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

Four floors up from the throng of people pushing their way towards the train they are invariably late for lies one of Manhattan's best-kept sporting secrets. The island, with its… Read the rest of the article: Grand Central Station's secret tennis court

Now just what archaeologists were doing mucking around in a sewer in Bulgaria is anyone's guess. The more important thing is, they found something! And not just an ungodly clump… Read the rest of the article: Statue of Greek god found in Bulgarian sewer

I've not found a more accurate or thorough guide to international train travel than the website The Man in Seat 61. It's the long-running passion project of one die hard… Read the rest of the article: The best train travel guide is run by one man, all for free

Popular English language folk songs from yesteryear typically go like this: I love that handsome lad/ but mother, he won't wed me or I love that handsome lad/but father doesn't… Read the rest of the article: Erotic Serbian folktales from the 19th century

Again? You mean to say that it might be unpleasant to live in the most haunted house in the most haunted city in America?* New Orleans is comprised almost entirely… Read the rest of the article: Haunted house formerly owned by Nick Cage up for sale again

Slint is a mysterious band. They formed up in the late 80s, recorded two albums and broke up before the latter was released. They didn't tour. Fans and 'interested female… Read the rest of the article: Deep dive documentary on Slint and the Louisville scene

Want to own a piece of rich Southern California history, directly tied into the horrific and infamous Manson family murders? Specifically, the door from Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski's Cielo… Read the rest of the article: "Pig" door from Manson murder house auctioned for $127,000

Bill Shakes takes us to back to '96 with "Don't be a Menace to Blackburn while drinking White Lightning on a Council Estate". It's a chill track, with a minimal,… Read the rest of the article: New old school working class English hip hop

Sometimes we write about Negativland, sometimes we are simply Negativland. Look, here's proof. We are legion. Hive mind aside, a few years ago, director Ryan Worsley teased at us with… Read the rest of the article: Stand By for Failure, the full documentary on Negativland

It's no accident that the efflorescence of cultural invention in London and New York in the late 1970s and early 80s (in the punk and postpunk scenes) coincided with the… Read the rest of the article: Fascinating video essay on the origins and philosophy of post-punk

Since 2015, the United States Postal Service has agreed to 97% of requests made to share customer's information with law enforcement. These requests for customer's names and their 'to's and… Read the rest of the article: USPS nearly always lets law enforcement spy on Americans' mail without warrant

Peapack-Gladstone, a small New Jersey town of around 2,500, is about an hour and a half from NYC and a few weeks away from executing 60 geese via portable gas… Read the rest of the article: New Jersey town to gas geese for excessive poop