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When Ruth Ellison opens The Last Bookshop in the fading Cotswolds village of Willowby, she’s looking for more than just a fresh start. At 48, reeling from a divorce and a lifetime of what-ifs, she’s poured everything she has, emotionally and financially, into restoring a dusty old shop filled with creaky floors, forgotten first editions, and a cat named Brontë with an attitude. She wasn’t expecting Graham Hargrove, a reclusive former literary star with a tweed cap, a bruised past, and a knack for quoting poetry when it’s least convenient. Nor was she expecting a leather-bound ...

What if the soundtrack of your life was written by Neil Diamond? Brooklyn, 1973: Eli Rosenberg, a clumsy, wisecracking record-store clerk with big dreams and even bigger shoelaces to trip over, meets Maria Sullivan, a fiery Catholic artist with paint on her hands and rebellion in her heart. They shouldn’t work, his Jewish family wants him to stay in line, her Irish clan wants him to stay away, but Neil Diamond’s songs pull them together, chorus after chorus. From the neon buzz of Coney Island to the cracked vinyl bins of Eli’s shop, from shouting matches with parents to late-night ...

They followed KISS through love, loss, and thunder, and found eternity in the noise. When Ace Frehley, the legendary Spaceman of KISS, died in 2025, two lifelong disciples set out to keep the flame alive. For twenty-five years, Jax, a grizzled rock photographer with a Les Paul tattoo and too many miles behind him, and Riley, a cosmic muralist whose art turns noise into color, have chased the heartbeat of the KISS myth across America’s highways, dive bars, and deserts. From their wild 1998 meet-cute at a comic con to the desert flash mobs of 2026, their love story mirrors the band they ...

In the sunburnt suburbs of 1970s Australia, where Countdown pulses through TV sets and Cold Chisel riffs rattle garage doors, Jake Thompson and Claire Morgan meet as teenagers, two kids chasing sound, sweat, and something bigger than their postcode. He’s a rough-edged muso with calloused fingers and a heart full of pub rock dreams. She’s a sharp-tongued aspiring music journalist, armed with a leather notebook, Doc Martens, and a mind wired for lyrics and headlines. From the moment their eyes lock across a record store turntable spinning Skyhooks, their lives begin a decades-long duet, ...

In the chaos of 2025 Austin, where Swifties rule the internet and heartbreaks trend by sunrise, three ex-bandmates reunite for a comeback, Nora is a bass-playing, eyeliner-smudged lyrical firestorm who still dreams in bridges. Soren is a soft-voiced heartbreaker hiding behind metaphors and cardigans, terrified of being seen. And Cassian is the beat-building ghost in the machine - always producing, and quietly carrying a truth that could unravel everything. Their band, Streetlights & Shadows, had one viral moment, Now, as a surprise track leaks, fandom frenzy explodes, and speculation swirls...

SOMETIMES THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS THE THING YOU NEED MOST Across the crowded terminal at Sydney Airport, disillusioned travel blogger Grant watches touring English musician Nina steal a bottle of vodka, and impulsively he steps in to help her avoid arrest. When this chivalrous act makes Grant miss his flight, he’s forced to take a last minute job chaperoning his new least favorite person around the city he’s grown to hate, to cover the cost of a new flight, twenty four hours later. As the straight-laced Grant chases the free-spirited Nina across town, he becomes increasingly ...

Berlin, 1989. The Wall is cracking. History blares from boomboxes and whispers through cassette hiss. And in the chaotic hours after the border opens, two strangers collide under a flickering streetlight, one waving a sign that reads “HOFF = HOPE”, the other clutching a Walkman and a forbidden song. Lena Müller, an East Berlin dreamer with DJ ambitions and a scarf stitched from rebellion, has spent years recording banned music in secret. Jonas Becker, a West Berlin mechanic-poet with a mullet and a KITT replica in his garage, believes in freedom, Hoff, and the radical power of ...

In the whiskey-sweet air of 1950s Tennessee, where the ghosts of war still haunt the jukebox and the promise of country music clings to every neon-lit dive, Clara Faye Dalton is chasing a dream louder than her past. With a battered guitar, a pocketful of pain, and a voice like smoke and silver, she storms into Sun Records ready to burn through every lie she’s been told, about music, men, and the cost of wanting more. Wes Malone, a worn-down World War II vet with a liver full of regret and a heart tuned to swing rhythms, isn’t looking to be anyone’s hero. But when he hears Clara sing, ...

ON A TRAIN BOUND FOR HOLLAND, TWO STRANGERS WILL MEET Video journalist Guy lands the gig of his dreams: a month-long odyssey across Europe’s electrifying summer music festivals, capturing the raw passion of bands and their die-hard fans. But this dream job morphs into a twisted nightmare when a chance, flirtatious train encounter with enigmatic backpacker Carly spirals into obsession. What starts as a playful spark on a train to Amsterdam ignites into chaos as Carly begins stalking Guy, appearing uninvited at every festival he covers, her charm masking a chilling edge. When she snatches ...

In the mid-90s, before streaming, before healing apps, before anyone dared call their chaos trauma, there were mixtapes. And some of them saved lives. Seattle, 1990something. A city drenched in rain, distortion pedals, and the ache of what might have been. Sam is a soft-spoken romantic trying to stay sober in a world that celebrates collapse. Nina’s heart is all elbows and noise, constantly breaking and never bothering to heal. Ellie only trusts in scissors and staples, cutting zines, cutting people, cutting herself off. Mia hides her longing behind piercings and punk shows. Jasper’s ...

What if the rumors that Paul McCartney really died in 1966 were true… and the cover-up was orchestrated by pigeons, psychedelic cults, and a sentient record player named the Vinyl Oracle? Welcome to The Fab Façade: The Rise of Faul, a kaleidoscopic fever dream of Beatlemania, brainwaves, and backmasked breadcrumbs. When a Scottish oddball named Billy Shears stumbles into a Paul McCartney look-alike contest by accident, he unwittingly becomes the linchpin of the most ludicrously elaborate conspiracy in pop culture history. Selected by a shadowy cabal known as the Order of the Saffron Veil...

Two hearts. One jukebox. And the Roy Orbison song that could bring them back together. In 1989 Lubbock, Texas, the oil bust still bruises the town, but inside the flickering glow of the Starlight Lounge, cabaret singer Lila Monroe and record store clerk Jesse Harper find something worth believing in: each other, and the soaring heartbreak ballads of Roy Orbison. When their romance ignites during an Orbison look-alike contest, it feels like fate. But lies, fear, and dreams bigger than Lubbock tear them apart. As Lila lands a life-changing contract in Los Angeles and Jesse struggles with ...

Breaking the law, one laugh at a time. When disillusioned law-school dropout Milo Carter stumbles across an absurd statute about pickle quality, he doesn’t just roll his eyes, he sparks a revolution. Along with his chaotic comedian best friend Tina Morales, anxious tech genius Raj Patel, fiery historian Clara Nguyen, and golden-retriever-hearted himbo Dave Thompson, Milo hits the road in a beat-up RV nicknamed The Lawnmower on a mission to “yeet” America’s strangest laws. From Connecticut’s bouncing pickles to Alabama’s Sunday domino ban, every state brings new stunts, new fines...

It started with a twenty-dollar note and a horse named Superhero Spree. Harry Foster was six years old when he placed his first bet. That “cheeky punt” lit the fuse on a life consumed by the rush of racing odds, scam hustles, and the toxic high of chasing the next win. Now a reformed gambler, ex-con, and barely-holding-it-together single dad, Harry’s trying to claw his way back, for his daughter, for his sister Jess, and for the misfit recovery group known as the Blinking Toads. But the house always wins. As gambling tycoon Norris Brooks tightens his grip on Melbourne’s betting ...

GUILTY AS CHARGED: A CROSS-COUNTRY CODEX OF CRAZINESS : PART TWO The laws get weirder. The laughs get louder. The road gets real. After burnout, breakdowns, and one disastrous goldfish arrest, the Lawbenders are back on the road, recharged, reunited, and ready to finish what they started. Milo Carter, former law student turned accidental outlaw, leads his ragtag crew, Tina Morales, the stand-up comic rediscovering her fire; Raj Patel, the tech wizard with new resolve; Clara Nguyen, the historian-turned-activist; and Dave Thompson, the world’s most optimistic himbo, back into the chaos of ...

El amor estaba prohibido. La música lo hizo inevitable. En el latido del corazón de Medellín, donde los ritmos chocan con la revolución y el amor florece en medio de la lucha, Sofía, la feroz e intrépida hija de un jefe de policía, se atreve a bailar al ritmo de su propio compás. Atraída no por el poder ni la protección, sino por Julián, un futbolista convertido en artista de grafiti con alma, atrapado entre sus sueños y las sombras de las pandillas que una vez conoció, Sofía ve su mundo patas arriba en un concierto de Shakira que lo cambia todo. Desde cintas bootleg de ...

Brighton, September 2025. Mara Ellison runs Echoes, a tiny record shop haunted by memory and rain. For her, The Cure’s “Pictures of You” is more than a song, it’s a lifeline back to her late mother, and the scars she hides behind shelves of vinyl. Leo Alvarez is a DJ chasing shadows, still grieving the brother he lost and the call he ignored. For him, only the deep cuts matter: The Cure's introversion, Joy Division’s despair, Siouxsie’s gothic edge - songs that echo what he can’t say out loud. Thrown together for the Venice Biennale’s pop-up art festival, their clash of ...

An Elvis-inspired romantic comedy with a Bollywood beat Vikram “Vik” Sharma is more than Mumbai’s most enthusiastic Elvis impersonator, he’s a dreamer with a record shop, a rhinestone jumpsuit, and a heart that refuses to play by tradition. Priya Kapoor is a fiercely creative artist, torn between her family’s expectations and her own longing for freedom. When she stumbles into Vik’s shop, sparks fly to the sound of “Love Me Tender.” But there’s one problem, she’s already engaged, her family depending on the dowry her marriage will bring. From monsoon-soaked Mumbai ...

Love was forbidden. Music made it inevitable. In the beating heart of Medellín, where rhythms clash with revolution and love blooms amidst struggle, Sofía, the fierce and fearless daughter of a police chief, dares to dance to her own beat. Drawn not to power or protection, but to Julián, a soulful footballer-turned-graffiti artist pulled between his dreams and the shadows of the gangs he once knew, Sofía finds her world flipped upside down at a Shakira concert that changes everything. From midnight bootleg tapes to rooftop hip rolls, from alleyway kisses to city-wide flash mobs, their ...

Pitcher List's Nick Pollack sits down with many he's met inside the baseball industry, discussing their journey and what they learned to get where they are now.