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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lizzy McAlpine follows her breakout hit with an ‘Older,’ and wiser, tour

LA Times

Lizzy McAlpine, who is touring in support of her new album, “Older,” photographed at home in Los Angeles. “It’s super disheartening as an artist,” McAlpine says, recounting the episode from her L.A. home two weeks later. “But it’s also hard to see people only care, seemingly, about one song, especially after I’ve just released this new album that feels the …

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9 months ago

Music Review: Lizzy McAlpine tells intimate folk-pop stories on her third album, ‘Older’

Associated Press

The opening track on folk-pop singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine’s third album, “Older,” is only one minute and 40 seconds long. In that time, “The Elevator” carries the listener into McAlpine’s internal world, climbing a steady piano melody toward a drum-led instrumental before the song meets an abrupt end — depositing the listener at the second track, but more importantly, in the …

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1 year ago

Footballers, rape accusations and social media: Effects of anonymity breaches for players and victims

New York Times

Atletico Madrid forward Memphis Depay took to social media in July to vent his anger about the treatment of Benjamin Mendy. “Over the last few years, the law has developed so that someone who is subject to a police investigation has a reasonable expectation of privacy, such that this usually cannot be revealed without infringing their privacy,” says Richard Munden, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Skye McAlpine: ‘Some couples have songs, but we have recipes’

The Independent

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “That’s when my love affair with cookbooks really started,” says McAlpine, who now splits …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Top tips for healthy eating throughout the year

The Independent

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But only in small portions, not because I cannot eat it, because by my …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Lizzy McAlpine: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Lizzy McAlpine: Tiny Desk Concert While there's a quiet element to Lizzy McAlpine's music, there's also an explosive element of electronics, electric guitars and drums on her 2022 album five seconds flat that feels cinematic. So when Lizzy told us that all she'd need for her Tiny Desk concert were some microphones and a few acoustic guitars, I was surprised …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Meet UCLA’s Margueritte Aozasa and USC’s Jane Alukonis, the new soccer coaches in town

LA Times

New UCLA coach Margueritte Aozasa celebrates with her team following a season-opening win over Iowa on Aug. 18 in Westwood. “It’s also weird knowing all the players on the other team.” Women’s soccer came to both campuses in 1993 but never before have USC and sixth-ranked UCLA both welcomed new head coaches in the same season, with Aozasa replacing Amanda …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Why workers just won’t stop quitting

BBC

Why workers just won’t stop quitting Getty The Great Resignation was triggered by the pandemic – so why aren’t resignations slowing down now as it wanes? When people first began leaving their jobs en masse in early 2021, experts generally believed that the “Great Resignation” was a direct side effect of pandemic chaos and uncertainty. “It’s hard to imagine how …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Jacob Collier (feat. Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer), 'Never Gonna Be Alone'

NPR

Jacob Collier, 'Never Gonna Be Alone' YouTube For "Never Gonna Be Alone," his first single since the award-winning Djesse Vol. The piece swells with the rubato, orchestral textures — sustained string harmonics, tinkling wind chimes, warm and brassy long tones — that make up Collier's expansive sound. "There's a patch of sunlight in my room / On the carpet where …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Royal commission hears Australian disability enterprise workers paid as little as $2.50 an hour

ABC

Victorian man Greg Tucker has been doing manual work for the past two years, packing nappies in a warehouse. Key points: Australian disability enterprises provide employment for people with disability, separate to the mainstream workforce Some people working in ADEs get paid as little as $2.37 per hour The disability royal commission is examining ADEs and hearing from witnesses and …

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5 years ago

Labour campaigner is caught on a doorbell cam sneakily stealing a Tory campaign leaflet

Daily Mail

A Labour party campaigner personally backed by Jeremy Corbyn has been caught on a doorbell camera sneakily stealing a Tory campaign leaflet from a letterbox - and replacing it with one of his own. George Elcock was seen posting leaflets for Labour hopeful Laura McAlpine before finding a flyer for her Tory rival in Vicky Hughes' letterbox and appearing to …

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55 years ago

How Emojis Have Invaded the Courtroom

Slate

Media coverage about the appearance of emojis in court cases suggests we should all be like 😱. “Emojis are showing up in court cases exponentially, and courts aren’t prepared” argued the Verge. A court in France sentenced a 22-year-old man to three months in prison for texting his ex-girlfriend a pistol emoji, which the court determined was a “real threat.” …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Labour support collapses to half what it was in 2017