robots Apple introduces new AI-narrated audiobooks which are somehow different from just using Siri Thom Dunn

movies Frank Welker recording roars for The Lion King Rob Beschizza

music Spoken word artist Saul Williams released the EP "Not in My Name" two decades ago Elías Villoro

Entertainment Topless dancers form first labor union in a decade David Pescovitz

AI Grimes invites fans to collaborate with software that mimics her voice and encourages users to be "tasteful" Jennifer Sandlin

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workers rights Bandcamp reportedly union-busting by pressuring record labels Thom Dunn

music Austin band Como Las Movies has deep roots Elías Villoro

taco bell Volume 6 of Taco Bell Quarterly just dropped! Jennifer Sandlin

hip hop Bay Area hip-hop archive opens in Oakland library Rusty Blazenhoff

art Artists sue developers of Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, claiming copyright infringement Rob Beschizza

carceral state 30 years of Prison Radio—and new updates on Mumia Abu-Jamal's case Elías Villoro

music 1974 anti-fascist version of "Space Oddity" sung in Spanish by Hermanos Calatrava Elías Villoro

Audio AI-powered enhancement of voice recordings Rob Beschizza

music Animated feature Black is Beltza, Basque music, and the political art of Fermin Muguruza Elías Villoro

movies A modern trailer for The Empire Strikes Back Devin Nealy

music "History Listen" is a new podcast about rock n' roll, narrated by St. Vincent Thom Dunn

auctions Joan Didion's iconic sunglasses and other personal property to be auctioned off Mark Frauenfelder

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