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5 of the best free movies to stream on Tubi, Pluto TV, Plex, and more this week (October 21)

You'd be surprised how many movies are available on the best free streaming services. Here's this week's roundup of all our free movie recommendations.

TechRadar

"Kraftwerk is not a band, it’s a concept": How Kraftwerk introduced the world to electronic music - and showed us that we could make it too

We explore the resounding influence of the German innovators credited with popularizing electronic music-making and launching a thousand genres

MusicRadar

“James Brown kept saying, ‘We’re gonna take it to the bridge.’ Finally, he whipped around and said, ‘Hit me!’ Unfortunately, I did not hit him at all”: Carlos Alomar was fined by the Godfather of Soul, scolded by Chuck Berry – and adored by David Bowie

Playing professionally since his teens, Carlos Alomar was part of the DAM Trio rhythm section that backed David Bowie from the mid-’70s – and now, he says, it’s time to commemorate that legendary collective

Guitar World

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“Woke” And “Nonbinary” Half Male, Half Female Lobster Goes Viral Online

The story of a lobster named Bowie, who is equal parts male and female, takes over the internet as everyone gets super invested in it. The post “Woke” And “Nonbinary” Half Male, Half Female Lobster Goes Viral Online first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda

"Well, you're a flash c***!" Sex Pistols legend Glen Matlock recalls a night-time drive around New York City perched on David Bowie's knee

A short story about David Bowie, Glen Matlock, Iggy Pop and a Pablo Picasso painting

Louder

“Every time my parents went out, Supper’s Ready went on the turntable so I could listen uninterrupted”: Long before Gary Kemp joined Nick Mason’s band, he ensured prog infiltrated Spandau Ballet

Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd were the guitarist’s early purchases – making more sense of his presence in Saucerful Of Secrets than it may have seemed

Louder

Halsey as “The Great Impersonator"

For her album, “The Great Impersonator,” Halsey transforms into Kate Bush, Dolly Parton, Stevie Nicks and others

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“I worked on that crazy Fender Twin and never understood how it made such fabulous noise”: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Twin Reverb amp, used in the recording of Texas Flood, Bowie sessions and live shows is up for sale... for over $600,000

The 1967 Twin is fitted with distinctive Electro Voice SRO 'coffee can' speakers, and was used by SRV during his Las Colinas rehearsals with David Bowie

Guitar World

Changingman Paul Weller reinvents himself again… as an actor in Steve McQueen’s Blitz

After more than 50 years and 17 studio albums, the Modfather takes on his first film role… to glowing reviews

The Guardian - UK

20 most disastrous movie casting mistakes

Louis Chilton selects some of the most egregious pieces of casting in film history

The Independent UK

“Okay, if I were to meet David Bowie, would I feel okay about showing David Bowie this album?”: Modular synthesist Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith on making meditative electronic masterpiece, Ears

The Californian artist on the live Buchla jams that created her breakthrough album

MusicRadar

Come as You Are: Wealth Management for Gen X

Gen X is stuck in the middle of kids and aging parents, but retirement's not far off. Time to prioritize, with help from Nirvana, The Eagles and David Bowie.

Kiplinger

“When somebody first called me a rock star it was like a dream come true. And my ego reflected that.” An audience with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor after “self-destruction” forced him to confront some ugly, painful home truths

The success of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral album made Trent Reznor lose his mind. But as a new millennium dawned, he found a way out of the abyss

Metal Hammer

“David Bowie asked me if I wanted to go out to dinner with John Lennon! I had a big ‘dilemma’ moment; I was hearing certain musical things in my head. I didn’t wanna go out and lose myself”: Carlos Alomar on making Fame, Heroes – and Bowie’s Berlin era

The former David Bowie guitarist talks Young Americans, Station to Station and the Berlin Trilogy, plus recording (and co-writing) Fame with John Lennon

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Evening Standard

Eve the rapper's guide to London: Broadwick, Dorian and Edmund Bossman

The multi-platinum Grammy award-winning artist, who lives in West London, shares her insider guide to the capital

Louder

Duff McKagan releases unexpected cover of David Bowie's "Heroes"

Duff McKagan's version of "Heroes" and a new song, True To The Death Rock N’ Roll Ballad, arrive ahead of the Guns N' Roses man's European Lighthouse tour

The Conversation

The seven greatest cover songs of all time – according to music experts

We recently asked subscribers to our arts and culture newsletter, Something Good, to name their favourite cover song. We received a range of replies, from Beyoncé’s reimagining of the Dolly Parton classic, Jolene, to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged recording of The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie. Here’s how…

The Guardian - UK

Gerry Robinson obituary

Other lives: Mandolin player with the 1960s group the Purple Gang who later became a graphic designer

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“I had become Musical Director, which I always hate. But I took the money and took the title and did the job!”: The Cure’s Reeves Gabrels on the time he became David Bowie’s touring MD

Bowie needed someone to be his first lieutenant in the 90s, and his ex-Tin Machine bandmate was the person he turned to

The Guardian - UK

Broadcaster Nicki Chapman: ‘David Bowie handed me his cigarette when he came off stage. I can’t believe I didn’t keep it’

The pop promoter turned Escape to the Country presenter on her Kevin Keegan perm, putting Robbie Williams to bed and dealing with a brain tumour

The Guardian - UK

‘I shouldn’t have listened to those around me’: Janet Jackson on Michael, motherhood and how she’s taking back control

After five decades in the public eye, three marriages and the ‘wardrobe malfunction’ that torpedoed her career, the pop megastar is back. She opens up about family, fame and her fears of mayhem after the US election

Louder

"No offence Oasis, but that's how it's done." Moby's Manchester show is a cheeky, gorgeous and ultimately triumphant celebration of dance music

13 years since his last international tour, Moby is back in the UK and celebrating his landmark 1999 chart-topper Play

The Guardian - UK

Noisy neighbours, nasty plagues and a winning smelly penguin – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Hendrix, Jagger, Bowie and me: Terry Reid, the British pop outlier adored by the greats

He was courted by Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, toured with Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones and was idolised by everyone from Aretha Franklin to Dr Dre. British pop’s nearly man tells his astonishing story

The Independent UK

David Bowie would have been fascinated by AI but seen the ‘pitfalls’, says childhood friend

Exclusive: ‘David was quite a vulnerable person. He was sensitive and had a lot of things going on.’

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