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BTS' time away — but if the preliminary numbers for their comeback are any indication, pop culture has been eagerly awaiting the band's return. But even during their time out of the spotlight, BTS' impact — and the promise of its return — has lingered over the genre.
BTS' time away — but if the preliminary numbers for their comeback are any indication, pop culture has been eagerly awaiting the band's return.. But even during their time out of the spotlight, BTS' impact — and the promise of its return — has lingered over the genre.and Jung Kook — have achieved significant solo success since then, but the return of BTS in full force signals a massive moment for the genre the group helped turn into a global powerhouse. In 2018, BTS' album. But even during their time out of the spotlight, BTS' impact — and the promise of its return — has lingered over the genre.."But I don't think that the success of even 'Golden' would've happened if BTS didn't already push that door open for this kind of moment.") during BTS' time away — but if the preliminary numbers for their comeback are any indication, pop culture has been eagerly awaiting the band's return. Here are just a few ways to measure how enormous the impact is expected to be:— advance orders ahead of the album's release — had likely surpassed 4 million copies within one week of the album being announced. In the U.S., BTS' last release, the 2022 compilationOn Saturday, BTS will perform a free concert in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square. Although about 22,000 fans secured tickets to the show, authorities expect closer to a quarter of a million people to show up to the event.that the anticipated crowds have activated security concerns, leading authorities to seal off around 30 buildings in the surrounding areas. According to the, ARMY members had already started gathering on Friday afternoon, and the city of Seoul had deployed thousands of police officers to monitor the area.the performance in 190 countries at 4 a.m. on Saturday. It will be the streaming giant's first time globally broadcasting a concert, and tens of millions of viewers are expected to watch. In interviews with the press, Brandon Riegg, Netflix's vice president of nonfiction series and sports, suggested the show could be part of a longer-term investment in South Korean culture. "We have high expectations with this inaugural concert, but it certainly should signal a greater appetite that we have to work with other artists and labels throughout Korea and Asia in general," Riegghosted by Spotify in New York City, and then on a sold out global tour that kicks off in South Korea on April 9.tour, or at least this initial leg, which spans across multiple continents and more than 70 shows, will extend into the spring of 2027. Within just a few days of tickets going on sale, all of the North America, Europe and U.K. stadium dates. The total number of tickets sold, according to Live Nation: close to 2.4 million. The first two dates of the tour will also be screened inFifty-plus years after starting out, Los Lobos are still at it, and now a new documentary is digging deep into their ups and downs — and how they always stayed true to their East L.A. roots.There’s a familiar shorthand history of the L.A. band Los Lobos: four working-class Chicano musicians in their early twenties — David Hidalgo, Conrad Lozano, Louie Pérez and Cesar Rosas — got together in 1973 and began playing traditional Mexican music. That’s the music they recorded for their first album, 1978’s “Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles .”“Los Lobos: Native Sons” — co-directed by Doug Blush and Piero F. Giunti — had its world premiere on Sunday at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas. The band was in attendance, proudly walking the red carpet in front of the historic Paramount Theatre. There’s a familiar shorthand history of the L.A. band Los Lobos: four working-class Chicano musicians in their early twenties — David Hidalgo, Conrad Lozano, Louie Pérez and Cesar Rosas — got together in 1973 and began playing traditional Mexican music. That’s the music they recorded for their first album, 1978’s “Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles .” A few years later, they moved on to the other music they grew up listening to — rock, R&B and blues. After adding saxophonist Steve Berlin and releasing two critically acclaimed albums in the mid-1980s, they were tapped to perform Ritchie Valens’ songs for the hit 1987 film, “La Bamba.” The soundtrack album topped the Billboard charts and catapulted the band to rock star status. But instead of continuing along that gilded path, they reverted to the traditional sounds — both in Spanish and English — that meant so much to them. Fifty-plus years after starting out, Los Lobos are still at it, and now a new documentary is digging deep into their ups and downs — and how they always stayed true to their East L.A. roots. “Los Lobos: Native Sons” — co-directed by Doug Blush and Piero F. Giunti — had its world premiere on Sunday at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas. The band was in attendance, proudly walking the red carpet in front of the historic Paramount Theatre. The film, which took 4 ½ years to complete, combines archival photos and film/video footage , alongside contemporary interviews with the band members, their families and a host of admirers, including Linda Ronstadt, Rubén Blades, Dolores Huerta, Cheech Marin, Edward James Olmos, George Lopez and others. “I thought the film was great,” said Pérez, speaking from his home a few days after the premiere. “There were tears, cheers … I was moved.”Pérez said he was particularly touched by a part in the film when his wife talks about the song, “A Matter of Time,” off the band’s album, “How Will the Wolf Survive?” from 1984. Pérez noted that he and Hidalgo wrote the song about a Mexican migrant worker who has to part ways with his family:In the film, Mary Pérez becomes emotional as she describes how the song was just as much about the band members leaving their families behind when they went on tour, the kids waking up to find their fathers gone. “That song became our narrative,” Louie Pérez said in our interview. In the film, he bluntly states that the band “wouldn’t exist without the women in our lives.” Those women were the den mothers of the wolfpack, holding down the fort at home, accompanying the band on tour when possible, with some of the kids eventually jamming with their dads onstage. Personal stories aside, the documentary also poetically frames the band’s — and the country’s — evolution over a half-century. “I saw the face of America change,” Pérez says in the film. “And that face is brown.” Days after the premiere, Pérez reflected on the band’s journey. “All our success, all our hard work — we’re fortunate to be where we are considering where we came from.”From Garfield High School to playing at weddings and quinceañeras to performing in the Obama White House and winning four Grammy Awards, Los Lobos has exemplified — indeed, helped define — what it means to be Mexican American. “We set out to de-mystify what a Mexican was, what a Chicano was,” Pérez said. “We needed to let people know who we were.”“At this point in my life,” said the 73-year-old Pérez, “I’ve never been more proud to be who I am.”There are many species of grasshoppers in the region. Probably the most common is the Gray bird grasshopper. Another common species you may be seeing is the valley grasshopper, which is about an inch long.Curious gardeners have been noticing more grasshoppers — a lot more. And inquiring minds want to know why — and what can be done about these insects with a reputation for destruction. " So what happens is the standard grasshopper that we think of can become a locust if the weather conditions are right," said Lynn Kimsey, a distinguished professor emerita at UC Davis who specializes in bugs. "In a true outbreak, they would be, you know, crossing roads by the thousands.""For a grasshopper population to grow, you need a wet winter or spring so there's a lot of vegetation growing," said Middleton, who is based in San Diego."Then you need warm conditions, which allow the young grasshoppers to emerge.""It's the same thing that triggers locust outbreaks in the Middle East and North Africa, or North Dakota, places like this," Kimsey said."It's pretty common." Many species of grasshopper skip and scatter around Southern California. Probably the most common, Middleton said, is the gray bird grasshopper. They're 2 to 3 inches long, with larger wings, and their populations start peaking around now.What you should do? Less is more Depending on the species' life cycle, both Middleton and Kimsey said they expect this overpopulation to taper off by summer. "It's not going to be a permanent thing," Kimsey said." Usually they become bird food or mammal food because everything likes to eat them.""Usually, they don't do a ton of damage to your garden," Middleton said.Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.explores the weird and secret bits of SoCal that would excite even the most jaded Angelenos. He also covers mental health.What sounds come to mind when you think of the rainforest? There's a good chance it's the singing of gibbons, primates with powerful vocalizations that can travel 2 miles.is home to 41 gibbons of five different species. These tailless primates are known as lesser apes and they have arms that are one-and-a-half times longer than their legs. They can leap dozens of feet in the wild.endangered. The center’s mission is to promote the conservation, study and care of gibbons through public education and habitat preservation.GCC Director Gabriella Skollar studies gibbon vocalizations and said the main function of their song is to mark their territory. Adult males and females will sing a duet, with their offspring often chiming in.What sounds come to mind when you think of the rainforest? There's a good chance it's the singing of gibbons, primates with powerful vocalizations that can travel 2 miles. Turns out, in Santa Clarita of all places, there's one of the largest populations of these long-armed primates in the United States.The place is home to 41 gibbons of five different species. These tailless primates are known as lesser apes and they have arms that are one-and-a-half times longer than their legs. They can leap dozens of feet in the wild. I visited recently to meet director Gabriella Skollar and hopefully catch the gibbons in concert. Originally from Hungary, Skollar came here as a volunteer in 2005 and has remained ever since. Now she lives on the site, caring for the animals. “When I started working with Gibbons, I just felt like they are very emotional," Skollar said."I see them hugging a lot. They are holding hands. And I also learned how rare they are, so I just kind of connected with them... They are very fragile and sensitive and mischievous."What kinds of things can these intelligent animals get up to? Skollar said stealing glasses, trying to get into pockets and scrolling through pictures on her phone, believe it or not. Skollar introduced me to a family of critically endangered gibbons whose numbers have dwindled to about 1,000 in the wild in places like Vietnam and China. Some have fluffy white cheeks that give away their name: Northern White Cheeked Gibbons. They got a snack of blueberries, the mom tossing them up and down in her hand while her nine-month-old baby clung to her. The grounds here are lovingly-kept with vintage metal chairs and benches for hanging out with these primates. Inside the cages there are gibbons with bushy white eyebrows, hairdos that flip up over their ears and bulbous throat sacks that give them a couple extra chins. So how did they all end up here? Skollar said the center was founded by her late teacher, self-taught primatologist Alan Mootnick. “When Alan started in 1976, he had a small place in Chatsworth... and he had a couple Gibbons... And neighbors started to complain about the vocalizations. So he moved here in the 80s," Skollar said."He ended up here because there was no one here and the center kind of needs to have a buffer from neighbors because their vocalizations can be heard from up to 2 miles away."endangered. The center’s mission is to promote the conservation, study and care of gibbons through public education and habitat preservation. And Skollar isn’t alone in that work. A small team of dedicated staff and volunteers keep this place running, like Jodi Kleier, who was popping pieces of steamed sweet potatoes into the mouth of a hungry gibbon. “I think it’s their personalities and how different and unique they all are is what I really like about gibbons,” she said. The gibbons eat six to eight times a day to mimic their foraging behaviors in the wild. Sophia Paden was hard at work in the kitchen, surrounded by sketches and paintings of gibbons on the walls. “So we are preparing what we call the afternoon feeds for the Gibbons. So we’ve got the apples preparing, we’re going to do some banana leaves and some mango pieces,” Padden said.“From day one, I was just fascinated with their song,” Skollar said. “It’s just incredibly powerful and emotional.” Skollar studies gibbon vocalizations and said the main function of their song is to mark their territory and tell their neighbors that this is their home. Adult males and females will sing a duet, with their offspring often chiming in. I was hoping to catch one of their daily performances that start at sunrise, but was snubbed at first. Skollar showed me how to kickstart the concert: we made a guttural grunting sound that can signal its time to sing. And then... The gibbons’ singing is so powerful, it felt like the hairs on my arms stood up, a cacophony you can feel in your chest. “People have different feelings about it. Some people start tearing up when they hear it. Other people, they want to join in, they jump up and down,” Skollar said.“They all were trying to sing until their last day. And you could tell that it was hard for them,” she recalled.“At the end we had to climb up to her to feed her, to her sleeping box. But every morning, she would open the sleeping box and stick her head out and just sing along with her daughters,” Skollar said. If you’d like to hear the gibbons sing for yourself, the Gibbon Conservation Center offers a guided tour at 10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Reservations are required.CBS News said Friday it will shut down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation, ending an era and blaming challenging economic times as the world moves on to digital sources and podcasts.When it went on the air in September 1927, the service was the precursor to the entire network, giving a youthful William S. Paley a start in the business. Famed broadcaster Edward R. Murrow's rooftop reports during the Nazi bombing of London during World War II kept Americans listening anxiously. Today, CBS News Radio provides material to an estimated 700 stations across the country and is known best for its top-of-the-hour news roundups. The service will end on May 22, the network said Friday.It was unclear how many people will lose their jobs because of the radio shutdown. CBS News was cutting about 6% of its workforce, or more than 60 people, on Friday. It's not the end of turmoil at the network, as parent company Paramount Global is likely to absorb CNN as part of its announced purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.NEW YORK — CBS News said Friday it will shut down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation, ending an era and blaming challenging economic times as the world moves on to digital sources and podcasts. Said longtime CBS News anchor Dan Rather:"It's another piece of America that is gone." When it went on the air in September 1927, the service was the precursor to the entire network, giving a youthful William S. Paley a start in the business. Famed broadcaster Edward R. Murrow's rooftop reports during the Nazi bombing of London during World War II kept Americans listening anxiously. Today, CBS News Radio provides material to an estimated 700 stations across the country and is known best for its top-of-the-hour news roundups. The service will end on May 22, the network said Friday."Radio is woven into the fabric of CBS News and that's always going to be part of our history," CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss said in delivering the news to the staff."I want you to know that we did everything we could, including before I joined the company, to try and find a viable solution to sustain the radio operation." But with the radical changes in the media industry, she said,"we just could not find a way to make that possible."CBS News cut some of its radio programming late last year, including its"Weekend Roundup" and"World News Roundup Late Edition," in an attempt to keep the service going. It was unclear how many people will lose their jobs because of the radio shutdown. CBS News was cutting about 6% of its workforce, or more than 60 people, on Friday. It's not the end of turmoil at the network, as parent company Paramount Global is likely to absorb CNN as part of its announced purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. "Given the way things are going, I was saddened but I wasn't surprised by it," said Rather, who succeeded network legend Walter Cronkite in 1981 and anchored for 25 years. When Rather covered the civil rights era for CBS News during the 1960s, he said he would file reports as frequently as a dozen times a day. Cronkite told America on television that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated; Rather relayed the news for radio.Along with newspapers, radio was the dominant medium in how Americans got their news from shortly after the dawn of commercial radio in 1920 through the 1940s, with people in their living rooms listening to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's"Fireside Chats" during the Depression. CBS News Radio's broadcast about Germany's invasion of Austria in 1938, the first time Murrow was heard on the air, was an historic marker for the service. Edward R. Murrow, a CBS correspondent who made his name from the front lines of World War II and from confronting Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the 1950s Red Scare, during a speaking engagement.Broadcasters like Douglas Edwards, Dallas Townsend and Christopher Glenn were familiar voices on CBS News Radio. The beginning of the television era in the 1950s began a long slide for radio, often an afterthought today with the world online and on phones. Those seeking audio often turn to podcasts before radio. "This is another part of the landscape that has fallen off into the sea," said Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers, a trade publication for radio talk shows."It's a shame. It's a loss for the country and for the industry."CBS News Radio was a major force for generations of Americans."Its heyday spanned decades," Harrison said."It was quality on every level. It sounded good. Its coverage was as objective as possible within the realm of human nature. Its resources were extensive. It had a very high trust factor that was considered the standard of the day."Weiss, founder of the Free Press website and without broadcast news experience before being hired by CBS parent Paramount's new management, has quickly become a headline-maker and polarizing figure in journalism. She held a"60 Minutes" story critical of President Donald Trump's deportation policy from being broadcast for a month and has critics watching to see if she's moving the network in a Trump-friendly direction. Addressing her staff in January, three months into her job as CBS News boss, she invoked Cronkite's name as a symbol of old thinking and said that if the network continues with its current strategy,"we're toast." She announced the hiring of 18 new contributors and said CBS News needs to do stories that will"surprise and provoke — including inside our own newsroom."
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