Mancunian Rabbits to be Frightened next month (Skiddle)

Acclaimed Scottish rockers Frightened Rabbit are to hit the road to Manchester next month as part of their biggest UK tour to date.

Ethan Jackson at New American Art Union (The Oregonian)

Perhaps the best hint of what to expect from Ethan Jackson's exhibit at the New American Art Union is its title, "Orbis Viridis Obscurus." In case you haven't brushed up on your Latin, that translates as "Dark Green World."

Preview: Hydro Connect festival, Inveraray Castle, Argyll (Independent)

"It's an amazing line-up – one of the best I've seen this summer," says Fyfe Dangerfield, lead singer of The Guillemots, who will play the Hydro Connect festival on its opening day. "It's definitely the best one we've been included on, and we've been at quite a few festivals already this summer." He admits to being particularly excited by the prospect of seeing Manic Street Preachers perform ...

Aug. 19, 1839: Photography Goes Open Source (Wired News)

1839: With a French pension in hand, Louis Daguerre reveals the secrets of making daguerreotypes to a waiting world. The pioneering photographic process is an instant hit. Using chemical reactions to make images with light was not quite new. Doing it fast was. Inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niepce created a rough image using silver salts and a camera obscura, or "dark box," in 1816. The ...

Frightened Rabbit hop around the UK (Drowned In Sound)

Acclaimed Scot-rockers Frightened Rabbit begin a tour next month