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“Murder on the Dancefloor” once had lyrics about bong hits and the Hague, with co-writer Gregg Alexander (of the New Radicals) sharing part of the old demo for the future Sophie Ellis-Bextor hit with The Guardian. Alexander wrote “Murder on the Dancefloor” in the mid-90s, and the demo snippet definitely bears some hallmarks of the era. Though it still has the big, bright synth stabs and riffs essential to Ellis-Bextor’s version, it’s more pop-rock than disco pastiche, cut with hits of rave and hip-hop that feel…

If it weren’t for a busted car, Murder on the Dancefloor might never have existed, songwriter Gregg Alexander – formerly of the New Radicals – told Dave Simpson today, in a very rare interview detailing the creation of a song experiencing a huge renaissance thanks to its spot in the film Saltburn. Unable to head out for a night in Detroit, he grabbed the acoustic guitar on the back seat and started singing “it’s murder on the dancefloor, but you’d better not kill the groove”.That’s one of the lyrics that made it into…

Friedrich Nietzsche claimed that humankind was “a fantastic animal that has to fulfil one more condition of existence than any other animal”: we have to know why we exist. Justin Gregg, a researcher into animal behaviour and cognition, agrees, describing humankind as “the why specialists” of the natural world. Our need to know the reasons behind the things we see and feel distinguishes us from other animals, who make effective decisions without ever asking why the world is as it is.Evidence of this unique aspect of our…

When Joe Torre was in charge of the Dodgers more than a decade ago, he more than once joked that Matt Kemp was the kind of player who could get a manager fired.Kemp was an unproven 23-year-old at the time. Primarily a basketball player through high school, he hadn’t played as much baseball as other major leaguers his age, but his talent was undeniable. Torre’s light-hearted remark was acknowledgement of the manager’s responsibility to help Kemp realize his potential.U.S. national soccer team coach Gregg Berhalter has his…

| Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter Of Death is a regular comedy horror anthology now published by Ahoy Comics, now collected in an even bigger anthology being published next week, on the 28th of September, 2022. And Bleeding Cool has been given one of them to share with you all now, free, gratis and for nothing. The ten page story Edgar Allan Poe's Gore of Frankenstein by Tom Peyer and Gregg Scott. Look, she's been buried, we can show this sort of thing now, okay? And if you have any such stories you would like to share with…