun William Peter Blatty dead aged 89 as tributes pour in for The Exorcist author BY JOHN SHAMMAS THE legendary horror writer who penned The Exorcist has passed away at the age of 89. William Peter Blatty’s death was confirmed on social media by the film’s director William Friedkin this afternoon. The writer won the […]

Finally, a Purpose for Instagram

from Vanity Fair Helen Mirren Is on Her Way to Kardashian-Level Instagram Mastery by JULIE MILLER Larry Busacca/Getty Images Oh, what a difference three years makes for Helen Mirren, queen of moviegoer hearts and, now, Instagram feeds. In 2014, the Oscar-winning actress took an aggressively anti-social media stance, telling press, “I’m not a social-media person. . . . […]

Nostrageddon

from The New York Post 500-year-old ‘Italian Nostradamus’ prediction says the world is about to end By Natalie Keegan Shutterstock Could the end of the world be looming? According to a prophecy from the “Italian Nostradamus,” Armageddon is just around the corner. It all comes down to the snow that has been hitting Italian resort town […]

Chile Seeking Alpha Centauri

from Reuters via Yahoo! News Giant telescope in Chile to seek habitable planets in Alpha Centauri This artist’s impression shows the planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B, a member of the triple star system that is the closest to Earth in this image released on October 17, 2012. REUTERS/ESO/L. Calcada/N. Risinger SANTIAGO (Reuters) – […]

Almost Here.

from The Mirror Mystery footage shows ‘huge ball of fire’ shooting over the Earth BY ANDREW HIRST, RACHEL BISHOP Abbey Shaw, 22, shared footage of the mysterious UFO saying she thought it was a ‘fireball’ or possibly something even weirder (Photo: MEN Syndication) A strange ‘ ball of fire ‘ shooting across the sky had people baffled yesterday morning. […]

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HAUNTED Casting

from Variety via Yahoo! TV TV News Roundup by Dani Levy CASTING Three new cast members will join Syfy‘s “The Haunted” as series regulars. Steve Kazee and David Alpay will play two of the four siblings in the Bradley family reunited after their parent’s death, slowly fixing their relationships with each other and navigating between the all too real ghosts from their […]