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  • David Pescovitz
    3:05 pm Sat, May 31, 2025
    Truly bizarre collection of vintage snapshots

    Venerable vernacular photography collector Robert Jackson's latest collection on Flashbak is a wunderkammer of weird vintage snapshots. Of course, what makes this set so wonderful is that each square frame is odd… Read the rest of the article: Truly bizarre collection of vintage snapshots

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  • David Pescovitz
    2:43 pm Sat, May 31, 2025
    Mindbending art 'zine Faesthetic is back with a beautiful new print issue! image: Faesthetic

    Boing Boing contributor Dustin "UPSO" Hostetler has just published the 18th issue of his magnificent long-running print 'zine Faesthetic, a visual wunderkammer of art, illustration, and design! . Printed in an edition… Read the rest of the article: Mindbending art 'zine Faesthetic is back with a beautiful new print issue!

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  • David Pescovitz
    6:44 pm Sat, May 24, 2025
    San Francisco, June 7: Celebrate the cyberculture with Mondo 2000's RU Sirius, Mark Pauline, Cintra Wilson, Rudy Rucker, Cindy Cohn, and phriendz

    In the cyberdelic daze of the early 1990s, Mondo 2000 was the publication-of-record for the emerging digital counterculture. Founded by our dear pal RU Sirius, it was not just a magazine (with… Read the rest of the article: San Francisco, June 7: Celebrate the cyberculture with Mondo 2000's RU Sirius, Mark Pauline, Cintra Wilson, Rudy Rucker, Cindy Cohn, and phriendz

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  • David Pescovitz
    12:11 pm Tue, May 6, 2025
    Vintage photos of people posing proudly with their underpants

    Venerable vernacular snapshot collector Robert Jackson showcases a variety of individuals celebrating their underwear. It's nice that unmentionables can bring out such joy when mentioned. Appreciate the rest right here: "Show Us… Read the rest of the article: Vintage photos of people posing proudly with their underpants

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  • David Pescovitz
    2:39 pm Thu, Apr 17, 2025
    Cyberculture pioneer RU Sirius's new album of "rhymes against reality" image: RU Sirius & Phriendz

    The Smarter Kings of Deliria R.U. Sirius & Phriendz by R.U. Sirius & Various Bands In the cyberdelic daze of the early 1990s, Mondo 2000 was the publication-of-record for the… Read the rest of the article: Cyberculture pioneer RU Sirius's new album of "rhymes against reality"

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  • David Pescovitz
    1:40 pm Fri, Apr 11, 2025
    The Ten Commandments featuring music by the Flaming Lips and Los Lobos

    In celebration of the Jewish holiday of Passover which starts tomorrow night, I suggest watching The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 epic silent film version of the biblical Exodus story.… Read the rest of the article: The Ten Commandments featuring music by the Flaming Lips and Los Lobos

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  • David Pescovitz
    2:02 pm Tue, Feb 18, 2025
    New online short class about one of Philip K. Dick's nuttiest novels image: book cover detail

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    1:56 pm Tue, Feb 11, 2025
    Death Cab for Cutie to celebrate 20 years of Plans with four anniversary shows image: Jimmy Fontaine

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    2:36 pm Fri, Feb 7, 2025
    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

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:36 am Mon, Jan 20, 2025
    Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," the deep house mix

    From 1989, Fingers Inc.'s beautiful mix of "Can You Feel It" with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:56 am Tue, Dec 31, 2024
    Swearing improves grip strength, Halloween sees a spike in child ADHD diagnoses, and more 2024 learnings image: Valeriy Karpeev/Shutterstock

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    12:14 pm Tue, Dec 24, 2024
    Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli brings the darkness to "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" image: Afghan Whigs

    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"

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:43 am Thu, Oct 31, 2024
    Nine hours of Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead" plus a bonus jungle remix

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:35 am Thu, Oct 31, 2024
    A musical reminder that everyday is Halloween

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    1:16 pm Fri, Oct 25, 2024
    Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, RIP image: Sterling Munksgard/Shutterstock

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    2:00 pm Wed, Oct 2, 2024
    This TV commercial for beef stew delivers the psychological tension of a Kubrick or Tarkovsky film image: Texas Archive of the Moving Image/YouTube/screenshot

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    2:27 pm Thu, Jul 11, 2024
    Comics legend Grant Morrison will cast a spell for you

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:34 pm Tue, May 28, 2024
    What is a cat? This video reveals all. Image: Nils Jacobi / shutterstock.com

    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.

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  • David Pescovitz
    2:26 pm Fri, May 24, 2024
    Archaeological site discovered where new archaeology lab is under construction

    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

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:44 am Fri, May 24, 2024
    University cafeteria officially named after killer cannibal

    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

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