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Aug
‘Tarzan Boy’
And now, the very essence of cheesy European 1980s synth-pop—a catchy candy track from Baltimora with a chorus that
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31
Jul
Record heat in Türkiye
Last Friday, just before noon, local time, Silopi in southeast Türkiye hit a blazing 50.5 degrees Celsius (122.9
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30
Jul
Captured
The United States government is trying to get Apple out of China, threatening to slap its products with tariffs unless
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29
Jul
‘Non-Eternal Pt. 3’
The German-British composer and pianist Max Richter has a new album, Sleep Circle, out on September 4. The new work
28
Jul
Flying high again
After U.S. President Donald Trump declared his Liberation Day tariffs on April 2, stock markets around the world—and
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27
Jul
‘SLoPE’
The British DJ and composer who records as Facta (Oscar Henson to his friends) got his start in electronic music
25
Jul
‘Nautilus’
We set the dials on the time machine for 1974 with a track that helped launch a whole radio format,
24
Jul
Disappearing lakes
In last week’s member’s despatch, we looked at the sudden disappearance of Lac Rouge in central Quebec. One
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23
Jul
‘A leap in the dark’
Before the 1970s, the financial sector produced less than 20 percent of American corporate profits; by the turn of the
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22
Jul
‘Wald’
Polynation is a pair of producers from Amsterdam, Stijn Hosman and Hessel Stuut. Together, they make a pastoral and warm