Above: A recently-discovered alternative version of the song "I Will" from The Beatles' White Album (1968), originally deemed too controversial to be included on the release. This rare track was remastered by audio engineer Peter Serafinowicz.
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Oct 20, 2009
Rare alternative version of Beatles track from White Album discovered
San Francisco Bay Area tonight and 2/21: David J (Bauhaus and Love and Rockets) solo shows
The great David J, bassist for Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, is playing two intimate concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area, tonight (2/18) at Santa Rosa’s Lost Church and 2/21 at San Francisco’s Lost Church. Buy tickets here. I’ve seen David play solo several times and it’s always a lovely, witty, and rousing evening […]
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AI writes song lyrics at least as well as humans can
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The Ratio Six is a single-button coffee maker that produces barista-level brew
Two-thirds of American adults drink coffee every day. On average, they’re each drinking about three cups per day, which works out to nearly 400 million cups downed each and every day. We don’t have stats on what percentage of those cups are God awfully bad, but you have to assume with so many ways to […]
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This training can help make 2020 the year you get working as a professional copywriter
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This 10-foot cloth Lightning cable won’t break like those fragile Apple cables and is only $15
While we all love our iPhones and iPads, celebrating the releases of their latest and greatest versions, it’s amusing to consider how much we at the same time HATE the main item that keeps these little tech marvels powered up and working. No, Lightning cables don’t exactly inspire feelings of awe and wonder. It’s more […]
