Did you know about this little secret in Super Mario World? One level allows you to extend the amount of time you have to complete the stage, giving you the opportunity to speed the music up to a ridiculous speed.

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The brewing tuner adaptation of “American Psycho” has found its creative team, with Duncan Sheik penning music and lyrics and scribe Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa writing the book.

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heychris writes “You’ve gotta love the Chicago Tribune’s story on Tesla Coil hobbyists from the first sentence. ‘Under a starry Saturday sky behind a Lake Zurich warehouse, three men unload a small flamethrower, electric cabling, neon-tube “light sabers,” about 80 pounds of chain mail and two 7-foot devices that look like monster-movie props.’ So what does one do with 1.6 million volts and a Tesla coil or two? Play 110dB music, of course.”

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Original Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool 40 years ago. It was declared “death by misadventure”. This week, however, police in Sussex announced they will be reexamining the case based on as-yet undisclosed new evidence. Here are six more mysterious music deaths that should be reopened.

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