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An explosion has destroyed half of a sports centre in Belgium, with reports at least one person has died, several have been injured and others are trapped in the rubble. The blast was reported shortly after midnight in Chalon in the southern municipality of Chimay, on the border with France. The town has a population…
The theme song from the show Futurama on using a Boss RC-300, Kaoss Pad, Kaossilator, Electric Cello, etc. Futurama Loop Pedal – YouTube. Source: Futurama Loop Pedal – YouTube
You don’t have to be a Futurama fan to like this music. The musician cleverly uses loop pedals and some futuristic-looking instruments to recreate the Futurama theme. Musician plays Futurama theme using futuristic instruments, loop pedals – Holy Kaw!. Source: Musician plays Futurama theme using futuristic instruments, loop pedals – Holy Kaw!
A crazed woman trying to sell crickets and worms on a D train suddenly threw them all over the crowded car, sending it into chaos during the evening commute. The woman walked into the train car at about 6 p.m. Wednesday and made a pitch to passengers to try to get them to buy the…
Almost a year and a half into Saudi Arabia’s U.S.-backed bombing campaign in Yemen, the humanitarian toll has become so extensive that the International Committee of the Red Cross has taken the unusual step of donating entire morgue units to Yemeni hospitals. “The hospitals were not able to cope,” said Rima Kamal, a Yemen-based spokesperson…
When speaking to Game Informer, Jeff Kaplan revealed that heroes in Overwatch could eventually be retired after more heroes are released. “We would leave the door open to that. I think the fact that we chose the business model we did – that the game comes with all the heroes and we’re giving you everything [extra] for…
When the details resurfaced of the 1999 college rape case against “Birth of a Nation” filmmaker and star Nate Parker, many were disgusted by the horror described in the legal documents: Two male students eager for sex allegedly ganged up on a young, intoxicated female student. Once charges were brought, Parker and his then-roommate, Jean Celestin,…
A Texas-based former porn star who says her career was ruined by years of online harassment is suing Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg for $1 billion in federal court. As the Daily Mail first reported on Wednesday afternoon, Paree La’Tiejira—who appeared in over 40 adult films under the alias Lady Paree—filed a lawsuit in the Southern district…
Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox IT IS BY NOW A COMMONPLACE that summer movies don’t tell new stories. The comic book sources that have especially come to dominate the blockbuster offer well-known properties that appeal to contemporary Hollywood sensibilities. But neither cinephiles who bemoan this state of affairs nor casual viewers who attend…
Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft’s fifth expansion pack, was met with buzz and approval of fans and critics alike when it released in November 2014. I was one of those critics, laying effusive praise (and an extremely high score to match) at the expansion’s feet in my review. It wasn’t just player and critical…