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Tom Scott and Matt Gray are shredding YouTube Live comments live on YouTube!

YouTube Live comments printed and shredded live in front of those who wrote them? It’s wasteful, but oddly beautiful.

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On the death of Bill Cunningham

Bill Cunningham’s influence on fashion, society, and photography was huge, and will continue in those he inspired to take their cameras to the streets.

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EU to mandate key changes in all music

In a move expected to have a huge impact on the UK’s European Union referendum, the alliance’s arts chiefs have announced plans to make Eurovision-style key changes mandatory in all music.

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Like Peter Gabriel’s new track ‘I’m Amazing’? Give these three songs a spin

Peter Gabriel has released his first new music since 2013, and it sounds pretty… well… Amazing!

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Another new Radiohead song? Tell ’em they’re (Day)dreamin’

Just a couple of days after releasing Burn The Witch, Radiohead has dropped its latest song – Daydreaming.

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Radiohead ruins your childhood in Burn The Witch video

After all the fuss – or lack thereof – over the last few days, Radiohead finally dropped Burn The Witch an hour ago.

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Google+: the only place to find Radiohead on the web right now?

It seems Radiohead forgot about Google+ when deleting everything it has ever posted on the internet – the band’s one upload remains!

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Radiohead has purged its entire online presence – social media, website, everything

Like most Radiohead fans, I have learnt not to read too much into anything the band says or does between releases. But deleting every post from every social media platform and an entire website cannot go without comment; especially when an […]

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Don’t pity the preference cheats

Standing outside a polling booth on a freezing federal election morning in 2010, I met a campaigner for the Carers Alliance. He had been at the booth since doors opened and would stay until they closed at 6pm, handing out […]

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New Animators song unveiled at Tonicfest launch party

MINI gigs have flirted with popularity in recent years. The private events are like house parties with the option of ignoring everyone and focusing on the live band crashing in the corner.

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Here’s what Richard Di Natale actually said about a Greens/Liberal alliance

This is a quick post in response to the pretty stellar misquotes of Greens leader Richard Di Natale doing the rounds today.

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Not the Onion: Border Force defends Adolf Hitler

When trying to convince the public you are not harming children, most would agree it’s best not to defend Hitler.

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Facebook Reactions: now you have to think before hitting Like

Facebook has finally released its new Like button, and it’s a much bigger change than Twitter’s controversial Favourite button rebrand.