Philip K. Dick scholars Dave Gill and Jonathan Lethem are teaching a new online course about one of PKD's nuttiest novels, Clans of the Alphane Moon. Offered through the fine… Read the rest of the article: New online short class about one of Philip K. Dick's nuttiest novels
Death Cab for Cutie is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their iconic alt.rock album Plans by playing the album all the way through at four shows in Seattle, WA (8/2/25),… Read the rest of the article: Death Cab for Cutie to celebrate 20 years of Plans with four anniversary shows
You have until midnight PT to purchase Good Music to Lift Los Angeles, an extraordinary 90-song digital compilation benefiting the LA Regional Food Bank and California Community Foundation's Wildfire Fund.… Read the rest of the article: REM, Animal Collective, The Postal Service, Soccer Mommy, and dozens of other artists on fantastic digital compilation benefiting Los Angeles food bank and wildfire fund
From 1989, Fingers Inc.'s beautiful mix of "Can You Feel It" with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.
Kent Hendricks, a marketing professional at HarperCollins Publishers, has read a book or two each week since 2007. This week, he shared his fascinating list of "52 Things I Learned… Read the rest of the article: Swearing improves grip strength, Halloween sees a spike in child ADHD diagnoses, and more 2024 learnings
As is tradition, please enjoy the savior of misbehavior Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers singing a hauntingly beautiful rendition of the 1943 holiday standard "Have Yourself A Merry… Read the rest of the article: Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli brings the darkness to "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
Slow Motion Radio time-stretched Bauhaus's 1979 vampire anthem "Bela Lugosi's Dead" into nine hours. It is goth durational performance art. Oh Belllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… Bonus: Melding Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead" with a hyperfast sample… Read the rest of the article: Nine hours of Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead" plus a bonus jungle remix
From the days when Al Jourgensen cultivated an English accent and I wore too much eyeliner, Ministry's "(Everyday Is) Halloween." (1984): The above features clips from: Fright Night, Near Dark,… Read the rest of the article: A musical reminder that everyday is Halloween
Phil Lesh—founding member and bassist of the Grateful Dead—has died at age 84. I met Phil several times and he was always warm, approachable, and emanated joy when he played… Read the rest of the article: Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, RIP
This 1966 TV commercial for Austex Beef Stew could be the subject of a PhD thesis in film studies. The slow pacing, awkward pauses in dialogue, and psychological tension amplified… Read the rest of the article: This TV commercial for beef stew delivers the psychological tension of a Kubrick or Tarkovsky film
Our dear friend Richard Metzger of Dangerous Minds and Disinformation fame is creating a new video series about the occult called Magick Show. Trailer below. Richard is raising funds for… Read the rest of the article: Comics legend Grant Morrison will cast a spell for you
What is a cat? This 1972 film below provides a lovely explanation. According to the Educational Film Wiki, the flick is a brief "history of the domestic cat, tracing the… Read the rest of the article: What is a cat? This video reveals all.
In Williamsburg, Virginia, construction of a new archaeology lab revealed a new archaeological discovery at the building site. The researchers discovered a house dating back to 1660. "It really reminds… Read the rest of the article: Archaeological site discovered where new archaeology lab is under construction
The Alfred Packer Grill is a popular student cafeteria at the University of Colorado Boulder. You can enjoy a variety of food there, including several kinds of meat. What non-natives… Read the rest of the article: University cafeteria officially named after killer cannibal
Kabosu, the Shiba Inu of "much wow" and Dogecoin fame, has died. She was 18 years old. Atsuko Sato, Kabosu's human companion, announced the doge's passing on Instagram. She died… Read the rest of the article: Kabosu, the superstar Shiba Inu of doge meme fame, RIP
Last year, Charlotte Russ took her kids to Pismo Beach, California for a day of sand and sun. As kids (and adults) do, they collected dozens of "seashells" as souvenirs… Read the rest of the article: Mom fined $88,000 on beach trip after kids collect "seashells" that weren't
A brawl broke out in front of El Inferno restaurant in Morelia, Mexico last weekend when a fire breathing street performer was allegedly attacked by a busking mariachi band. The… Read the rest of the article: Fire breather torches members of mariachi band in brawl outside El Inferno restaurant (video)
HanahakiBlank edited this joyful supercut below of anime scenes depicting retro technology, from cassettes and CRTs to answering machines, DAT players, floppy disks, and, er, a "Game Bozz." The sources… Read the rest of the article: Supercut of cassettes, CRTs, Game Boys, answering machines, and other retro tech in 1980s and 90s anime (video)
All aboard for the The Gyermekvasút, a Communist-era seven-mile railway in Budapest, Hungary that's operated entirely by children except for the train conductor. "Like any other railway, it has ticket… Read the rest of the article: This working railroad is operated by young children
Andreas Pernerstorfer of Gobelsburg, Austria was renovating his wine cellar when he found something extraordinary: a pile of Stone Age mammoth bones. According to the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the… Read the rest of the article: Man finds stone age mammoth bones buried in his basement
