Rich Wilhelm

Listen to the latest podcast of “Standards Impact” to hear about the importance of ASTM International standards to winter sports. By Rich Wilhelm Feb 27, 2026 As a worldwide audience was watching, enthralled, by the 2026 Winter Olympic Games as they were happening in Italy, Dave Walsh, ASTM International’s content director and editor in chief of Standardization News spoke with two experts on winter sports equipment for the latest episode of the "Standards Impact" podcast.

Shooting Star, the new album by Philadelphia-based band Golden Apples, begins and ends with its outlier songs. Opener “Another Grand Offering for the Swine” is a brief dirge that’s over before you’ve even had a chance to decide whether you like it or not. Meanwhile, the closing track, “How Long Must I Stay in This Place”, is a lengthier instrumental (mainly featuring wordless vocals) whose title aptly embodies the static nature of the music.

Death & Love Pt. 2 Lower Third / [PIAS] Back in January, Liverpool-based band Circa Waves released their sixth full-length album, Death & Love Pt. 1. In a PopMatters review, I extolled the modern Britpop virtues of the record and noted that it ended on a bit of a melancholy note with “Bad Guys Always Win”. “Time will tell if a Death & Love Pt. 2 sustains the quality that Circa Waves have consistently delivered and if the good guys might win after all,” I wrote.