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Last modified on Sat 3 Apr 2021 03.05 EDT Last year, a few weeks before lockdown began, Gilles Peterson was watching the Brit awards when the American musician Tyler, the Creator won the international male solo artist award. In his acceptance speech, he said something deeply unexpected: “Shoutout to all the British funk of the 80s that I’ve tried to copy.” Peterson was startled. He had been an aspiring teenage DJ during what has become known as the Britfunk era – a period from 1976 to 1982, when London spawned a succession of homegrown bands putting their raw spin on the s...

2021 UL Softball Preview: The Outfielders This is the final part of a four-part series previewing the 2021 Louisiana Ragin' Cajun Softball Team. Today; the outfield. The outfield looks to be strong against this season, with the ability to provide power, speed, and defense. Ciara Bryan, a transfer from Georgia, who was tabbed a first-team Preseason All-American by D1Softball, will be a fixture in the UL outfield this season. A left-handed hitter, Bryan hit .330 in three seasons with Georgia, to go along with 14 home runs and 78 runs batted in, while also accumulating 33 stolen bases. Bryan, wh...

Bicyclist nearly killed by Madeira Beach garbage truck sues city Julie Henning, of Virginia, was left with a traumatic brain injury, compound fractures and damaged organs after a city truck hit her last May.     Julie Henning, of Virginia, lived an active lifestyle of fishing, birding, biking and kayaking before a Madeira Beach garbage truck hit her while she rode her bicycle last May. Now she's suing the city. [ Courtesy of Julie Henning ] Published Jan. 19 MADEIRA BEACH — Julie Henning woke one morning last May with what figured to be a lovely Saturday ahead of her, warm and near...

“The pandemic has canceled what I do for a living,” street performer Mark Roman tells the Hollywood Reporter. For six years, Roman portrayed Captain America—and occasionally a Reno 911-inspired character called “Lieutenant Frank”—as one of the army of people who lived on tips from tourists by dressing up as superheroes, movie creatures, and other figments of the showbiz imagination. But now most of the strip that once welcomed 10 million visitors a year is boarded up, and Roman hasn’t busked since COVID-19 first hit Los Angeles. To make ends meet Roman has tried working as an ...

Voters in line outside the shuttered Pantages Theatre on Nov. 3. Hard-hit by the pandemic, the iconic street struggles amid a plunge in tourism and the months-long shuttering of theaters and other draws: "I don’t know what we're going to do." On a street typically lined with superheroes and Disney characters, Batman, with precious few tourists to greet, sits on a quiet corner doing crunches. This is Hollywood Boulevard today, nine months into the pandemic-induced shutdown that has stripped the tourist destination of its usual 10 million annual visitors who clamor to take photos with costume...