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How to Collect CDs | WIRED
You can score some great finds when thrifting for CDs, but you never know the conditions the discs were stored in before they hit the discount shelf, so learn to spot the most common problems and be discerning. You may even want to bring…
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‘It’s radical to release a film called Girls Like Girls in this climate’: hitmaker turned director…
A lot of Hayley Kiyoko’s teenage summers were spent waiting, bored and pining, as she sat at the computer willing her crush to message her back on AOL instant messenger. Like Coley, the 17-year-old protagonist of Girls Like Girls, the…
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Netflix is pivoting away from prestige
Many of Netflix’s biggest critically acclaimed hits have been the products of its multiyear production deals with noted directors like David Fincher and Shawn Levy. In the past few weeks, though, the streamer has brought some of those…
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Anton Seidl and the Lost Promise of American Classical Music
This weekend’s online “ArtsFuse” carries an interview with me by Aaron Cohen (reproduced below).
I will be speaking about my recent novel “The Disciple” for the Wagner Society of New York on October 15 — information here. I will…
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Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books | Ukraine
On a Saturday morning in August, Viktor Kruglov, the co-founder and chief executive of the publisher Ranok, was at his headquarters in Kharkiv – the eastern Ukrainian city that, along with Kyiv, is the centre of the country’s publishing…
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At this rave, the crowd is under 5 and home by 8 p.m. : NPR
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AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Australian DJ Lenny Pearce is filling venues across the U.S. This summer, he sold out Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado to a crowd of over 8,000.…
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Wish list apps like Giftful are ruining an entire generation of gift giving.
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As I have dozens of times before, I recently braved our local Sephora to pick up a gift for…
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Eight Million Books Burned in Kharkiv
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A Russian drone strike in August destroyed 8 million books at a Kharkiv warehouse belonging to Ranok, a Ukrainian publisher, more than 85% of its stock, including 628,000 new schoolbooks. The government estimates 13…
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The British Museum Adds An Audio Tour To The Bayeux Tapestry in Response To Blind Man’s Lawsuit
The museum apparently hadn’t thought of adding an audio description to its app, or having more audio description tours, before the lawsuit – despite saying they worked with specialists on accessibility. – BBC
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