Daily Update: SmackDown ratings, LA Knight, Mick Foley

Daily Update Latest News: UFC on ESPN+ 80 live results: Sergei Pavlovich vs. Curtis BlaydesZelina Vega challenges Sonya Deville for next week's WWE SmackDownWWE Main Event results: Eddy Thorpe, Isla Dawn debutsWWE SmackDown video highlights: Matt Riddle vs. Solo Sikoa no DQ matchWrestleMania main event rematch set for next WWE SmackDownTwo title matches, Seth Rollins…

Revinylization #27: Round Trip: Ornette Coleman’s Blue Note sides on Tone Poet

Round Trip: Ornette Coleman on Blue Note is the first boxed set on the label’s Tone Poet imprint, and it’s a bold move. Audiophiles are not known to be keen on avant-garde music, but Don Was, Blue Note’s president, and Joe Harley, the Tone Poet producer, are huge Ornette fans. They’ve lately been reissuing some…

WWE SmackDown draws best 18-49 demo rating in over two years

Friday's WWE SmackDown, the go-home show for WrestleMania 39, averaged 2.484 million viewers on Fox, up 11.9 percent from the previous week. It's the third-largest audience total the show has drawn in 2023. SmackDown topped all of network television with a 0.69 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 19 percent from the prior week. It's…

Report: WWE finalizing deal to be sold to Endeavor

Endeavor, the parent company of UFC, is reportedly in advanced talks to purchase WWE on a deal that could be announced as soon as Monday. CNBC's Alex Sherman reported the news Sunday afternoon, hours before the second night of WrestleMania 39.  As part of the agreement, WWE and UFC would merge into one publicly traded company with…

Makers Arcade Celebrates Mother's Day Weekend With Annual Spring Fair

SAN DIEGO, CA — The Makers Arcade will celebrate Mother’s Day with the return of its Spring Fair this weekend at the Port of San Diego. The two-day event will feature handmade items from local businesses, many of which are run by moms. “The Makers Arcade Spring Fair is the perfect opportunity to either shop…

Gramophone Dreams #63: Cardas Beyond interconnect & loudspeaker cable

I was born an obsessive reader and a compulsive tinkerer. During the ’60s, I subscribed to Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Hot Rod, Car Craft, Motor Trend, Road & Track, and (of course) Stereo Review and High Fidelity. Every one of those magazines presented articles discussing the importance of upgrading stock wiring to better-quality “premium” wires,…

Woodbridge Bowling Alley Set To Close, Management Says

WOODBRIDGE, NJ – A longtime Woodbridge business will be closing. Woodbridge Bowling Center, a Main Street mainstay for decades, is set to close its doors May 21, management said in a statement posted to its website. The popular and beloved local bowling alley was owned for years by the DiSilvestro family. Click Here: mens all…

How a Hong Kong startup is using 3D-printed tiles to help restore coral reefs

A startup in Hong Kong is trying to help coral adapt to the problems humans have caused — with its innovative use of 3D printing and terracotta.  More coral species live in part of Hong Kong’s subtropical water than in the Caribbean, but the swath of the South China Sea used to boast even more…

LKV PWR-3 power amplifier

Reviewing LKV Research’s Veros PWR+ power amplifier in the September 2020 issue, Senior Contributing Editor Herbert Reichert enthusiastically opined, “the class-D LKV amp played equally rich and atmosphere-soaked through the entire audio band. It did atmospheric dreamy like class-A does atmospheric dreamy.” Herb concluded, “Sound quality and music enjoymentwise, the LKV Research Veros PWR+ amplifier…

Bentley Driver Crashes Trying To Escape Armed Gunman In Sherman Oaks

Click:GEMO Anti-aging Beauty Device LOS ANGELES, CA — A Bentley driver gassed his car in reverse to escape an armed robber Wednesday in the Sherman Oaks area, slamming into oncoming traffic as the gunman opened fire. No one was seriously injured in the brazen daytime robbery, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The gunman…