The audio production industry website Mix Online reports that tons of major archives of music master recordings—mostly from the 90s—have been dying out and disappearing. The problem? Hard drives. For… Read the rest of the article: Master recordings of 90s music on slowly dying media
Earlier this year, Disney made headlines when the corporation attempted to block a wrongful death lawsuit by citing the arbitration clause attached to a free Disney+ trial. The corporation claimed,… Read the rest of the article: Uber also trying the Terms of Service defense
NASA has announced plans to standardize the temporal readings for our lunar cousin by developing an official Coordinated Lunar Time measurement, or CLT. That's right: it's a time zone for… Read the rest of the article: Earth's moon is getting its own time zone
Time's arrow may not be as unidirectional as we were led to believe. According to Scientific American, a group of quantum physical researchers at the University of Toronto had observed evidence… Read the rest of the article: Physicists find evidence of "negative time" in photons
It's been just over a year since director Macon Blair premiered his new reboot of The Toxic Avenger at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. The new film stars Peter Dinklage… Read the rest of the article: The new TOXIC AVENGER comic book is great
I recently attended a weekend-long birthday getaway for an old college friend, and as soon as I arrived, he pulled out a box and said, "You have to play this… Read the rest of the article: Do you like party games and music history? Try HITSTER
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is teaming up with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre for a new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, inspired/shaped by Radiohead's 2003 album Hail To The Thief. Described… Read the rest of the article: New Radiohead adaptation of "Hamlet"
Most people know the Dropkick Murphys because of their hit song "Shipping Up To Boston," which was featured in The Departed. But most people also don't realize that Woody Guthrie, the… Read the rest of the article: "This Machine Rising" explores Woody Guthrie's musical legacy
The last time The Cure released a new album, George W. Bush was still the President of the United States of America. Much has changed in the intervening years—but, based… Read the rest of the article: Listen to the first new The Cure song since 2008
The Silmarillion may not have delved into the skincare routines of the terrifying Ringwraiths. But it stands to reason that the Nazgûl must have some sort of steady Middle-Earthian morning… Read the rest of the article: This Nazgûl morning routine is the best worst way to start your day
Researchers at New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) recently discovered a new species of deep-sea Ghost Shark (previously at Boing Boing) in the Chatham Rise off… Read the rest of the article: New species of ghost shark discovered just in time for Halloween
Last week, a Navy SEAL returned to his alma mater to engage in an informal training exercise with his old college sports team. The lacrosse team at Tufts University hosted… Read the rest of the article: College athletes hospitalized with potentially fatal condition after attempting SEAL workout
A 65-year-old man in Boston was arraigned on Friday for a murder that happened in 1988, all because he spit on the sidewalk outside of his home. A 25-year-old woman… Read the rest of the article: Man arrested for 1988 murder after spitting on the sidewalk in 2023
Over at NPR, writer Julia Simon recently explored the gender dynamics as it relates to climate change. Specifically, how beef is disproportionately responsible for meat-related carbon emissions and how men… Read the rest of the article: Beef-obsessed bros causing crucial climate catastrophes
A group of researchers at the Seoul National University of Science and Technology have presented a proof-of-concept for the first flying shopping cart. It's just a platform or wire basket mounted… Read the rest of the article: Still no flying cars, but now there's a flying cart to shop with
LOST: Back To The Island is a new book from TV critics Emily St. James and Noel Murray that offers an insightful retrospective on one of the most iconic television… Read the rest of the article: New book looks back on things we lost since LOST premiered 20 years ago
The comic book industry is rife with heartbreaking stories of scrappy, under-appreciated artists who barely got a pittance as their intellectual property blossomed into billion-dollar corporate assets. Joel Shuster and… Read the rest of the article: "Public Domain" explores comic books exploitative past through family drama
The other day, I was out at a park with my 4-year-old, when he suddenly bent over and picked something up. "Look at this toy truck, dada!" he said, struggling… Read the rest of the article: TapeDeck.org celebrates the graphic design history of analog cassette tapes
Researchers at Mississippi State University have discovered a new species of parasitoid wasps, in case the world wasn't terrifying you enough right now. While parasitoid wasps have been previously known… Read the rest of the article: New parasite wasp species discovered inside of adult fruit flies
Backstage at Warped Tour in 1998, Fat Mike had a stroke of genius. The NOFX frontman had formed his own record label, Fat Wreck Chords, about a decade earlier. In… Read the rest of the article: 25 years of "Short Music for Short People," the greatest music compilation ever made
