6 little-known synth bands from the 1980s that deserve your attention

Forget your OMDs, your Depeche Modes, Human Leagues, Pet Shop Boys and A-has, because these not-so-popular bleep combos are ...
BBC

Charmain and the Ghanaian prophet

A BBC Disclosure investigation has uncovered significant questions about what happened at the hotel where Charmain Spiers died. In 2015, Charmain's body was discovered in a hotel room, and her death ...
Engadget

Sony Bravia Theater Bar 5 review: A basic TV sound booster

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Theater Bar 5 is the most compact soundbar among Sony's new models, measuring just 35.5 inches wide. For comparison, that's still about 10 ...
Rolling Stone

‘Trust Me: The False Prophet’: Netflix’s New Docuseries Goes Undercover in FLDS Cult

It’s been 20 years since Warren Jeffs, the “prophet” who ran the cult-like polygamist Mormon offshoot the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Short Creek, Utah, was arrested ...
Today

Where Is Samuel Bateman From 'Trust Me: The False Prophet' Now?

A man who declared himself a prophet and the heir to an imprisoned cult leader is the subject of a new Netflix documentary that follows a couple exposing his crimes. Samuel Bateman represented himself ...
MusicRadar

"It's the musical equivalent of someone whispering in your ear": Max Richter's SRM Sounds releases ASMR Choir, a vocal and string library with a "low-dynamic and ultra-close" vibe

"A palette of choral and string textures that provides a really special colour to add both a purity and ‘humanness’ to your score" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
Gizmodo

Govee’s Outdoor Chromatic String Lights Sound Obnoxious in the Best Way

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 2 minutes Govee ...
Wall Street Journal

Jesse Jackson, the Prophet Who Became a Politician

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Bill McGurn, Allysia Finley and Kim Strassel. Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP/Jonathan Daniel/Allsport/Getty Images/Ty O'Neil/AP At a memorial ...
People

Filmmakers Go Undercover Inside a Polygamist Sect Led by 'Prophet' Who Abused Girls

A couple embedded inside Samuel Bateman’s FLDS offshoot secretly filmed life within the insular group, documenting abuse involving underage "spiritual wives" Christina Coulter has been a Staff Writer ...
Nature

Whistle while you whinny: researchers identify two sounds straight from the horse’s mouth

The horse whinny, or neigh, has been a familiar sound at least since the animal was domesticated, around 4,200 years ago. But until now, scientists didn’t understand how horses produced this ...
Los Angeles Times

88.5 FM The SoCal Sound is still rocking amid federal cuts to public radio

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It’s another bright, sunny and promising Thursday morning in Los Angeles in early October, but things are not ...