{"id":33272,"date":"2024-01-20T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/saturday-headlines-you-cant-get-there-from-here#id33065"},"modified":"2024-01-20T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T16:06:00","slug":"saturday-headlines-you-cant-get-there-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/saturday-headlines-you-cant-get-there-from-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday headlines: You can\u2019t get there from here"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of these certainly<\/strong> flew under the radar, but here are 20 things the US government did this week.<\/a> \/ Wake Up to Politics<\/span><\/p>\n

A surprising number<\/strong> of Americans think they live in the Midwest, even when they're as far away as Colorado or Arkansas.<\/a> \/ The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong> A brief but fascinating history of US accents and dialects.<\/a> \/ Smithsonian Magazine<\/span><\/p>\n

A higher-than-normal<\/strong> number of restaurant closings in New York City can be attributed to the fact that sales haven't returned to pre-pandemic numbers, but rents have.<\/a> \/ Eater<\/span><\/p>\n

One theory as to<\/strong> what actually killed Pitchfork<\/em>: Streaming and AI-based recommendations are a lethal combination for human-generated music writing.<\/a> \/ Platformer<\/span><\/p>\n

Another theory:<\/strong> New music is bad business for labels, who'd rather plunder established catalogs, and platforms, who'd rather generate musician-free tracks.<\/a> \/ The Honest Broker<\/span><\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong> People hated Pitchfork<\/em> because it mattered.<\/a> \/ Hell Gate<\/span><\/p>\n

A look back at how<\/strong> the artist-first social network Ello, seduced by investors, met an untimely end.<\/a> \/ Waxy<\/span><\/p>\n

“It's a parasitic plant<\/strong> that grows around Mt. Takao… I just added them on a whim.” What Kazuo Oga of Studio Ghibli thinks about when he thinks about backgrounds.<\/a> \/ Animation Obsessive<\/span><\/p>\n

Remembering when,<\/strong> in 1983, When Nick Cave and the Birthday Party played to 30 people at a show in Dallas.<\/a> \/ Dallas Observer<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1976, a Massachusetts<\/strong> judge made headlines by saying he couldn't rule on a cocaine trial unless he'd tried it first, and then attempted to legalize the drug.<\/a> \/ Weird Universe<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten of the<\/strong> world's greatest sandwich styles.<\/a> \/ Atlas Obscura<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of these certainly<\/strong> flew under the radar, but here are 20 things the US government did this week.<\/a> \/ Wake Up to Politics<\/span><\/p>\n

A surprising number<\/strong> of Americans think they live in the Midwest, even when they’re as far away as Colorado or Arkansas.<\/a> \/ The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong> A brief but fascinating history of US accents and dialects.<\/a> \/ Smithsonian Magazine<\/span><\/p>\n

A higher-than-normal<\/strong> number of restaurant closings in New York City can be attributed to the fact that sales haven’t returned to pre-pandemic numbers, but rents have.<\/a> \/ Eater<\/span><\/p>\n

One theory as to<\/strong> what actually killed Pitchfork<\/em>: Streaming and AI-based recommendations are a lethal combination for human-generated music writing.<\/a> \/ Platformer<\/span><\/p>\n

Another theory:<\/strong> New music is bad business for labels, who’d rather plunder established catalogs, and platforms, who’d rather generate musician-free tracks.<\/a> \/ The Honest Broker<\/span><\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong> People hated Pitchfork<\/em> because it mattered.<\/a> \/ Hell Gate<\/span><\/p>\n

A look back at how<\/strong> the artist-first social network Ello, seduced by investors, met an untimely end.<\/a> \/ Waxy<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s a parasitic plant<\/strong> that grows around Mt. Takao… I just added them on a whim.” What Kazuo Oga of Studio Ghibli thinks about when he thinks about backgrounds.<\/a> \/ Animation Obsessive<\/span><\/p>\n

Remembering when,<\/strong> in 1983, When Nick Cave and the Birthday Party played to 30 people at a show in Dallas.<\/a> \/ Dallas Observer<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1976, a Massachusetts<\/strong> judge made headlines by saying he couldn’t rule on a cocaine trial unless he’d tried it first, and then attempted to legalize the drug.<\/a> \/ Weird Universe<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten of the<\/strong> world’s greatest sandwich styles.<\/a> \/ Atlas Obscura<\/span><\/p>\n

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