Holy hell, another seven days have passed already, so that means it's time again to bring you Second Chance Sunday, our weekly wrap of some of the best stories this week that might have escaped your attention because you're all so "busy" and "important".
Because as it turns out, regardless of what label you want to slap on it, while you were frantically snapchatting pictures of your junk to your coworkers, stuff happened. A lot of it.
the most innuendo-laden ghostbusters remix you'll ever hear
Look, we said stuff happened; we didn't say it was important stuff. But mash-up whiz kid and internet pop-culture king Neil Cicierega has created the most sexually charged remix of Ghostbusters ever and, moreover, it's actually really good.
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hermitude go global with worldwide signing to nettwerk
Renowned electro duo and Elefant Traks vets Hermitude have inked a worldwide distribution deal with esteemed US indie label Nettwerk Records, ahead of their Groovin The Moo shows and a national tour this June.
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the snowdroppers lose, and then regain, more than $8000
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Stalwart Sydney outfit The Snowdroppers saw the winds of fate blow in their favour this week after publicising their plight with an allegedly dodgy digital distributor saw them paid their rightful earnings - to the tune of more than $8000.
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why gudinski believes that future music failed
We all know that Mushroom pulled the plug on Future Music Festival this week, but we went a little deeper and spoke to Mushroom Group chairman Michael Gudinski about why he believes the event failed, from the death of the touring festival to unsustainable cost blowouts and beyond.
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arya and the doctor, together at last
It's a nerd confluence of planet-shaking proportions as beloved Game Of Thrones actor Maisie Williams is announced as an impending guest star in the ninth season of the BBC's Doctor Who revival, with her character set challenge The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) in unexpected ways.
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uk first in 'global' push for music video ratings
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has confirmed that age ratings are now being displayed on music videos from the three big labels — Sony, Warner and Universal — uploaded to streaming-video platforms YouTube and Vevo, with further countries likely to follow.
