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A never-before-seen David Bowie concert recording is set to be the subject of a new "immersive" arena tour

Out of 236 episodes, Matthew Perry's favorite 'Friends' episode was one where his character barely said a word on screen. #MentalFloss #Friends #MatthewPerry

Behringer is teasing a four-channel standalone DJ system priced at just $300–400, aiming to bring open DJ hardware within reach of more budgets. #DJTechTools #DJ #Behringer

Jay-Z will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 14 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the NFL, Apple Music and his own Roc Nation announced 🎤🏈 #NPR #superbowl #jayz

Old, abandoned copies of the Popcorn Time app were still running on people's PCs with vulnerable peer-to-peer code, raising the risk of them being hijacked into a botnet, so a remote kill switch had to disable them for good. #TheVerge #cybersecurity #botnet

Looks very interesting, but for some reason I’m not keen on controlling #Sonos via a browser.

Bicep return after five years with a new album, Slug, out soon. Three songs are out now, featuring Lauren Duffus, Eartheater, George Riley, Clark, and Sassy 009. #Pitchfork #Bicep

French duo Justice has composed the original score for the hugely anticipated GTA VI, and they're sharing a single featuring Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. #SPIN #music #GTA6 #Justice

Victor Miller, who wrote the original Friday the 13th, died at 86. His lasting gripe with the sequels: he always saw Pamela Voorhees as the true villain, not her son Jason 🔪 #horror #film

A covert recording device was found tucked inside toilet paper in one of OpenAI's most secretive meeting rooms. #espionage #openai

IT’S REALLY HAPPENING!  Our new album MDSLKTR out Jan 22nd 2027. feat: Siriusmo, Flowdan, Tommy Cash, Gudrun Gut, Kabéaushe, Miss Platnum & Lars Eidinger. Artwork by Designers Republic. Mastering by Manmade. Available on vinyl via Monkeytown Records. Pre-orders are open now. Link in bio.

After 28 years and nearly 50,000km circling the globe on foot, Karl Bushby finished his journey with one last unexpected swim across the English Channel back home. #expedition #adventure

The early days of DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith in Philadelphia are getting the screen treatment, with a scripted series called 215 in the works from Will Smith's Westbrook Studios 🎬🎧 #Mixmag #hiphop #WillSmith

Teenage Engineering's founder Jesper Kouthoofd says the Swedish company plans to move away from synths, part of a deliberate strategy to keep reinventing itself rather than settling into a comfortable niche 🎛️ #Highsnobiety #synths #teenageengineering

Bluesky is working on giving users their own domains on the open web, but patience is needed. The rollout will reportedly take 18 to 24 months before shortened 'bsky' handles become reality. #Bluesky #openweb

Fatboy Slim reveals he's never been paid for any of his 100+ sets at Glastonbury Festival but he's never paid to get in either. #Mixmag #glastonbury #fatboyslim

As the finale episode airs this week, Futurama creator Matt Groening says he doesn't believe this is truly the end of the show 🚀 #NME #futurama #animation

After 'Saturday Night Fever' hit big, Italian filmmakers rushed out knockoffs starring lookalikes like 'John Travolto'. Disco fever cash-ins with titles like 'American Fever' and 'Grease Rock'. #IndieWire #cinema #disco

Michael Kiwanuka is back with a new self-produced album called Fudge, written almost alongside his 2024 record Small Changes. #Pitchfork #MichaelKiwanuka

Godzilla squares off against King Ghidorah in an IMAX-sized melodrama that features some of the most thrilling kaiju fights ever.

Automattic has installed a new board after an internal push to place CEO Matt Mullenweg on leave fell apart, capping days of turmoil at the WordPress.com parent company. #TechCrunch #automattic #wordpress

Ed Helms is embracing more grounded, mature roles like in "The Stunt Driver" — but he'd still jump at a silly "Vacation" sequel. #IndieWire #acting #EdHelms

The Prodigy are marking 30 years of their classic track 'Breathe' with a special 12" vinyl reissue 🎶 #NME #music #TheProdigy #vinyl

Sugababes are back together as the original trio, announcing their first album in that lineup in 26 years. After several lineup changes, the group’s self-titled record is due out next year. #Pitchfork #music #Sugababes

Curry Barker, writer and director of ‘Obsession,’ will receive IndieWire’s first Future of Filmmaking Award. #IndieWire #filmmaking

Calvin Harris set a Guinness World Record with a DJ set for 1.6 million people in São Paulo. The Scottish DJ and producer played to the biggest-ever crowd at a DJ set earlier this year. #Mixmag #music #CalvinHarris #worldrecord

#Bonobo playing music between kimono dyer. #loginjp

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BICEP live until 07:00PM on https://link.thelotradio.com/QYlbWZ (link will bring you to the archive if show is over)

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Four Tet’s Boomtown 2026 set is now available to listen back to via BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix 🔉 djmag.com/news/listen-...

Mike Judge’s ‘Idiocracy’ turns 20: a failed comedy that became an unlikely metaphor for America. The people behind the film look back on its journey. #IndieWire #comedy #Idiocracy

DJ Mehdi's "Signatune" remains a personal all-time favourite, with its appearance in A-Trak's "Mehdi Forever" mix described as triggering almost painful goosebumps. #music #DJMehdi #ATrak

London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the collaboration between Farringdon nightclub fabric and St Paul's Cathedral an "iconic duo", after the forthcoming event series at the cathedral drew criticism from religious quarters. #Mixmag #clubbing #London #fabric

A Polish developer has built an iPhone app that identifies nearby Meta smart glasses by matching their Bluetooth fingerprints, giving bystanders a practical way to tell when they might be filmed. #TNW #privacy #Meta #SmartGlasses

Interesting app!

Muse's social handles got swept up by Meta's new AI tool. Quite the irony, given Matt Bellamy's songs have long warned about tech's dark side. #TheIndependent #ai #Muse #Meta

A selection of ten defining tracks captures the sound and era of bloghouse music. #GrayArea #bloghouse #electronicmusic #dance

Bonobo blends organic house with high-energy percussive rhythms in his #mixmag Cover Mix. #house #Bonobo #DJMix

A disagreement over selling cigarettes reportedly split Aldi founders Theo and Karl Albrech, and set two distinct retail paths in motion, including Trader Joe’s. #retail #Aldi #TraderJoes

Charles Manson twisted the Beatles’ White Album into a supposed call for violence, forever reshaping how one song is remembered. A troubling chapter in music and cultural history. #MentalFloss #music #Beatles

Remember seeing these guys at Melkweg in Amsterdam and in Winterhude, back when we apparently lived in the same neighbourhood. Astonishing that #Digitalism is still somewhat active, though pretty low-key with releases. Feels like they never really needed to build on the success of Zdarlight.

Schranz has always been more honest than techno and if the music industry declares its return, it’s still fine to make a fool of yourself. A small defence of the ridiculous, with pressure and a wink. #LoopRituals #schranz #techno #clubculture

Weil es so kompliziert ist, hier nochmal eine unserer aufwendigen Visualisierungen, die (natürlich nur stark vereinfacht) den Unterschied zwischen einer partiellen und einer totalen Sonnenfinsternis zeigt.

IndieWire ranks the 'Evil Dead' movies, including Sam Raimi classics as well as films from Fede Álvarez, Lee Cronin, and Sébastien Vaniček.

I'm still missing The Late Show with #StephenColbert. 😢

Louis Armstrong’s nickname “Satchmo” traces back to “Satchelmouth,” a reference to his mouth that was later shortened through a misunderstanding and became part of jazz history. #MentalFloss #jazz #LouisArmstrong #Satchmo

RIP Kavinsky: The world-building producer who gave colour to the brooding sound of synthwave