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Last week, the Library of Congress unveiled the 2025 additions to its National Recording Registry, which aims to collect recordings deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically important.” If you were Elton John, Steve Miller, Celine Dion, or the estate of the late Helen Reddy, you were probably thrilled. But one man, apparently, was not.

On last Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the comedian and commentator made headlines with his much-awaited — and now much parsed, praised, or pummeled — recap of his and pal Kid Rock’s visit to the...

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National Recording Registry adds Amy Winehouse, Elton John, Tracy Chapman, Hamilton, and more

The National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress has selected 25 new recordings for preservation, including albums by Miles Davis, Elton John, Tracy Chapman, and Mary J. Blige, plus Brian Eno's Windows 95 startup chime, the Minecraft video game score, and the original cast recording of Hamilton. Here's the full list:

“Aloha ‘Oe” — Hawaiian Quintette (1913) (single) “Sweet Georgia Brown” — Brother Bones & His Shadows (1949) (single) “Happy Trails” — Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (1952) (single) Radio Broadcast of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series — Chuck Thompson (1960) Harry Urata Field Recordings (1960-1980) Hello Dummy! — Don Rickles (1968) (album) Chicago Transit Authority — Chicago (1969) (album) Bitches Brew — Miles Davis (1970) (album) “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” — Charley Pride (1971) (single) “I Am Woman” — Helen Reddy (1972) (single) “El Rey” — Vicente Fernandez (1973) (single) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road — Elton John (1973) (album) “Before the...

More than 30 years ago, Microsoft commissioned Brian Eno to create the now-iconic Windows 95 reboot chime. Now, the meticulously created “Microsoft Sound” is among this year’s selection of 25 “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” pieces of recorded music archived into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry.

Other 2025 inductions include classic albums like Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut, Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, the Hamilton original cast recording, and Mary J. Blige’s My Life.

Celine Dion’s Titanic anthem “My Heart Will Go On,” Charley Pride’s “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin,'” Vicente Fernandez’s ranchera song “El Rey,” and Chuck Thompson’s radio broadcast of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series have also been added. See the full list below and take a look at the Library of Congress’ full registry here.

In a 1996 interview with SFGate,...

Minecraft is a game loved by most gamers. It’s a very straightforward title that gives fans the opportunity to have unlimited fun. They can build stuff, go on adventures, can make complicated designs that others would marvel at, or can just dig as much as they want and let those pixels fly.

It’s a game that has kept a world of people together. They play it, stream it, and also watch its streams. Thanks to its unique world and dynamic gameplay mechanics, it never went out of fashion. When a game gets so successful, one might think they know enough about it, but there are a bunch of things about Minecraft that not even its most hardcore fans might know. Here are a few such facts:

Minecraft was not even its original name

A still from Minecraft

When its creators started working on Minecraft, they initially named it Cave Game.