Brian Morales, a U.S. citizen,
has been deported to Mexico despite telling arresting officers that he had proof of citizenship at home, according to a new report.
According to Univision’s Lidia Terrazas, 25-year-old Denver-born Brian Morales was threatened with either deportation or prison time following a traffic stop in Texas by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents.
This is the latest in a string of incidents involving U.S. citizens and Department of Homeland Security …
RIAA: Latin music revenue reached $1B in 2025, up from $140M in 2015, 98% of it from streaming; the segment generates 8.8% of total US recorded music revenue (Andrew Flanagan/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/latin-music-2025-us-revenue-1…
On a whim, I went to the Royal Festival Hall to see Bruce Liu playing Ravel. Pretty cool. He makes the fiendishly difficult appear entirely effortless.
I think last time I went there, I was a callow youth. It's bigger than I remember!
#music #classical
Geno Smith Gets Blunt Message After Raiders-Jets Trade https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/geno-smith-blunt-message-jets-trade/
Xicoia Studios releases a single and music video made by "real humans" starring AI "actor" Tilly Norwood ahead of Norwood's official AI acting debut this year (Lily Ford/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ge…
Filing: Wise plans to debut on the Nasdaq as WSE, and relist in London for its secondary listing; Wise reports year-to-March net revenue up 19% YoY to $2.5B (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-11…
Valve FM: Internet-Radio im Terminal hören https://blog.oliverswelt.de/blog/back-to-the-roots-warum-ich-radio-jetzt-im-terminal-höre-valve-fm
A new fedi account following one of mine had Set his bio to "AI music producer".
I'm not sure that's a great intro here...
A gaggle of scorned landlords and real estate agents across L.A. have a message:
If Alexys Watson messages you on Zillow asking if you accept Section 8 vouchers,
choose your next words very, very carefully.
Over the last eight months, dozens of landlords and real estate agents have responded to Watson's inquiries — and dozens have been sued for $100,000. or more.
The lawsuits allege discrimination for refusing a Section 8 applicant, regardless of whether they act…