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Terry Bozzio asked a question when he joined Frank Zappa. He asked it again when he left

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Perry Bamonte, The Cure's keyboard and guitar player, dies at 65

Perry Bamonte, a keyboard and guitar player in the English band The Cure, has died. He was 65 years old. In a statement, the band called him "quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative." ...
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Underscore: Now Slightly Less Random

I pushed a key change to the Underscore music player over the weekend. Members can now click on any song in their collection ...

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming keyboard of 2025

So there we are, a solid budget, quiet, and ergonomic choice; 2025 really has given us quite the range of gaming keyboards to ...
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“There is absolutely nothing you can do with a broken soul. He sank into an abyss that he wasn’t able to dig his way out from”: He played with Traffic, Hendrix and Fre…

“He never stopped loving Jeanette, ever, and when she died, that was his tipping point,” Steph Wood explains. “There had ...