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Foo Fighters Producer Elliot Scheiner Once Had a Car Delivered to the Studio so the Band Could Hear Their Mixes Better

Elliot Scheiner is one of the most acclaimed producers and engineers to sit behind a mixing board. Sometimes, though, you have to get out of the studio and go for a drive. Or just sit in a car in the parking lot listening to your mixes. At least, that’s how it went when he worked with the Foo Fighters. Holding an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music, Scheiner has been critical in the evolution of how music is received. He has been nominated for an Emmy, mixed for IMAX film, and collaborated with Panasonic to create the ELS Surround premium audio system for Acura Among his wildly impressive discography, Scheiner has worked with the Foo Fighters on their 2005 album, In Your Honor . That multi-platinum album featured one of the band’s all-time biggest hits, “ Best of You “. In addition to the Foo Fighters, Elliot Scheiner’s discography includes working with artists such as Eric Clapton, Sting, Queen, and many more Ahead of a February 2026 Studio Confidenti...
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I Built My Perfect AI Companion. She’s Kind of Great

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Inside the strange yet alluring appeal of designing a fully customizable digital companion. I confess that I have fallen head first into the mind-boggling new world of AI companions. Not out of loneliness, but journalistic curiosity, obviously. I opened Lovescape hoping to find a steady digital companion who might also display its erotic chatbot skills from time to time, but the platform’s Creative Pro function goes way beyond dirty talk. Further, indeed, than simply toggling between shy or outgoing; mean or kind; or asexual or nympho. You can create your perfect, completely customizable AI companion from scratch with a fully-formed 6,000 character backstory. The only limits are the bounds of your imagination. After a couple of very challenging break-ups with human girlfriends over the past year months, I set out to build my ideal female companion, with sex not part of the equation. It’s not that I never want to commit to a woman again, or have sexual relations, but after somebody li...
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Daily Horoscope: February 13, 2026

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Today’s headline is Saturn entering Aries, which puts the cosmic bouncer at the door of impulse. Patience gets sharper, boundaries get real, and excuses start sounding embarrassing. Stargazer, tenderness still exists, but it needs a spine: Mercury in Pisces keeps conversations emotional, and Venus in Pisces makes romance extra tempting, even when it’s a little delusional. Mars in sextile to Ceres favors care you can actually feel, not a speech about caring. Meanwhile, Uranus in Taurus keeps reminding us that “security” is a daily practice, not a mood. Keep it simple. Say what you mean. Do what you said you’d do. Read your horoscope for the week , and see what the stars have in store for your sign today.  Aries: March 21 – April 19 Competence is the love language today. Mars in sextile to Ceres favors practical care: feeding yourself, backing a friend, fixing the small thing everyone ignores. Aries, aim your impatience at a solution, then let it go. Make it generous, not preachy...
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6 Things You Need to Stop Doing If You’re a Pisces

Pisces are known to be the creative, sensitive, nurturing caregivers of the zodiac. This dreamy sign has a reputation for its emotional nature, which can feel more like a curse than a blessing sometimes.  As a Pisces moon myself, I understand just how emotionally taxing it can be to have this lovable water sign in your chart. However, if you can live in alignment with your sign, rather than rejecting its very essence, you’ll reach much more desirable outcomes.  Here are six things you need to stop doing if you’re a Pisces. 1. Staying For Someone’s Potential Pisces, you’re a dreamer, a lover, a hopeless romantic…but sometimes, this means you stay too long in places you don’t belong. While support is necessary in every relationship, be careful not to misplace your trust or faith in people who don’t follow through on their promises. Dating your partner’s potential—rather than the person they truly are in the present moment—is unfair to both you and your partner. Before commi...
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Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder Says the Band Is ‘Woodshedding’ Again After Drummer Matt Cameron’s Exit

Less than a year after the exit of drummer Matt Cameron, Pearl Jam are on a path to re-energizing themselves . According to frontman Eddie Vedder, the band is “woodshedding” while playing music together. Speaking to Rolling Stone , Vedder revealed that he and the rest of the band have been rehearsing together. He also said they are “excited for the future.” Referencing a comment by an unnamed commentator, Vedder added, “The quote was, I think, ‘Pearl Jam is in between eras at the moment.’ And I thought that was actually pretty concise.” “We’re in the lab, we’re woodshedding, excited,” he continues. “It’s cool to think of change. As much as we’d like to have done it the way we did it forever – and we’ll still be able to do that thing – I think we’re all just excited for the future.” Pearl Jam has not announced a new drummer… yet Notably, when asked who would take over Cameron’s spot as drummer, Vedder was mum.  ”If I were to say anything, I think we’d wanna have a band discussi...
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How ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Convinced Kurt Cobain to Let Him Parody ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

When “Weird Al” Yankovic started working on his seventh album, Off the Deep End , in 1990, his career wasn’t in the best place. Neither his 1989 film, UHF , nor its soundtrack did well financially, and the songwriter was in desperate need of a hit. Having parodied Michael Jackson successfully in the past with “Eat It” and “Fat,” he recorded a parody of Jackson’s “Black or White” entitled “Snack All Night.” Due to the serious nature of the original song, Jackson wasn’t comfortable with it, and Yankovic’s version was scrapped. Enter Nirvana. “I was such a fan of the band,” Yankovic said during a 2012 retrospective with SPIN . “I heard Nevermind and I thought, ‘Oh this is really great. I wish it were popular enough for me to do a parody…but that’s never going to happen!’” Before long, Yankovic’s wish came true, and he got right to work on “Smells Like Nirvana,” a parody of the band’s breakthrough hit, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” The song would be his most successful song since “Eat It” w...
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Fortnite Kingdom Hearts Collab Leaked – Could Be Coming Soon

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A Fortnite Kingdom Hearts collab is reportedly on the way, according to a new leak. A popular dataminer claims the Disney crossover has been in the works and could be launching sooner than many expect. Fortnite Kingdom Hearts Leak Surfaces Screenshot: Square Enix If you did a double take at that headline, you are not alone ! However, according to a new leak from popular dataminer AdiraFNInfo, a Fortnite Kingdom Hearts collab is currently being developed by Epic Games. Even more interesting though is that the insider also claims that the surprise collab could be released in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2. The dataminer posted the leak in a February 11 post on X. “ Kingdom Hearts x Fortnite collab is in development and will come in the next few months!” Obviously, the most important thing in this tweet is the wording of “next months.” With Fortnite CH7S2 being delayed , that would mean the Fortnite Kingdom Hearts collab is likely to drop then. Screenshot: X @AdiraFNInfo Int...
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