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Rich, happy, stable, perhaps a little dull. Our utopian image of Sweden, with the world’s third highest standard of living and a famous welfare state, seems impervious to the kinds of dramatic political cleavages and populist insurgents that have swept the U.S. and much of Europe in recent years. But at parliamentary elections on Sunday,…

via What to Know About Sweden’s 2018 Elections — TIME

Hurricane Florence has downgraded to a tropical storm but is expected to regain hurricane status as its path hurls towards the U.S. East Coast in the next week. Florence’s wind speed have decreased and as of Friday the tropical storm has had a maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, down from 140 mph, but is…

via Tropical Storm Florence Is Expected to Become a Hurricane Again as It Hurls Toward the U.S. Here’s Where Its Path Is Headed — TIME

Quantum computing has moved out of the realm of theoretical physics and into the real world, but its potential and promise are still years away. Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, a powerhouse in the world of quantum research and a young upstart in the field presented visions for the future of the industry that illustrated…

via The reality of quantum computing could be just three years away — TechCrunch

His most recent album Swimming was released last month. The rapper Mac Miller has died of an apparent overdose at age 26, TMZ reports. He was found unconscious and pronounced dead in his California home earlier today (September 7). Other details at this time are limited. Miller, real name Malcolm McCromick, was a prolific artist…

via Mac Miller dead at age 26 — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

New music from Silk City, the production duo of Diplo and Mark Ranson, featuring pop star Dua Lipa. Plus, Irish singer Hozier returns with the help of soul legend Mavis Staples; Sigala brings together Meghan Trainor, French Montana and Ella Eyre for an infectious night-out anthem; Atlanta rap pair EarthGang make waves in an energetic…

via 5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week — TIME

Originally published on The Vinyl Factory “Dedicated to learning about, playing with, and sharing the incredible history of electronic music instruments.” Non-profit organization Swiss Museum and Center for Electronic Music Instruments (SMEM) has launched a Kickstarter campaign to make its collection available for public use. The Playroom will allow public access to over 1,000 synthesizers and…

via World’s biggest synth collection launches Kickstarter campaign to create public ‘Playroom’ — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

A master vibraphone player makes a track in 10 minutes. Originally from Japan but now based in Berlin, Masayoshi Fujita is a master vibraphone player. Fujita started his musical career playing drums, but moved to vibraphone training, inspired mainly by jazz and electronic-influenced sounds. We met Fujita in his Berlin studio where we set him the challenge of…

via Masayoshi Fujita – Against The Clock — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

It’s the company’s latest system aimed at aspiring DJs. Pioneer DJ has launched the latest in its family of all-in-one DJ systems, the $1,099/£1,019 XDJ-RR. Like Pioneer DJ’s XDJ-RX models, the new unit might look like a giant laptop DJ controller, but it’s actually a self-contained system for use with USB drives and the company’s…

via Pioneer DJ launches XDJ-RR all-in-one system for Rekordbox — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

I couldn’t leave The Secret of NIMH without talking about this one moment in particular. To this day it never fails to make me jump in surprise (though thankfully not in fear like it used to), and that is the moment when Mrs. Brisby encounters Brutus the rat. The Secret of NIMH (1982)- Into the […]

via Disturbing Bluth #6: Meeting Brutus in The Secret of NIMH (1982) — Film Music Central