Second Chance Sunday: The Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

News, sounds, videos and more from the past week that deserve your time if you haven't seen them - and even if you have

Another seven days down, another big week of news from all around the country and the planet, so here’s hoping you didn’t miss too many of our excellent stories this week, but in case you did, spend some time today catching up with a few gems that might have ducked past you in the rush of the rat race. That’s right – it’s Second Chance Sunday time once again!

Right, then, let’s get to it…

This electronic cover of the Star Wars Imperial March will rock your soul

Detroit musician Celldweller, aka mononymous artist Klayton, took things up a step this year and created an electronic cover of the Star Wars film series’ iconic Imperial March to celebrate Star Wars Day on 4 May, and it is an ominous-as-hell, mildly threatening, industrial churner of a track. You don’t know the power of the Dark Side.

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Sony Music are consciously uncoupling from SoundCloud

Hozier, Adele, Miguel, Kelly Clarkson, Passion Pit and Splendour In The Grass drawcard MS MR have all been pulled from streaming platform SoundCloud due to an apparent lack of “monetisation opportunities”.

grateful dead’s farewell show will screen live in global cinemas

At last, a compelling reason to go to the movies! Iconic punk outfit Grateful Dead are going out with a bang, sending their last-ever concert live via satellite to big screens around the world – and Aussies can be “confident” that we’re in line to join the party.

apra ceo has had just about enough of all this piracy malarky

Brett Cottle, the chief executive of APRA/AMCOS, has lent his support to suggestions of site-blocking injunctions against offending websites in order to help the creative sector battle illegal downloading – but the Internet Society Of Australia isn’t convinced.

hey, vacation, where’s all the chevy chase at?

Oh, sure, Chris Hemsworth’s monster penis gets a 30-second spot at the end of the trailer for this perilous revival of a 30-year-old franchise but original Vacation star Chevy Chase is relegated to cameo status. There’s simply no justice in the world.

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spotify looking to cut youtube’s grass with move into video streaming

Swedish-founded music service Spotify has reportedly been in discussions with several digital media outlets, including companies that specialise in making content for YouTube, about expanding into video streaming. It’s about to get dramatic in the world of online video. Grab the popcorn.