A fascinating bit of Riverside history came to me completely out of the blue a while back, thanks to Doug Barrie of the We Grew Up in Riverside CA in the 50s and 60s Facebook page. Author and researcher Paul Brett holds the Bartell fretless guitar made in Riverside, which was played by George Harrison
Hurricane Earl, which is churning towards Bermuda, is forecast to strengthen and bring dangerous surf and rip current conditions over the eastern US coastline later this week, forecasters have said. Earl, the second of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, had maximum sustained winds of 100mph on Wednesday night, making it a category 2 storm. It
The biggest, most expensive policy Liz Truss will ever announce has landed. Voters will probably like it, sensing the alternative would be ruin for millions. Her MPs will cheer it, knowing that a failure or delay to act would be electoral ruin. The consequences of today’s announcement will be felt for decades because of the
Miranda Lambert can sing some dang classic country. And she’s lending her vocals on a cover of Billy Joe Shaver’s “I’m Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I’m Gonna Be A Diamond Someday)” for the forthcoming tribute album, Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver. Originally written by Billy Joe, John Anderson first released
Tyler Childers is back with an ambitious and unique new project. On Sept. 30, the celebrated singer-songwriter will release Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, a brand new album featuring eight new songs presented in three parts. These three chapters — titled Hallelujah, Jubilee and Joyful Noise — supply three different sonic interpretations of Childers’ latest collection
Play video content Harry Styles is leaning into the whole “I hawked a loogie on Chris Pine” story by leaning in on it … which is exactly what he did Wednesday night in concert. Harry performed to a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden, where he told his fans he had just popped over to
Sony may be working on a new Xperia Pro smartphone and it may launch soon, as per a tipster. This smartphone could be the successor of the Sony Xperia Pro-I that was launched in October last year. The camera-centric handset is tipped to come equipped with three 48-megapixel sensors, however, they could have different sensor
A typical household will pay no more than £2,500 annually for its gas and electricity bills from the start of October, Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced. In the first major policy announcement of her premiership, Ms Truss said the new price guarantee will last for two years and save the average household in England,
Last week, I put together a quiz about identifying sci-fi books based on pixelated versions of their covers. That was entertaining for me to do, and it looks like a lot of people liked taking the quiz, so I decided to do the same thing for famous fantasy books. But this time, to shake things
Late-Night TV Single, released last month, was produced by the musician’s former collaborator Ryan Lewis Macklemore appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform his recent single, “Maniac.” Appearing with Windser, his guest on the track, Macklemore gave the performance at vintage flair, complete with backup singers and a ’50s backdrop. “Maniac” arrived last month following
Ten years ago, Scottish producer and DJ Hudson Mohawke was a major influence in “wonky” electronic music, a subgenre full of disjointed and unexpected beats. But he couldn’t have known, when he released his 2011 album Satin Panthers, that he’d one day wield far greater influence over a young man’s love life. “My girlfriend of
Barely a week after announcing massive layoffs and initiating a significant restructuring of the company, Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel said the social media firm is committed to staying independent and resisting any takeover offers. “When I look at the long-term opportunity in our business, I really believe it’s enormous. I believe we’re far from
Cisco on Wednesday rolled out patches to address three security flaws affecting its products, including a high-severity weakness disclosed in NVIDIA Data Plane Development Kit (MLNX_DPDK) late last month. Tracked as CVE-2022-28199 (CVSS score: 8.6), the vulnerability stems from a lack of proper error handling in DPDK’s network stack, enabling a remote adversary to trigger
When the results of the 2022 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count are released on Thursday, Sept. 8, it will mean more than just a number to nonprofits in the trenches, politicians on the stump and affordable housing advocates. The new data will be bandied about by office-seekers some of whom will criticize or condemn Los
Barack and Michelle Obama have returned to the White House for the unveiling of their official portraits. More than five years after Mr Obama completed his second term in the Oval Office, he and his wife were hosted by the man who served as his vice president, Joe Biden. The former commander-in-chief’s portrait has been
Liz Truss will set out her plan on Thursday to help households and businesses with soaring energy costs. Downing Street said the action would be “bold” and “decisive” and will support people across the UK facing rocketing bills, whilst also increasing domestic energy supply. Ms Truss is due to unveil her proposals to Parliament, opening
This video combines two of my favorite things, Sierra Ferrell and Neil Young. I was scrolling through Instagram late last night when I saw Ferrell tease this video. I immediately opened YouTube to listen to the whole cover. I must admit, I have played it an absurd amount of times over the last 12 hours.
“I can quote it,” Nubia: Queen of the Amazons writer Stephanie Williams says of the first Nubia story ever published. “That’s how much I read it.” First created by Robert Kanigher and Don Heck in the pages of 1973’s Wonder Woman #204, Nubia marked a historic moment for DC Comics at the time. This was
Chadwick Boseman‘s family can rest easier knowing the late actor’s uncle has been found after going missing for a few days in South Carolina. Tony Boseman was located Tuesday by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, who said he was found walking about half a mile from his home — near a wooded area, apparently —
If you care only about price, specifications and performance, the OnePlus 10T 5G stands out. It’s one of the few phones on sale in India with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, and there are only a few compromises on the spec sheet. The starting price of Rs. 49,999 in India is reasonably good