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
Well, the Olympic Games are nearly at a close, and France will be able to once again veg out and revert to its usual state of affairs as the most… Read the rest of the article: Kyrgyzstan's World Nomad Games: Yurt-building, headless goat polo, horseback wrestling, and hunting with eagles
Hark, wayward bard! If this weathered rucksack bears not thy mark, thou hast strayed far beyond thy humble origins into a forsaken realm where unprepared souls fall prey to ancient… Read the rest of the article: Doom metal that sounds like it walked out of a Frank Franzetta painting
In broad daylight, in full view of a crowd of eager spectators, a man brazenly walked up to a freshly painted original Banksy and spray-painted a little tag over it.… Read the rest of the article: "Why would you do that?" Masked vandal defaces Banksy's rhino mural in broad daylight (video)
On July 1, Hurricane Beryl ripped through the Atlantic, devastating much of Caribbean nation St Vincent and the Grenadines. Union Island in particular saw 90% of its structures demolished by… Read the rest of the article: Hurricane Beryl spares one house on Union Island. It's made of plywood and irony
The New York Times has been steadily releasing portions of its 100 best books of the 21st century list over the last few weeks. The complete list is now available… Read the rest of the article: Stephen King's shameless self-promotion on NY Times' "best books" list amuses and outrages
Brian Eno wants you to listen to Hugo Largo, an American group from the 80s that sound to me a bit like what the Young Marble Giants would if their… Read the rest of the article: Brian Eno wants you to hear something
Designer Bahareh Ardakani debuted a line of truly remarkable pieces inspired by string theory, specifically the Calabi-Yau manifold at Paris' fashion week last month. The results are incredible, elegantly rendering… Read the rest of the article: Incredible high fashion inspired by string theory
Can't AI learn to wait for Halloween to bust out the spooky stuff like humans do? The Unofficial Apple Weblog closed up shop around ten years ago. Its writers went… Read the rest of the article: Zombified tech blog publishing AI articles under real names of former authors
