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#777 - Eleanor Kerrigan

Eleanor Kerrigan, a stand up comedian and the cohost of "The Comedy Store Podcast," joins Joey Diaz and Lee Syatt LIVE in studio.

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Gallery boost for childrens hospital

Art strategy takes centre stage at local hospital.






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Birmingham conference hears evidence regarding early days of music

Artificial intelligence may be used to reveal secrets behind traditional folk music dating back thousands of years.



  • Education
  • Music
  • Science & technology
  • Birmingham City University
  • Dr Islah Ali-MacLachlan
  • Folk Music Analysis UK



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Putting on the Ritz again

Fundraiser announced for music heritage appeal.




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You’d be barking to miss Police Dog Hogan in Kings Heath

Here at last to satisfy the clamour of their Brummie fans, come Police Dog Hogan.




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Gig review: Police Dog Hogan bound into Birmingham

Kings Heath’s Hare and Hounds was the venue last night for the first appearance in Birmingham of Police Dog Hogan




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Birmingham Rep launches online engagement programme

Pioneering digital engagement provides for hundreds of young people across the West Midlands.





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PGA supports Air Ambulance golf day at the Belfry

Charity support from top golfers.




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Birmingham choir celebrates centenary with historic cathedral gala

Lichfield date marks one hundred years of Bach in the city.




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Gamers go green at Insomnia

Gaming festival's eco village set for debut at i66.







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It’s come round quickly again

Dave Woodhall on Villa's annual defeat at home to Manchester United.





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Lockdown exit plan for May 17: Govt may ready negative list of prohibited activities

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.




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Samsung donates Rs 2 crore to Tamil Nadu in fight against coronavirus

The company had recently contributed Rs 15 crore to PM CARES Fund.




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Shops to provide cash withdrawal against UPI

Allowing shopkeepers to provide cash is expected to reduce the burden on the banking system amid the lockdown. Depositors do not need to queue up at bank branches or ATMs for withdrawal if their neighbourhood merchant provides cash.




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MSME sector on verge of collapse: Nitin Gadkari

He said the position of MSMEs was "worst" as they were now engaged in a "battle for their survival".




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Lockdown exit plan for May 17: Govt may ready negative list of prohibited activities

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.




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Sugar Bytes launches Looperator slicer & multi-fx sequencer for iPad

Sugar Bytes has released an iPad version of its Looperator 16-step sample slicer and creative multi-fX sequencer. The wide range of effects, its quick and intuitive interface and extensive randomization make it easy to design subtle rhythmic enhancements or impressive effect pyrotechnics. Looperator chops up your audio and turns it into something new. In the […]

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Magix releases Vegas Movie Studio 17 video editing software

Magix has announced the release of VEGAS Movie Studio 17, the latest version of the video editing solution for both beginners and more advanced users. The update comes with powerful effects and transitions management, smoother video preview, unified color grading workflow, optical-flow slow motion, and warp flow transition. If you strive to make astonishing videos, […]

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Save 50% on Kilohearts Trance Gate, Tape Stop, Reverser, and Resonator plugins

Kilohearts has announced a sale on selected plugins, offering a 50% discount for the next few weeks. We are offering 50% off some of our most popular effects (VST/AU/AAX/Snapin). Trance Gate, Tape Stop, Reverser, and Resonator are all HALF-PRICE for a limited time. Chop your sounds up, wind them down, flip them over and make […]

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Vocal Presets releases Stargaze free Auto-Tune presets pack

Vocal Presets has released Stargaze, a collection of vocal presets for the Auto-Tune 8 and Auto-Tune Pro vocal processor plugins by Antares. Deep, Dark, Twisted… Stargaze is our most aberrant vocal preset yet. Hard smashing limiters combine with soul crushing saturators to turn your vocals into that bold authority you need to command your audiences […]

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Organic Loops launches Indian Bansuri Flute and Disco Soul & Boogaloo Rhythms

Organic Loops has released an immersive selection of authentic flute parts with Indian Bansuri Flute, a royalty free sample pack featuring a huge range of keys, tempos and playing styles. This is a huge, 2.26GB helping of flutes from legendary recording artist KV Balakrishnan (AKA KV Balu). You’ll hear riffs, melodys and hooks played in […]

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Lunatic Audio launches Retro Pong free video game for your DAW

Lunatic Audio has announced the release of Retro Pong, a free plugin that brings the video game from the 80s to your DAW. Lunatic Audio debuts with a ground breaking revolutionary plugin that is taking the industry by storm! As the name suggests: yes it is a straight up 80’s pong video game wrapped in […]

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Frontline Producer releases Stoner and Garage Rock & Soul Funk 3

Frontline Producer has launched its new sample pack Stoner and Garage Rock, a collection of hard rock music parts that can be used to craft and reinforce your own groove-laden, riff-filled and harshly distorted jams. Stoner and Garage Rock is aimed at all music producers who want to enlarge their possibilities of expression with real […]

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AudioFB releases Daga’s StripTeaser channel strip effect plugin

AudioFB has launched a channel strip effect plugin developed for all styles of mixing. Daga’s StripTeaser was developed in collaboration with producer brothers Adriano and Giu Daga. Stripteaser’s multi-effect rack features: 4-band equalizer, where the extreme bands can be switched to bell or shelf types, ‘high pass’ filter with option of 12db / octave or […]

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Save 70% on AudioThing’s Organetta melodica and accordion hybrid

Plugin Boutique has launched a sale on the Organetta Kontakt library by AudioThing, featuring the sounds of a small portable reed organ made in the late 50s by the German company Hohner. The sound is generated by an electric fan that blows air into a set of brass reeds hence the sound is reminiscent of […]

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Softube launches Weiss EQ1 & Gambit Series channel strip for Console 1

Softube has announced the availability of the Weiss EQ1, a line-by-line code port boasting 1:1 accuracy of the pioneering original hardware, known as the standard of digital mastering EQs​. The Weiss EQ1 plugin offers increased functionality of the original algorithms, plus 32-bit/192 kHz operation and updated ergonomics. It comes with easy manual recall of presets […]

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Neural 57, Propaganda mon amour

Issue #57, Summer 2017 ISSN: 2037-108X

The new Neural issue (co-edited with Andrea Natella) is hot from the press.

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Didn't anticipate India to shut down like this, says Colgate-Palmolive CEO

Over the past few weeks, chief executives of Unilever, Mondelez, Hershey's Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and Kimberly Clark have said India’s Covid-19 lockdown protocols had led to severe supply chain disruptions and labour shortages, hurting business in the key market.




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Varun Beverages Q4 results: Profit gains 50% to Rs 60 crore

Total income during the latest quarter stood at Rs 1,724.51 crore, up 24.78 per cent from Rs 1,382 crore in the year-ago period , Varun Beverages said in a regulatory filing.




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Trump blasts 'human scum' who investigated his administration as Justice Department drops criminal case against Michael Flynn

President Trump excoriated the administration of President Barack Obama as “human scum” who attempted to undermine him by “targeting” former national security adviser Michael Flynn. 





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Fine dining experiences will never be same again, feel restaurateurs

Restaurants in the city are looking to slash in-house dining capacities by 40 per cent to ensure social distancing norms are followed and also ramp up their tech infrastructure to handle more orders online.




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Wickenburg cafe owner threatened with legal action for not complying with governor's order

Horseshoe Cafe owner Debra Thompson talks about getting a letter from Wickenburg regarding her noncompliance with Gov. Doug Ducey's statewide order.

       




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Prosecutor threatens legal action against Wickenburg restaurants reopening during stay-at-home order

The letter by the prosecutor marked the second time businesses in town were contacted by authorities for being in violation of Gov. Ducey's order.

       




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Yuma inmate's death investigated as potential homicide

A criminal investigation is underway after the death of an inmate at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma on Thursday.

       




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Wonderchef launches 2 exclusive brand outlets in Bengaluru

With this addition, Wonderchef has 10 exclusive brand outlets in the country besides its omni-channel presence across 5000 retail outlets, it said in a release.




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Ujjwala scheme has been very beneficial to cooker market: TT Jagannathan, TTK Prestige

We expect to make up Kerala losses in September, October and November as the state rebuilds its economy.




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CCI orders probe against Asian Paints

"The Commission is of the view that evidence provided by JSW Paints is prima-facie sufficient to indicate that Asian Paints has denied access to the distribution channels in the relevant market to JSW Paints by threatening and coercing such dealers through various means," the fair trade regulator said.




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Take Note: Cariol Horne And Damon Jones On The Need To Reform Against Police Brutality

Veteran law enforcement officers Damon K. Jones and Cariol Horne are speaking out against police brutality and calling for reform. They talked with WPSU about the challenges they have faced as minorities in the police force, their thoughts about the Black Lives Matter movement and why change is necessary. Transcript: Cheraine Stanford: Welcome to take note on WPSU. I'm Cheraine Stanford. We're joined today by two activists advocating for law enforcement reform. Cariol Horne was a police officer in Buffalo, New York, for nearly two decades. When she was fired after she says she was assaulted by a fellow officer while attempting to stop him from choking a handcuffed man. Damon K. Jones has worked in the West Chester Department of Corrections for 28 years. He represents the state of New York in the organization, Blacks in Law Enforcement of America. The two came to Penn State as part of a panel called “Black lives inside of blue lives” to discuss the question: What happens when Black




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Take Note: Founder Of Human Rights Organization On Community Work To End Female Genital Cutting

Molly Melching first went to Senegal in 1974 as an exchange student from the University of Illinois. But, instead of returning to the United States, she stayed on, eventually creating a nonprofit organization to educate and empower women and communities. That organization Tostan created and implemented educational programs focused on human rights, health, literacy, financial management and childhood development. It may be best known for leading thousands of communities in Africa to end female genital cutting and forced childhood marriage. WPSU's Anne Danahy talked with Melching about her work. Transcript Anne Danahy: Welcome to take note on WPSU, I'm Anne Danahy. Molly Melching first went to Senegal in 1974 as an exchange student from the University of Illinois. But instead of returning to the United States, she stayed, eventually creating a nonprofit organization to educate and empower women and communities. That organization, Tostan, created and implemented educational programs




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Take Note: Jessie Sage And James Tison On Fighting Stigma Against Sex Work And LGBTQ Community

Jessie Sage is a sex worker who writes and speaks publicly on issues related to sex work, feminism, and social justice. James Tison is a stand-up comedian in New York who uses humor to fight stigma against his LGBTQ identity and life with HIV. Sage and Tison recently spoke at an event at Penn State called “Facts not Fear: A Night to Fight Stigma,” and talked with WPSU about fighting the sigma their communities face. This Take Note interview talks about sex work and might not be suitable for children to hear.