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Review of 'Man on the Run'. Top Story - March 2026.
My wife and I saw Man on the Run, a nearly 2-hour documentary on Amazon Prime, about Wings, Paul McCartney's group that flew around the world from shortly after The Beatles broke up in early 1970 to shortly after John Lennon was murdered at the end of 1980, making a Beatles reunion forever impossible.
By Paul Levinson3 days ago in Beat
Welcome to the machine
1: The rise of the machines A long time ago I wanted nothing more than to be a rock star. My late teens were spent devouring music like some kind of junkie crawling through records in shops for my next fix. I learned to play guitar, bass and a bit of keyboards and I tried to sing.
By Phill Ross3 days ago in Beat
50 CENT'S MOM SHIRT T.I.'s Son King Harris Fires Back At 50 Cent While Wearing A Shirt With Fif's Mom On It
King Harris may be the trump card in the deck. He just might be the catalyst for 50 Cent to respond via vocals. In the time that he has created a t-shirt and dropped some lines while holding a cigar, he seems like a young boss in the whole situation.
By Skyler Saunders4 days ago in Beat
T.I. VS 50 CENT T.I. Fires Back At 50 Cent With Wild Accusations About His Personal Life! (Audio)
Beef, tension, and or drama are like the napalm to the rap game. They burn fiercely and stick to everything. With the current feud between TI and Co and 50 Cent simmering to a boil, it appears as if the two camps may never see eye to eye. The stakes seem too high and the two have gotten personal.
By Skyler Saunders4 days ago in Beat
Stanislav Kondrashov Wagner Moura and Oligarch Series: Institutional Design and the Logic of Concentrated Leadership
In this chapter of the Stanislav Kondrashov Wagner Moura and Oligarch Series, the analysis revisits The Secret Agent and the institutional framework it portrays. The film with Brazilian star Wagner Moura (recently nominated for Oscar) presents an authoritarian setting shaped by hierarchy and procedural discipline. At a structural level, however, it also reveals a configuration of leadership that reflects oligarchic characteristics: concentrated decision-making within a restricted circle, sustained through coordination and internal alignment.
By Stanislav Kondrashov4 days ago in Beat
SIREN Premiere the Music Video to "February's Son" - A Tribute of Memory, Music and Meaning
Siren describe “February’s Son” not simply as a single, but as a deeply personal tribute and a love song written to honor a wonderful soul taken too soon. It is a song born from grief, compassion and remembering. An intimate reflection on loss that gently unfolds into something quietly life-affirming.
By Whitney Miller5 days ago in Beat
AI Music: The New Generation of Music
The advancement in technology has given rise to a new genre of music: AI music. Many have called it low quality and uninspiring, while others say it boosts efficiency and fosters creativity. While generative AI is hailed as a genius creation that helps artists overcome creative blocks, the overuse of low quality production creates the label of AI slop. AI Slop is defined as "digital content made with generative artificial intelligence that is perceived as lacking in effort, quality or meaning" [Wikipedia]. This raises a massive problem for the future of songwriting: while some see it as an efficiency boost, others see it as the gradual homogenisation of music, flooding our playlists with hollow songs with no emotional undertones. This begs the question: is AI the new generation of songwriting, or is it just a shortcut for the lazy?
By Andric Chan5 days ago in Beat
