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#Music Man Quits Just One Week After Launch

Tech & Branding

After just one week, the leader of Twitter’s new music platform #Music has left. Kevin Thau, who has been with the project since its inception, has parted with the application that recommends trending music to users, to joined forces with former Twitter founder Biz Stone on a mysterious venture named Jelly, of which not much is known. Doesn’t bode well for Twitter’s latest musical adventure…

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Pussy Banned For Being Sexually Explicit

Pussy Banned For Being Sexually Explicit
The ASA has banned an advert for the energy drink Pussy for having sexually explicit connotations. Ironically, the advert was actually based around the idea that any sexual associations connoted by the word 'pussy' are not the brand's responsibility, a defence which would carry more credence were it not for the fact that it's those very associations that they're playing on. Hilariously, Pussy also claimed that their name is actually inspired by certain feline aspects supposedly synonymous by the brand, which is a bit like launching 'Mother Fucker Houmous' and claiming that it's an attempt to highlight the ancient Greek origins of the dish. However, as always with these things, by the time the ASA got round to banning the advert it had already been out for ages, and if anything the action will only hammer it further into the public consciousness...
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EP Address: Datassette, Sudan Archives, Mighty Lord Deathman and more…

We look back at some of the best EPs released over the summer, including debuts by Sudan Archives and Mighty Lord Deathman…

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