u/FickleApartment2151

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/2239311/80s-pop-legend-gary-johnson-dead

> Gary Johnson, bass player with the legendary 80s pop band China Crisis died "peacefully" on Wednesday August 12 at the age of 61. No cause of death was revealed but the news was confirmed by his younger sister Jan Hughes in a comment on a China Crisis fan page on Facebook. "Gazza was my elder brother. He passed peacefully today at 12:05 with his wife Jopie by his side. Lovely to see some lovey comments about him, and him being such a talented bass player. Remember him getting his first guitar and learning to play it in his bedroom as a teenager. Sad day for all. Sleep tight bruv, " she penned. > > Gary was a member of Liverpudlian New Wave Band Hambi & the Dance who released the album Heartache in 1982. He then joined China Crisis between 1983 and 1989 and he rejoined them for a period in 1995. Alongside bandmates Gary Daly, Eddie Lundon and Kevin Wilkinson he saw 10 singles enter the UK Top 50 chart, with 5 of those reaching the Top 40.

"Wishful Thinking"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj20LKdg8-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYIA7VVK0O0

> Beautiful documentary following young singer X Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene's struggles with fame as her band climbed the charts in the late 70s.

1979: Poly Styrene – Punk Pioneer

https://www.bbc.com/videos/cy024x97n8lo

> Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, better known as punk singer Poly Styrene, was profiled in a 1979 episode of Arena broadcasted when she was just 21 years old. The front-woman of new-wave band X-Ray Spex, she talked about adopting a stage name from the 'disposable' identity of pop stars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CPk8_e5gs

> []1975. Geraldo Rivera on his Good Night America program hosts Bill Shatner of Captain Kirk, Star Trek fame. We start with show history and look in at a Star Trek convention, meeting some of these super-fans.
> > Geraldo introduces Mr. Shatner and the pair go on to discuss about the popularity of Star Trek, the reaction from fans and recent convention despite it being off the air for five years. The conversation between Geraldo and Bill continues as later in this segment we see some of the Star Trek blooper reel with in studio commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAXIiBWjR7A

> From 'kundiman' to modern filipino pop, OPM Vinyl Collector Nestor Vera Cruz has it all. Watch his story in this episode of #TheKaleidoscope: Uncovering Mad Love.

Khavn's playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKu6pEKD5AdV-SmdpYN9bX9s4Qq3_tUCG

AFAIK, the gallery's no longer open.

From 2014:

"Blast from the past with Yesteryear’s 20,000 vinyl records, cassette tapes"

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/352579/blast-from-the-past-with-yesteryear-s-20-000-vinyl-records-cassette-tapes/story/

> On the outside, the Yesteryear Music Gallery looks like a dinghy little warehouse. But on the inside, a passion for music burns, as exhibited by some 20,000 vinyl records and vintage cassette tapes containing Filipino music—the oldest of which is a record of the songs of Maria Carmena, 100 years and counting. >
> Seventy-nine-year-old Nestor Reyes Veracruz began collecting the tapes since his retirement from banking back in 1998. His favorites include the zarzuela songs of Atang dela Rama and Vicente Ocampo; he even has a tape of the songs of Fernando Poe Jr.

Volume II (Issue No. 12) August 1936.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTZTJHBCAs

> We welcome to the cave designer and illustrator Matt Cushman, the artist behind some of our favorite science fiction cutaway illustrations from Star Trek and Star Wars. Matt shares with Adam his new massive cross-section poster of the original USS Enterprise, sized as large as the original 11-foot filming model. We scrutinize the details of this incredible piece and learn all the ways Matt made sense of the interior layout based on what was shown in the original series episodes!

https://clickamericana.com/topics/science-technology/getting-real-with-vintage-reel-to-reel-tape-recorders

> Bing Crosby is the reason that machine found an audience. Crosby wanted to pre-record his weekly radio show instead of performing live every week, and after testing a Magnetophon he was sold on tape as a production tool. > > He bought the first Ampex Model 200 built, then ordered nineteen more, and his production company became Ampex’s exclusive distributor for several years, selling recorders to radio stations and studios around the country. Reel-to-reel machines soon became standard equipment in broadcasting and music production, and by the 1950s smaller, cheaper models had made their way into homes, schools and offices for dictation, music and general voice recording.

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/07/31/homer-vs-hollywood-discussing-christopher-nolans-odyssey/

> In this special hour-long edition of NYRSeminars recorded July 29, 2026, Daniel Mendelsohn, Editor-at-Large of The New York Review and author of the most recent translation of Homer’s epic, discusses Christopher Nolan’s polarizing blockbuster adaptation of the Odyssey. Mendelsohn outlines his judgment of the film, which he reviewed at length for the Review, and then opens the floor to questions from audience members. Among the topics addressed are the debate over the fidelity of the film’s sets, ships, and costumes; the film’s handling of its female characters; and the question of whether the director’s vision of Odysseus represents a betrayal of the epic’s values.

https://www.geeknative.com/240361/barkadan-filipino-inspired-survival-horror-roleplaying-game-launches-on-kickstarter/

> Set in a bustling metropolis where predatory mages and parasitic demons target fragile urban settlements, the setting centres heavily on community-driven survival. Players take on the roles of ordinary citizens connected by shared social bonds; whether as childhood friends, immediate neighbours, or individuals raised by the same local Lola (grandma). Instead of traditional dungeon crawling, characters must navigate social hierarchies, gather scarce resources in bustling markets modelled on real-world locations like the SM Mall of Asia, and preserve their public reputation. Crucially, simple cultural acts such as forgetting to offer a mano po gesture of respect to an elder carry mechanical weight that can directly influence a group’s standing within the city.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgcpA1XXpnE

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/security-flaw-in-vaticans-click-to-pray-app-leaves-over-700-000-global-users-exposed-app-has-been-leaking-user-data-for-over-six-months-and-still-does

> Click To Pray, the official prayer app of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, was found to have zero security by a security researcher. According to BobDaHacker, they discovered in January 2026 that the Vatican-linked app had zero security, allowing anyone to access user data through the API endpoint by simply typing in user IDs. They emailed nine individuals about the vulnerabilities as soon as they discovered them but received no responses and saw no changes for six months. > > The information that anyone could get from the Click To Pray app’s database included first and last names, email addresses, and birthdates, among other information. You may not think this is much, but getting names and email addresses is more than enough for bad actors to start sending phishing emails to vulnerable users. BobDaHacker also pointed out that most of the app's users are likely older people who aren’t tech-savvy, so any enterprising scammer could tap into the app for a literal treasure trove of email addresses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EwWSqY9ok0

> Emerging from the industrial landscape of late-1970s Manchester, Joy Division became one of the most influential and enduring bands in alternative music history. Through rare performance footage, interviews, photographs, and expert commentary, this documentary explores the group's evolution from Warsaw to post-punk pioneers and examines the music, ideas, and atmosphere that defined their legacy. This documentary music movie traces the creative journey of Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris while exploring the cultural impact of albums like Unknown Pleasures and Closer. The story also follows how the band's influence continued long after its brief existence, shaping generations of alternative, gothic, and post-punk music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PB9mxHJV0M

> Matt examines why Alien's $4.2M budget produced a film that still terrifies while modern horror burns through eight times that, how Scott's deep-black cinematography turned a budget limitation into a visual language, and the specific editing and pacing decisions that make the chestburster scene land 47 years later. No review scores. No nostalgia. A filmmaker's honest breakdown of the craft.

To the mods, I don't think AI was used in his videos.

The vlogger's Matt Feury:

https://blog.frame.io/2023/06/15/frame-io-welcomes-matt-feury-and-the-rough-cut/

> But if you prod him a little, he reveals that he got his degree in film from Boston University at right about the time that Avid was starting up. He found his professional home there (he’s now Senior Director of Artist Relations) and began dabbling with The Rough Cut in 2005. In 2019 he got serious about it, and since then it’s been a weekly industry resource, providing deep insights into the art and craft behind the biggest movies and shows rolled up in a lively and engaging discussion. Learning and laughing—what more could you want?

More videos, interviews, etc., here:

https://theroughcutpod.com/

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/catholic-nun-vampire-trilogy-eucharist

> Pauline Sister Allison Regina Gliot, author of the acclaimed In Aeternum urban fantasy trilogy, is drawing thousands of young readers into the Catholic faith by answering a deceptively simple question: What happens when a creature of darkness meets the Light of the World in the Eucharist?

https://mb.com.ph/2026/07/22/pids-philippines-risks-growing-old-before-getting-rich

> The Philippines risks “growing old before becoming rich” unless policymakers shift their focus from population control to investing more in children, boosting productivity, and preparing for an aging society, according to state-run policy think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). > > In a policy note titled “The Vanishing Filipino Baby: Implications for Development and Investments in Children” published last Monday, July 20, PIDS senior research fellows Jose Ramon G. Albert and Michael R.M. Abrigo said the country’s below-replacement fertility has fundamentally changed its long-term development outlook, requiring a new policy approach centered on human capital and economic productivity.