Nick Cave @ Plenary Theatre, Melbourne
In a world of mimics, Nick Cave is a true original. No one can do what he does. And it’s befitting that on a bleak evening in Melbourne, Cave should be the one to entertain the masses. From an unhinged post-punk prodigy to a moody, debonair virtuoso, Cave’s creative evolution is unparalleled. For more than…
A California Bill Designed to Rein in Ticketmaster Was Rewritten. Now It May End Up Helping It Instead
A controversial California Assembly bill that would have forced Ticketmaster to share its ticketing inventory with resale sites StubHub and SeatGeek has been amended with anti-resale provisions that would allow promoters like Live Nation to ban Stubhub and SeatGeek from selling its concert tickets in California. The whiplash legislative maneuvering is the result of the…
Smashing Pumpkins Unveil New Guitarist After Public Callout Received 10,000 Submissions
The Smashing Pumpkins have revealed their new guitarist after issuing a public callout that attracted over 10,000 applicants. The new guitarist is Kiki Wong, a veteran guitarist and online sensation. As NME reports, Wong has amassed 210,000 YouTube subscribers, 1.3 million TikTok followers, and over 667,000 followers on Instagram. Wong currently plays in the Los…
FTC says Amazon executives destroyed potential evidence by using apps like Signal
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge FTC lawyers submitted a filing on Thursday that claims Amazon’s top execs used Signal’s disappearing messages feature to destroy evidence relevant to the agency’s massive antitrust lawsuit. (You remember the one? The FTC accused Amazon of creating a secret “Project Nessie” pricing algorithm that may have generated more…
Mick Jagger Has an Out-of-This-World Experience at NASA Headquarters
Mick Jagger certainly felt “2000 Light Years From Home” this week, when he stopped by NASA’s headquarters. The Rolling Stones frontman stopped by the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, before the iconic rock band kicks off their Hackney Diamonds Tour in the city on Sunday (April 28). “Thanks @nasa for being so welcoming to us and…
Parkway Drive Add Extra Shows To 20th Anniversary Australian Tour
Due to overwhelming demand, Australian metal band Parkway Drive have added extra dates to their upcoming national tour. After shows sold out within an hour, Brisbane and Melbourne have received new concerts – the new shows take place on Wednesday, 18 September, at Brisbane Entertainment Centre and Tuesday, 24 September, at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena….
Billboard Explains: Anitta’s Brazilian Funk Takeover
Anitta unleashed Funk Generation on Friday (April 26), which puts the Brazilian funk that has influenced the trilingual star’s career center stage. Marking her sixth studio album, the set follows 2022’s Versions of Me and is home to the previously released singles “Funk Rave” and “Joga Pra Lua.” It’s safe to say that all songs…
Acerca de las Elecciones vascas (I)
Los resultados de las recientes elecciones vascas del domingo 22 de abril, no por esperados han sido menos demoledores, incluso, incomprensibles y… vomitivos. Soy una de los más de 200.000 ciudadanos vascos que tuvimos que abandonar nuestra patria chica. Mi caso no fue dramático, pero fue uno más. Tras volver de mi estancia postdoctoral en…
La industrialización necesaria
El ciclo de crecimiento que discurrió desde la década de 1990 hasta los primeros años del siglo XXI, impulsado en buena medida por el proceso de globalización, supuso para las economías europeas un retroceso en el sector industrial. Se confió en una deslocalización que abarataba costes laborales y que iba cerrando una buena parte de…
Táctica y estrategia
«Mi táctica es mirarte/aprender como sos/quererte como sos/mi táctica es hablarte y escucharte/construir con palabras un puente indestructible (…) Mi estrategia es en cambio/más profunda y más simple/mi estrategia es que un día cualquiera/no sé cómo ni sé/con qué pretexto/por fin me necesites». Así comienza y termina uno de mis poemas preferidos de Mario Benedetti:…