New Manu!

from WXPN Manu Chao will release ‘Viva Tu,’ first new album in 17 years By Maeve Zeleniak Latin alt and reggae musician Manu Chao is releasing his first studio album in 17 years. The French-Spanish singer-songwriter is following 2007’s La...

Robert Towne Gone

from Deadline Robert Towne Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Was 89 By Erik Pedersen Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his Chinatown original screenplay and was nominated for his The Last Detail, Shampoo and Greystoke scripts, died Monday at his home. He...

Centenarian Sun Ra

from The New Yorker The Sun Ra Arkestra’s Maestro Hits One Hundred Marshall Allen, the musical collective’s sax-playing leader, is celebrating with a deep-spacey video installation during the Venice Biennale. By Robert Sullivan Illustration by João Fazenda The Sun Ra...

AI Michaels Born

from Vanity Fair “It Was Astonishing”: How NBC Convinced Al Michaels to Embrace His AI Voice for Olympics Coverage The network will use an artificial clone of the legendary broadcaster’s voice to narrate its daily recaps of the summer event. “It was not only close,”...

Assange Down Under

from Associated Press WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends BY  RICK RYCROFT AND ROD MCGUIRK CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and...