Yesterday I posted the Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone." Here's another great song from 1983: Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio." Here's what frontman Stan Ridgway had to say about the… Read the rest of the article: Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio" (1983)

My friend and Cool Tools review website partner, Kevin Kelly, made a cool video about the making of his new book, Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. He says: "The… Read the rest of the article: From the Whole Earth Catalog to Cool Tools

A couple of years ago Rafael Atijas designed a nice 3-string acoustic guitar, called the Loog, and wrote an article about it for MAKE. He launched a successful Kickstarter for… Read the rest of the article: Cool 3-string electric guitar: the Loog

Thanks to the World's Best Ever for posting this video of The Violent Femmes performing "Gone Daddy Gone" from 1983.

Nick and Tesla are a couple of teenagers who get themselves into trouble and must build MAKE-style projects to save the day. There are two books in the series, aimed… Read the rest of the article: Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab: A kids' mystery novel with electromagnets, burglar alarms, and other gadgets you can build

John Baichtal of MAKE says: I’ve been admiring Jason Thompson‘s beautiful D&D maps that he drew for various classic roleplaying adventures. His sendup of A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity… Read the rest of the article: Hand-drawn D&D adventure maps

Goodreads has announced the opening round for its Best Science Fiction Books of 2013 awards. I see at least three Boing Boing favorites in the running: Lexicon by Max Berry,… Read the rest of the article: Goodreads' "Best Science Fiction Books of 2013" voting begins

This episode is brought to you by HostGator, offering premium web hosting at low costs, and 24x7x365 phone, chat and email support. Show your support for Gweek and get an… Read the rest of the article: Gweek 119: How much is your reputation worth?

Matthew says: "Liam Morgan uses snowboarding techniques while skateboarding down some of the long, steep, twisting roads in the coastal canyons of Los Angeles." Videos: 1 | 2 | 3

Spotted at Costco. And thats not all! 1 | 2 | 3

Good times in New Mexico, courtesy a police department high on the war on drugs: Eckert's attorney, Shannon Kennedy, said in an interview with KOB that after law enforcement asked… Read the rest of the article: Running a stop sign results in multiple police-ordered anal probes

PBS Digital Studios’ Blank on Blank web series is a great idea – they animate old audio interviews with notable people. Here's one with the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia on… Read the rest of the article: Jerry Garcia on The Acid Tests – PBS Blank on Blank series

Fantagraphics (who are tied with Drawn and Quarterly as my favorite publisher) just announced a Kickstarter to fund their 2014 spring season. The premiums they are giving away are amazing.… Read the rest of the article: Fantagraphics Kickstarts its 2014 spring season

The World's Best Ever has been showcasing tattoo artists in a series called Flash Us, and they brought to my attention the work of Wan Tattooer, who works at Wild… Read the rest of the article: The tattoo work of Wan Tattooer

Look at all the wonderful Boing Boing podcasts we have lined up for you to listen to, free of charge! RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE 025: An interview with Julie Samuels,… Read the rest of the article: Your week's listening: Boing Boing's latest podcast episodes

The Shaggs were a pop group of three sisters who formed in 1968 and broke up in 1975. They didn't know how to play their instruments, but that didn't matter… Read the rest of the article: 44 years after Philosophy of the World, a new album from the leader of The Shaggs

Scott Adams is not only a world-famous cartoonist, he’s also a world-class failure. And he's the first to admit it. In his new book, How to Fail at Almost Everything… Read the rest of the article: Incredibly Interesting Authors 001: Dilbert creator Scott Adams

To celebrate their 110th anniversary, our friends at Popular Mechanics assembled a collection of 110 tips from their archives. The August 1955 issue told a farsighted person to punch a… Read the rest of the article: Popular Mechanics: The 110 Best DIY Tips Ever

https://youtu.be/3LTAip-ooRY A Russian dashcam moment. Driver: Oh, we float. Passenger: Where are we going? Driver: I don’t know. Maybe to the shore. Passenger: Don’t turn the wheel, it’s useless. (Via… Read the rest of the article: Car goes off bridge into water, occupants don't seem to mind