Puppeteer Playdoh Kolo is presenting their latest offering at this year's Giant Puppet Festival in New Orleans. It's a show comprised entirely of puppets made from scraps and debris of… Read the rest of the article: A puppet show made from old pianos and Mississippi river trash
Did you know that Louisiana is the only state in the US that convicts people on non-unanimous juries? Even if two people dissent, the accused can still get sent to… Read the rest of the article: Profound documentary reveals horrors of Louisiana's non-unanimous jury system
Every once in a while, YouTube's algorithm delivers something completely unexpected. A gem you've never searched for and never would have guessed existed. Today, that gem was bicycle gymnastics. Not… Read the rest of the article: Bicycle gymnastics is a niche sport you didn't know existed
Listen, it's been a rough and weird one. 3,000 terrible things are happening at any given time, and opening up the internet will immediately expose you to all of them… Read the rest of the article: Listen: An optimistic folk song for these trying times
Genoese dockworkers have vowed to completely shut down trade in the Mediterranean if contact is lost with those on the Sumud Flotilla, bound for Gaza, for even twenty minutes. "We… Read the rest of the article: Italian dockworkers threaten to "block all of Europe" over Gaza aid flotilla
The other day, we wrote about a piece of Nazi-looted art turning up in a real estate listing in Argentina. "Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni)" was stolen by the… Read the rest of the article: Fascinating blog covers the provenance of a painting stolen by the Nazis
A quick overview before we get to our main attraction- Belgium is split into two regions, Flanders and Wallonia. Wallonia is French-speaking, Flanders is Dutch-speaking. Both regions are very particular… Read the rest of the article: Belgian train attendant was reprimanded for greeting passengers in both Dutch and French
No, this is not a sponsored post. And "evil" is subjective, and that opinion represents the views of this author alone. Please don't sue us, Mr. JP Morgan. Fantagraphics, publisher… Read the rest of the article: Everything at Fantagraphics is 30% off because Chase Bank is evil!
LAPD in the headlines again! And Weezer! What unlikely scenario might link these two otherwise disparate entities? I'm glad you asked. On April 8, LAPD chased down a suspect from… Read the rest of the article: Weezer bassist's wife shot by LAPD and booked for attempted murder
Yesterday marks the passing of one my favorite musicians, Amadou Bagayoko of Malian duo Amadou & Mariam. The couple won a ton of awards over their lengthy and prolific career… Read the rest of the article: Amadou Bagayoko of Mali's Amadou & Mariam passes away
The angry man of jazz actually looks pretty calm when he's out shooting. Nonchalant, even. His gun etiquette does seem lacking, though. He's chomping on a cigar, his stance isn't… Read the rest of the article: Watch Charles Mingus blow a hole in the roof of the apartment he's getting evicted from
Sometimes when I set out looking for something very particular on YouTube I'm met with a tedious video essay that barely touches on the subject, or I get an AI-voiced… Read the rest of the article: Watch master illustrator Sergio Toppi draw
Deere caught in headlights — the US Federal Trade Commission is finally investigating farm equipment giant John Deere over its questionable repair policies. The company has made a habit of… Read the rest of the article: FTC finally investigates John Deere's creepy repair restriction scheme
Every few years, I remember that the world's longest continuously operating lightbulb is chugging along in a fire station in Livermore, California. It's been in operation since 1901 and has… Read the rest of the article: World's oldest lightbulb: 123 years and still glowing
Director Coralie Fargeat possesses a hellish gift: the ability to make a long shot of a needle suturing Demi Moore's mangled back just as nauseating as a close-up of Dennis… Read the rest of the article: "The Substance"— an incredible, indelible, and viscerally inedible film I loved and will never watch again
One of my favorite working musicians, Charmie Chandler, recently featured at Couches as an opener for Tank (of the Bangas), released a single earlier this week that encapsulates perfectly his… Read the rest of the article: Haunted folk music just in time for Halloween
Home EV charger JuiceBox decided to pull the plug on its customers in an undated statement on its website. The company provided Level 2 Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment for around… Read the rest of the article: Home EV charger JuiceBox abruptly stops service in North America
The road to ascending the mayoral throne in São Paolo is long and full of props fresh out of the WWE playbook. In the left corner we have José Luiz… Read the rest of the article: Brazilian mayoral candidate hits opponent with chair
Terry B runs a Youtube channel that follows daring cyclists (and the occasional roller blader) through busy city streets. With a camera strapped to his head, he trails bike couriers,… Read the rest of the article: Teeter on the edge of your seat watching this cyclist race through Manhattan
In the northern end of Tbilisi, past the charming and dilapidated Italianate neighborhoods from the old city and up the hill from the 20-story concrete apartment blocks from the Soviet… Read the rest of the article: The most incredible sculpture I've ever seen: The Chronicle of Georgia
