The Long Song’s second episode continued on BBC One this evening and viewers tuned in to watch July’s (played by Tamara Lawrence) story unfold. The BBC drama is set in Jamaica during the last days of slavery and tells the story of July’s life on a sugar plantation on the island. This evening saw Robert […]
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Bohemian Rhapsody deleted scenes: This iconic song was CUT – Ben Hardy's FAVOURITE moment
Ben Hardy, who plays drummer Roger Taylor, has revealed that one of his favourite moments to film never made it to the finished cut. The scene, it seems, was a performance of a song from Queen’s fourth album, A Night At The Opera – also the B-side to You’re My Best Friend. Have you guessed […]
Deezer’s AI mood detection could lead to smarter song playlists
Astute listeners know that you can’t gauge a song’s mood solely through the instrumentation or the lyrics, but that’s often what AI has been asked to do — and that’s not much help if you’re trying to sift through millions of songs to find something melancholic or upbeat Thankfully, Deezer’s researchers have found a way […]
Google brings its AI song recognition to Sound Search
Google’s Now Playing song recognition was clever when it premiered late in 2017, but it had its limits. When it premiered on the Pixel 2, for instance, its on-device database could only recognize a relatively small number of songs. Now, however, that same technology is available in the cloud through Sound Search — and it’s […]
Mac Miller Funeral: Talented young rapper dead at 26 and THIS song spoke of dying young
The young star, real name Malcolm James McCormick, dated Ariana Grande until May this year. The pair made a prominent UK appearance together when they were united on-stage at Grande’s One Love Manchester concert in June 2017. He topped the Us Billboard 200 album chart in 2011 with his debut album Blue Slid Park when he […]
Let’s Examine the Truly Strange ‘Venom’ Song Eminem Just Released
“Knock knock, let the devil in!” shouts Eminem on his new song “Venom”, and it just gets worse/more amazing from there. The song appears on Eminem’s new surprise album Kamikaze, and is also featured in the new Venom movie, starring Tom Hardy as a slime monster. For nearly five minutes, Eminem raps about Gandhi, Edgar Allen Poe, […]
Same Old Song: Study Claims Uber and Lyft Increasing Congestion Problem in Seattle
A new study from Schaller Consulting is claiming that ride-hailing services, like Uber and Lyft, contributed to 94 million additional miles being driven on Seattle-area roads in 2017. We’ve heard similar claims in the past. Data-backed allegations typically revolve around the notion that app-based services don’t encourage motorists to carpool so much as they pull pedestrians […]
Jonathan Nolan Wanted a Classic Rock Song in ‘The Dark Knight’ Trilogy Marketing But Christopher Nolan Refused
With three films in The Dark Knight trilogy, there have been plenty of trailers and TV spots around the world advertising Christopher Nolan‘s acclaimed take on Batman. However, one marketing tactic that was never used to promote any of the films in the comic book trilogy was the use of modern music to drive those […]
The Plain White T’s Song ‘Hey There Delilah’ is Being Turned Into a TV Series For Some Reason
Huh. Well this is one of the stranger TV pitches we’ve heard: The Plain White T‘s hit song “Hey There Delilah” is going to be a TV series. Yes, you read that right — a moderately catchy pop song that middle school you thought was just, like, super deep will be a TV show. Because we’ve apparently run […]
Singing the Song of the Surf
Welcome to The Professionals, an eight-part video series that connects you to the hearts, minds and anything-but-ordinary days of the people who run things, do things and make things GO. Paul Schmidt: Surfer, Surfboard Designer/Builder @ Paul Surf The sun, the constant roll of water, waves, civilization behind you and an endless horizon spreading out […]
