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Ground Signal: Culture — October 24, 2026 · Ground Signal FM

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  Good morning, this is Ground Signal Culture.
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  It is Saturday, October 24, 2026. Today, Serbia's
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  students head into a defining vote, new albums
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  land from Anderson Pak and Lisa, and Lima gets
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  a night of Amazon Cumbia. Lead signal, Serbia.
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  Tens of thousands of supporters of the student
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  -led movement rallied in central Belgrade on
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  Thursday, October 22. The rally came days before
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  the snap parliamentary election on Sunday, October
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  25. The Associated Press describes the vote as
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  a test between President Aleksandar Vucic and
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  the students who have pushed for change. For
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  many young Serbians, this is where months of
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  street pressure meet the ballot box. The result
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  will be watched well beyond Belgrade. Music radar.
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  Friday was New Music Friday, and official charts
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  flagged a packed slate. Anderson Paik and Cordae
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  released Heavy is the Crown. Lisa dropped her
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  album Press Play. John Legend, Michael Kiwanuka,
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  Amy Winehouse, and My Chemical Romance also made
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  the list. That is a widespread from soul to emo
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  rock in a single release day. On the charts,
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  the UK official Afrobeats chart has Ira Starr
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  and Zayn at number one with Heaven Baby this
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  week. In Nigeria, the latest turntable top 100
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  I found for October 9 to 15 has Fola at number
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  one with Miss U2. Street and style. The fall
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  drop calendar stays busy. Pata and Carhartt WIP
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  released a collaboration on October 23. Stussy
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  and Denim Tears released Stussy Tears on October
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  16, according to a Select Abysso report. Earlier
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  this month came Supreme with Martine Rose and
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  Adidas with Arte Antwerp, a winter outerwear
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  line built around football community. Outerwear
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  season is clearly the theme. On the ground, France.
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  Student protests that began in high schools have
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  spread nationwide, according to Le Monde. Students
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  are demanding better learning conditions, more
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  school funding, and relief from the cost of living.
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  It is a cost -of -living story as much as an
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  education story. Young people are asking for
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  classrooms that work and a living cost they can
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  survive. Screen and sound. Clara and the Sun
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  opened in U .S. theaters on Friday, October 23.
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  It is based on the Kazuo Ishiguro novel about
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  an artificial friend. Early reviews from outlets
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  including the Los Angeles Times, Variety, and
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  Time Out are mostly critical of its tone and
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  execution, according to Rotten Tomatoes. Box
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  office numbers are not in yet. City Pulse. Amsterdam.
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  The Amsterdam dance event marks its 30th anniversary,
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  running October 21 to 25. Today and tomorrow
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  are the final days of a week that fills the city
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  with clubs, panels, and late nights. Now, Lima.
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  Tonight at 7 p .m., Los Mirlos play Tropy Peru,
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  Una Noche con Los Mirlos at CC Maracana in Jesus
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  Maria. They are pioneers of Peruvian Amazon cumbia,
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  and the night is a big one for the city. Forward
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  signal. Sunday, October 25, is the big day. Serbia
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  votes in its snap election and ADE closes in
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  Amsterdam. Watch youth turnout in Serbia and
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  the first box office numbers for Clara and the
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  Sun. That is the signal for today. Keep your
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  ear on the street and your eyes on the culture.
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  This is Ground Signal Culture.