The House Rules teams deliver their most stunning renovations ever for the show's grand finale
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The Life of a Song: Hotel California
Peter Aspen looks at how The Eagles turned a few improvised chords into one of the most iconic, and enigmatic, rock songs of the 1970s. Credits: Rhino/Elektra, Parlophone UK, UMG Recordings, Elemental Records, Sony Music Entertainment
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The Life of a Song: Like a Rolling Stone
Peter Aspden deconstructs the creation of Bob Dylan's legendary song over the course of a single day in the studio.
This podcast was originally published in November 2015; it is republished in celebration of Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize for Literature.
Credits: Columbia/Legacy
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The life of a song: House of the Rising Sun
Peter Aspden on the 'floating song' recorded by Alan Lomax in 1930s Kentucky that went on to be covered by Woodie Guthrie, Bob Dylan and, of course, The Animals. Credits: Concord Music Group, Marathon Media International, BMI
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The life of a song: Misirlou
Peter Aspden tells the story of 'Misirlou', the swaying Anatolian love song that was reinvented as a 1960s surfers' anthem before gaining a massive audience with Pulp Fiction and sampling by The Black Eyed Peas. Credits: Parker Street Records, JB Production, Universal Music Group
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The life of a song: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
Peter Aspden tells the story of Burt Bacharach’s feelgood anthem ‘Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head’
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The life of a song: A Whiter Shade of Pale
Peter Aspden on 'A Whiter Shade of Pale', the melancholy 1967 Procol Harum song whose melody was 'sparked by Bach' and which set off a legal battle that went all the way to the House of Lords. Credits: ANM, AP Music, DLG Digital, Demon Music Group
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Florence and the machines: the British Library Sound Archive
Peter Aspden visits the basement treasure-house where recordings of Florence Nightingale, 1940s electronica and other rarities are stored alongside some equally exotic audio technology
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Icons of dissent
Peter Aspden visits the V&A’s ‘Disobedient Objects’ exhibition and reflects on the art of protest in the age of rapid digital dissemination.
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Peter Aspden on Mat Collishaw and recession art
The FT's arts writer reports on Mat Collishaw's transition from conceptual shock artist to ‘proper’ draughtsman - and why, unlike revolution or virgin birth, an economic recession makes a poor subject for art
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Peter Aspden on the heritage impulse
With "The Rite of Spring" in Paris and the Armory Show in New York, 1913 was a key moment for modernism. But it also marked a turning point in Britain's attitude to its past, says the FT's culture columnist
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Peter Aspden on Philip Glass's Walt Disney opera
Based on a novel by Peter Stephan Jungk, 'The Perfect American' is the story of one of the 20th century's biggest entertainment moguls. The FT's arts writer gives his verdict on the work's premiere at the Teatro Real, Madrid.
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Peter Aspden on David Bowie and the end of HMV
Thinking differently is what makes Bowie stand out in the noisy world that killed off HMV. And it will be the key skill in the disembodied cultural universe of the future, says FT arts writer Peter Aspden.
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Pets doing homework: This new photography genre in making wins internet
Teachers always try to motivate students to learn! And what is a best way to learn other than involving your pets in your study? A legal scholar, Marie-Amelie George in her trial to make learning fun asked her students to send her the pictures of their pet doing the most unusual of all activities they do –doing homework.
The pictures that make up for an under-rated photography genre, prove that pets can be a cute study companion. George posted a picture of a dog doing what looks like it is reading a book that started a trail of pictures of their pets enlightening themselves with some reading.
I ask my students to send me photos of their dogs doing class work. It’s an under-appreciated photography genre. pic.twitter.com/oxXFicXmue
— Marie-Amélie George (@ProfMAGeorge) April 15, 2020
The picture posted on April 16, garnered more than 352,400 likes and was retweeted over 52,600 times. Here are some more pictures of pets doing their homework.
Cats only check your work w a disapproving gaze. pic.twitter.com/zmWXmF7QeK
— 0000 1000 0110 0111 0101 0011 0000 1001 (@CJHicks15) April 16, 2020
He has his own work area.... A bit small though. pic.twitter.com/AxT505vgob
— Ryan Sorensen (@ryanoss123) April 16, 2020
— Libby Adler (@libby_adler) April 15, 2020
Beanbag likes to study maps. pic.twitter.com/j5XFshS7HN
— Karla (@Heyitskarla) April 16, 2020
What do you think of this new genre in photography?
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Peter Crouch now eyes Crufts trophy, an international dog show
Former England footballer Peter Crouch has plans to enter the Crufts, an international dog show held in UK, and walk away with the trophy. Peter and his model wife Abbey Clancy, who have a new Labrador named Sonny, were denied entry this March. And the football star is determined to win the coveted title with his pet dog in 2021.
In the latest episode of That Peter Crouch Podcast, Peter said: "We couldn't get into Crufts last time so we're trying to train this bad boy up."
Meanwhile, Abbey revealed: "He likes getting in the cage with the dog. The dog cage is the biggest one we could get on Amazon. And it does fit Peter and all four children and the dog. He's trying to train him for little biccies. He's a good trainer. He doesn't like to fail at anything. So after the whole Crufts episode, he said, 'I'm gonna train a dog then I'm gonna enter it into Crufts'."
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Pet Sematary Movie Review - Rather Tame forebodings
Pet Sematary
U/A: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Dennis Widmyer, Kevin Kolsch
Cast: Jete Laurence, Hugo Lavoie, Jason Clarke, Lucas Lavoie, Amy Seimetz
Rating:
The 1989 version of Pet Sematary based on the 1983 Stephen King novel, was certainly no classic but it was a cheesy horror tale powered by a solid performance from Fred Gwynne and the title song from the Ramones was quite rage. Given the cult popularity of horror films today, it's no surprise that even such an unremarkable representative of the genre gets recast for the GenNext voyeurs of horror thrills. Co-directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer don't have much of a challenge on their hands, given the fact that there's no attempt being made here to tell the story from a different vantage point.
Dr Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz), eight-year-old daughter Ellie (Jete Laurence), two-year-old son Gage (Hugo and Lucas Lavoie) and pet cat Church—relocate to a rustic home in the quaint rural town of Ludlow, Maine. Though there's plenty of land, with a mysterious pet cemetery and a strange bog behind the home there's not much of it in front - with a state highway running through right at the curb just off their driveway. So one would think that responsible parents would take the trouble of checking out their abode and taking the necessary precautions before moving in.
Check out the trailer here:
Such deliberate contrivance is of course a given for a horror film attempting to spook you by suggestions rather than facts. Soon enough the pet cat gets crushed under a speeding mammoth and the grieving Dr Clarke, helped on by friendly neighbour Jud Crandall(John Lithgow) takes the cat to be buried near the mysterious bog which apparently has mystical powers of resurrecting the dead. A rather convenient ploy to give wandering souls a rejuvenated body to do evil. The rest of it is rather brutal.
The film, as the book, is riddled with plenty of plot holes but King's book at least had a descriptive set-up that kept the interest going. The film doesn't have much exposition. The wife's torment from a traumatic experience during childhood is represented through hallucinatory flashbacks and the tragedies that befall the Creed family just keep piling up soon after they move in. The directors and writer Jeff Buhler, make a few deviations but they play out as altogether facile and non-requiting. The actors do their job well but the narrative doesn't create enough empathy for us to be worried about their fate. Closing it out with a Starcrawler cover of the Ramones's original theme may stir up some nostalgia but that's not going to spook you. Even King's original denouement gets replaced and that makes this particular effort altogether superficial.
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Pets have their own reason for following you to bathroom
Representational picture
If your pets are following to every nook and cranny of your house and especially when you decide to have some lone time in the bathroom, blame it to their 'pack behaviour'. According to the recent studies, dogs have evolved to be pack animals with strong bonds to those around them, and in their domesticated state, the instinct to physically stick with the members of the pack transfers to their humans.
Reports say that if a pet follows you everywhere he might start suffering from anxiety and separation issues whenever the pet owner leaves the dog on its own. But on the flip side cats are not known to be as pack animals. They are in a constant search of warmth and thus are often seen cuddling up in towels or pillows. For cats their own privacy is paramount.
The cats would also follow you to your loo trips but not cause of their concern of separation from you but as they are insecure and want to check if there is nothing untoward going inside the house which could be threatening to them.
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Petals For Armor
This album shook me to my core. From the day simmer was released to present day, where the album has been out for over 24 hours it's meant the world to me. Hayley said herself that this was about her, and how not everyone was going to be able to relate to all the songs, but I relate to pretty much all of them and they all resonate deeply within my soul. There is no bad song on the album.
Talking about a few song (not all):
Watch Me As I Bloom is actually starting to motivate me (something that happens once in a blue moon). It hasn't fully motivated me yet, but with more plays I have a feeling it will. I can perfectly imagine that as a closer to her shows, and feels like a great wrap up to the album's symbolism so the final song can be relaxed and beautiful
The lyrics with Simmer mean the world to me (my mom actually wants to get one of the lyrics tattooed, and she doesn't have any tattoos) and the song sounded so different and unique. It was a perfect song to lead the album. The music video, which lead to a three part series, was outstanding.
Dead Horse was unapologetic with every single line, airing out everything from Hayley's last relationship. It's also one of the biggest bops on the album
I really slept on Why We Ever. I don't know why, but it took the full album to be out in order for me to fully appreciate it. The way it transitions into the pure piano speaks to my soul
Sugar On The Rim is vouge at it's finest and I expect a mosh pit of gays at every show not hitting each other and just vouging. Not to mention Hayley's lower register really comes out, which I love.
The flower theme throughout the whole process was amazing, and I'm absolutely living for it. I truly believe that there is nothing Hayley can't do and I am completely in love with her and her music. I want to talk about more songs but this is already really long so I'm going to leave it off here. This album is a 10/10 and I need it on vinyl haha
This is a classic bear-market bounce: Cantor Fitzgerald's Peter Cecchini
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No exact playbook on how to reopen economies, doctor says
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How Am I Doing? Peter & MaryJo
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PetSafe® Brand to Award More Than $250,000 to Help 25 Communities Fund and Maintain Off-Leash Dog Parks - PetSafe® Bark for Your Park™ Video
Learn more about the 2016 PetSafe® Bark for Your Park™ grant-giving program in this video.
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Peter Qvist uses computers, CNC milling and hand finishing to create "highly modern handcrafted furniture pieces"
Computers and technology let designers do things that were unimaginable just a decade ago.
Peterborough canoe museum to have gorgeous green roof
Irish architects Heneghan Peng win the competition to house world's largest canoe collection
PETA to Buy Sea World
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Petite Mort: Precious ethical furs handmade from roadkill
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Petite Marin repurposes men's dress shirts into beautiful and durable children's clothes
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Petit Beast: Hanging air plant sculptures look like graceful jellyfish
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Peter Busby designs a 40 storey timber tower proposed for Vancouver
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Pete and Gerry’s launches a reusable egg carton
The country’s leading organic egg brand has created the industry’s first reusable egg carton.
Point confirms improvement - Sauber
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Petrov puts puncture down to bad luck
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Kobayashi signing justified after Valencia - Sauber
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Petrov feeling 'wonderful'
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Michigan Man Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy Using Straw Home Buyers
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Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Importing and Selling Counterfeit Intergrated Circuits from China and Hong Kong
Peter Picone, 41, of Methuen, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Hartford, Connecticut to importing thousands of counterfeit integrated circuits (ICs) from China and Hong Kong and then reselling them to U.S. customers.
Massachusetts Man Charged with Selling Counterfeit Semiconductors Intended for Use on Nuclear Submarines
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Peter Borgia Jr., 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema.
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