About a month ago, the recently resurrected AV Club announced that it would be bringing back the ever-delightful AV Undercover series. In this series, established bands are given a list of cover songs to… Read the rest of the article: GWAR covers Barbie's "I'm Just Ken." They're not

Rhode Island's Red Flag laws: because if threatening an officer, exposing yourself, and urinating in a police car isn't enough, what is? The Boston Globe recently published a harrowing story… Read the rest of the article: The problem with "Red Flag" gun laws

Method Man is frustrated with the Once Upon a Time in Shaolin's album: "Pharma-Bro" and a lack of input raise questions about its Wu-Tang-ness. In a recent interview with Vanity… Read the rest of the article: That super special Wu-Tang album now seems not so special

Beastie Boys remind Chili's that copyright infringement isn't something you can just Fight for the Right to do. Generic American food chain Chili's reportedly released a new commercial that featured… Read the rest of the article: Fight for their rights! Beastie Boys sue Chili's

The Lakota Language Reclamation Project has teamed up with Disney to produce a new version of The Avengers which features the original core cast members dubbing their lines in the… Read the rest of the article: The AVENGERS cast has dubbed the film in the Lakota language

Lattice, an HR database firm, treats "AI workers" like humans because we're already just numbers. There's been a lot of nonsense hype-man linguistic marketing garbage pumped out around AI tools… Read the rest of the article: HR software adds "AI workers" as human employees

I've spent a lot of time writing about heat pumps (and heat pump water heaters, for that matter). But in all the work I've done on the subject, I'll admit:… Read the rest of the article: Listen to this sexy slow jam about heat pumps

Beautiful: The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator, is a neat look at American cultural history and the waves in which something as seemingly queer and subversive as… Read the rest of the article: The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should! Perhaps you're a fan of, erm, first-person shooters. Or you're really… Read the rest of the article: How to play DOOM on your fleshlight

When I first saw the pitch for Dave Baker's new graphic novel Mary Tyler Moorehawk, I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Not because it was a bad pitch, or… Read the rest of the article: "Mary Tyler Moorehawk" is Johnny Quest meets Infinite Jest by way of Jack Kirby

Have you ever wondered how urban infrastructure (particularly in America) got so terrible? Video game designer Hilko Janssen clearly has, and that's why he created Car Park Capital. Inspired by… Read the rest of the article: Car Park Capital is a new game where you ruin walkable cities

Do you ever miss the days of kicking back and flipping through the channels on your analog tube TV? Or maybe you're just tired of watching movies on a screen… Read the rest of the article: This TinyTV is an adorable alternative to watching videos on your phone

The original Time Bandits film was a delightful 80s fantasy romp with just enough weirdness and darkness to make it rise above the pack (and possibly intrigue young nerds like… Read the rest of the article: Watch the trailer for "Time Bandits", Taika Waititi's TV adaptation of the Terry Gilliam classic

Back in April 2023, Goldman Sachs released an investment report titled, "Generative AI could raise global GDP by 7%." At the time, the financial giant claimed that "advances in natural… Read the rest of the article: Goldman-Sachs warns that AI could be a bad investment

Invisible disabilities can be a uniquely frustrating experience. That's not just because of the part where you're forced to exist in a world that hasn't been designed with your specific… Read the rest of the article: Brittle Joints is a beautiful and harrowing graphic memoir about chronic pain

The Boston-based indie rockers Hallelujah the Hills (previously) has been around for nearly two decades at this point. Whatever notoriety the band may have gained in the time, it has… Read the rest of the article: Spotify accuses indie band of "streaming fraud" over 8-year-old song name

Rapper BG first broke onto the scene in the late 90s with the song "Bling Bling," which featured collaborations by Lil' Wayne and others. The last fifteen years his life,… Read the rest of the article: "Bling Bling" rapper BG required to get government approval for all future songs

Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne has been formally inducted into the Order of Canada, the second-highest hono(u)r in the Canadian state's Order of Merit. The Order of Canada was created… Read the rest of the article: Pop singer Avril Lavigne knighted in the Order of Canada

Dennis Winn of Lake County, Florida was arrested last week for shooting down a Walmart delivery drone with a 9mm pistol. In addition to being mildly hilarious, Winn's actions also… Read the rest of the article: Florida Man arrested for shooting down Walmart delivery drones

The sword known as Durandal, sometimes called the "Excalibur of France," has disappeared. According to legend, the blade was a gift from an angel to Roland, the great knight who… Read the rest of the article: Mythical French sword mysteriously disappears from stone