Stan Lee dies at age 95
Comic book writer and co-creator of Marvel, Stan Lee, has died at age 95.
Behind some of the world's best-known comic book characters including Spider-Man, Black Panther, the Avengers and the X-Men, Lee died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles on Monday.
Lee's creations have been made even more popular over the past decade with the release of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
Glitoris: The Policy
- What the hell happened to Glitoris? I’ve always had a soft spot for the yelly, Canberra punks, but on the strength of their 2016 EP, The Disgrace, I had them pegged as … gimmicky fun? A good political fist-pump but not musically essential? Even back then, however, if you spent the time and listened to the six structurally acrobatically transformative minutes of The Pole up the end of the EP, rather than the tinny, sub-two-minute banger Paradise at the beginning, you would have some idea of what these four women are capable of.
Georgia Anne Muldrow: Overload
- Georgia Anne Muldrow’s new long-player Overload on iconic LA label Brainfeeder opens with defiantly spiritual-jazz vibes, all polyrhythmic pulsing and choral shouts. It sets the tone for a record that is ambitious in its scope and stylings.
Play It Up moves us into dark, heavy, minimal hiphop, illbient broken-beat, laden with noisy crash cymbals, showing it's a Brainfeeder record upfront. It's heavier and more pensive than her earlier outings on Stones Throw.
Hot 100 2021
Voting is open for the 2021 ~ Hot 100!
2021 has been a ride and now it's time to put it behind us with a celebration of the music that's soundtracked this year
boygenius: boygenius
- Creating a musical supergroup can be a daunting task. Not only do you have all of your own personal followers waiting for something new and exciting, but you also have the dedicated fans of the other members in the group waiting for the magic to happen. Will it be one member leading with the others providing backing, or will it be an even mix of all members?
4ZZZ Top 20
1. The Bear Hunt - Your Halo Is Loose (Single)
2. Hatchie - Adored (Single)
3. Good Boy - Sodabread (Single)
4. Tia Gostelow - Thick Skin
5. Parsnip - Feeling Small / Winter (Single)
6. Hallie - Not A Lady (Single)
7. Moaning Lisa - Do You Know Enough?
8. INDIGENOISE - Old Ways New Age
9. LALKA - CTRL ALTer Ego (Single)
10. Punxie and The Poison Pens - Facespace Friend (Single)
11. Requin - The Noisy Miners Swoop Him EP
12. Bleeding Knees Club - Fade The Hammer
13. Cub Sport - Sometimes (Single)
US Congress plans to investigate allegations of corruption in Trump Administration
The US Congress is set to investigate whether president Donald Trump used ‘instruments of state power to punish the press.’
President Trump is accused of secret meetings with the postmaster general to encourage raising postal rates on Amazon. The owner of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is also the owner of The Washington Post.
The president may also have attempted to block a merger between AT&T and Time Warner, owners of CNN.
If found guilty, President Trump could face allegations of corruption.
UK seeks to increase co-operation with Russia
UK Prime Minister Theresa May plans to ask for increased co-operation with Russia during her speech at the Lord Mayor’s banquet today.
Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since the Salisbury nerve agent attack and mass expulsion of Russian intelligence officials from London.
Ms May will stress the importance of international unity and stability when defending the UK’s values, democracy and people.
National Recycling Week seeks to increase public awareness
Today is the start of National Recycling Week, which will see a focus on educating people about common recycling mistakes.
Among these is the myth that soft plastics are recyclable, however, REDcycle bins are provided at Woolworths and Coles, which is the home for all plastics that can be rolled up into a ball.
Planet Ark deputy CEO Rebecca Gilling said while 71 per cent of people were confident in knowing what can and can’t be recycled, there were still high levels of contamination.
Funding increased for regional universities
The Coalition government has announced the ending of the university funding freeze and a new investment of $134 million dollars in regional campuses.
The government will also fund an extra 2000 scholarships for regional and remote students, more than doubling the current number, at a cost of $34 million dollars.
The Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan says Australia needs to support regional communities to retain and attract smart young people across the country.