Back to the future

Source: Irish Times

He doesn’t do regrets, even when his flops are epic, and insists there will never be a Blade Runner sequel. So why has Ridley Scott returned to the Alien universe that made him a star YOU WOULDN’T CALL Ridley Scott grand. Now 74, the director of Promethe ...
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NC Symphony Summerfest, The Pines of Rome

Source: Triangle Arts and Entertainment

A Nod to the Natural World: North Carolina Symphony Presents “The Pines of Rome,” June 9 William Henry Curry Conducts Strauss, Elgar, Leroy Anderson, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee and More! Grab a seat under the pines for “The Pines of Rome,” ...
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Star Wars Memories

Source: Rotten Tomatoes

Thirty-five years ago, on May 25, 1977, Star Wars opened. On May 26, 1977, I saw it with my family. My life changed… Hold it, back up a minute. Time plays tricks on us. I looked it up and while Star Wars did indeed o ...
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Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Forbidden Planet and the Sound of Sci-Fi

Source: Wired

Wired:How did Forbidden Planet‘s soundtrack impact your work on Star Wars? Ben Burtt at the 30th anniversary screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark last year in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Toby Canham/Getty Ima ...
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Motion Sickness Of Time Travel - Motion Sickness Of Time Travel

Source: The Quietus

Rachel Evans' previous release, the hugely well-received Seeping Through the Veil of Unconscious tape and LP, can in retrospect be seen as the culmination - and possible high water-mark - of a strain of hypnagogic pop involving ghostly (usually ...
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Isn’t it SHOCKing?

Source: Movie Morlocks

If you are hooked up to the Internet you will, through no fault of your own and in inverse proportion to your native apathy or antipathy towards such things, have to sift through a gauntlet of celebrity gos ...
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Symphony adds extra night of 'Planets'

Source: The Seattle Times

The Seattle area is home to a vibrant arts scene — there's always something going on in theaters, concert halls, galleries, museums. How to keep up? ArtsPage will showcase work by some of The Seattle Times ...
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Facepalm Games Hopes to be the Next Big Indie Fund Success Story

Source: Indie Games: The Weblog

When you're two young guys from Helsinki, Finland, it can be hard to get your game a) funded; b) noted by the public; and c) finished. But Facepalm Games' The Swapper is hoping to do just that after February's announcement that it is b ...
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Intel wants your computer to know everything about you

Source: TechEye

The people at Intel have never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey. Intel is working out ways to get your computer to learn all about you. Intel has instructed its Israeli techies to research technology that mimics the human ...
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