Thursday news quiz: Stolen jewels, breakdancing fools and a car that’s breaking the rules Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? The Guardian - UK · Sep 3
Laurie Anderson’s next manuscript to be locked away for 88 years in Future Library Grammy award-winning American artist selected as 13th person to submit written work to Oslo-based project The Guardian - UK · Aug 29
AI slop, begone! The viral musical virtuosos bringing brains and brilliance back to social media Whether making microtonal pop or playing Renaissance instruments with sheep bones, a crop of bold artists are making genuinely strange music go mainstream – but are they at the mercy of the algorithm? The Guardian - UK · Feb 11
Top 5 Most Creepy TikTok Sounds to Use on Your Halloween Posts Here are the Top 5 Creepy TikTok sounds to make your Halloween posts extra spooky! International Business Times UK · Oct 22, 2025
William Blake’s painting The Ghost of a Flea speaks to processing childhood trauma In William Blake’s painting The Ghost of a Flea (1820) a huge muscled figure fills the frame. He steps forward, the left side of his body towards the viewer. In one outstretched hand he holds a bleeding bowl (used to catch the blood released during bloodletting) made from an acorn.… The Conversation · Aug 19, 2025
Inside Andy Kaufman: SNL’s strange genius with an unsettling dark side IN FOCUS: The unconventional star of ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Taxi’ is the subject of a brilliant new documentary film. Stevie Chick looks back at the life and work of one of comedy’s true originals The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025
Laurie Anderson says artificial intelligence spells ‘the end of the world’ The artist and musician said you ‘can impersonate anyone’ with the technology. Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2025
Laurie Anderson: Ark: United States V review – a long and winding bid to make sense of America Contemplating a world of catastrophe and collapse, the veteran artist’s new three-hour show, though much too long and diffuse, has moments of poignancy – and joy The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2024
Laurie Anderson: Ark: United States V review – portrait of America is a multimedia mess A mix of beat poetry, opera, communal screaming, TikTok and tai chi, Anderson’s state-of-the-nation work is occasionally poignant but mostly baffling The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2024
Feel like a movie? The top 50 films of all time according to Marcio Kogan Marcio Kogan's top 50 films of all time; the architect taps into his passion for the moving image and shares with us his recommendations Wallpaper · Sep 17, 2024
The week in audio: Matt Chorley; Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division and New Order; In The Studio: Laurie Anderson – review 5 Live’s new politics show gets off to a solid start; the never-boring story of New Order is retold. Plus, Laurie Anderson on knob-twiddling The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024
Laurie Anderson: Amelia review – return flight with aviation pioneer is a long haul The US musician’s reboot of a 2000 work about Amelia Earhart is frustratingly slow to take off The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024
‘Optimists have happier lives’: Laurie Anderson on Bowie, Lou Reed and ‘romantic, inspiring’ JFK Releasing a new album inspired by Amelia Earhart, the US musician answers your questions about her letters to Kennedy, wrestling Andy Kaufman and performing for thousands of dogs at Sydney Opera House The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024
Post your questions for Laurie Anderson Your chance to ask Anderson about taking avant garde music to the pop charts with O Superman, making an AI chatbot of her late husband Lou Reed or even having her own planet The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024
Louder · May 19, 2024 "There wasn't an option to go and hide in the shadows any more": How Peter Gabriel made So and became the world's biggest-selling cult artist In 1986 Peter Gabriel released his fifth studio album So. It was a huge international hit. This is how it happened
Space · May 16, 2024 Stephen Hawking Medal 2024 winners announced at star-studded Starmus VII festival The four winners of the Stephen Hawking Medal 2024 were announced during a medal ceremony at Starmus VII science and music festival in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2024 Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ Anderson’s experiments with language-based AI predated ChatGPT – with one machine modelled on her dead husband that her friends ‘just can’t stand’
AAP · Feb 26, 2024 Writers Festival leader quits over Palestine program The deputy chair of the Melbourne Writers Festival has quit, making the festival the latest cultural event to face controversy over the conflict in Gaza.
MusicRadar · Feb 16, 2024 How Laurie Anderson made the experimental classic O Superman: "The lyrics are a one-sided conversation, like a prayer to God. I wanted it to be like a Greek chorus – not just one voice – so I used a vocoder" As the unlikely 1981 hit goes viral on TikTok, we tell the story of Laurie Anderson's strangely compelling masterpiece
The Guardian - US · Feb 1, 2024 Laurie Anderson ends German professorship after criticism of Palestine support Essen’s Folkwang University took issue with the American artist’s support of a ‘letter against apartheid’ by Palestinian artists
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024 Mary Halvorson: Cloudward review – compositions fuse with improv to wondrous ends (Nonesuch)The Brooklyn jazz guitarist’s seamless, beautifully interwoven tracks are full of welcome surprises
The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023 Best podcasts of the week: The twisting tale of Dawn Hacheney, and the house fire that killed her In this week’s newsletter: Mortal Sin investigates the death of a pastor’s wife that was more than it seemed. Plus: five of the best genre-defying podcasts
AAP · Oct 24, 2023 Global artists feature on 2024 Adelaide Festival bill The first Adelaide Festival with new artistic director Ruth Mackenzie brings work from big name global artists to the city.
The Conversation · Aug 2, 2023 From Duchamp to AI: the transformation of authorship in art The 19th century concept of authorship revolved around the romantic view of the artist as a lone genius. In this model, every stroke of the brush, every note played and every word written was the product of a singular creative mind, bearing the unique imprint of its creator.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023 The Art of the Straight Line review – how tai chi brought out Lou Reed’s mild side The singer-songwriter transformed his later life practising the martial art, as this compilation of writing, edited by his widow Laurie Anderson, shows