music Listen to Sub-Radio's parody of Prince's "Kiss": "I just want to say shut up to your kids" Jennifer Sandlin

music Australian First Nations hard rock school band wants to play with their idols, KISS Jennifer Sandlin

1980s The real reason Van Halen demanded the removal of brown M&Ms from the backstage snack bar Mark Frauenfelder

internet of things Remotely smooch your loved ones with this creepy IoT Kissing Robot Thom Dunn

stupid 'enjoy your stupid life.' Rusty Blazenhoff

COVID-19 Gene Simmons rants about anti-vaxxers: enemies with an "evil idea" Carla Sinclair

Heavy Metal The singer of a KISS cover band caught on fire in the middle of a show and kept playing Thom Dunn

australia KISS played a concert on a boat for great white sharks, but none of them showed up Thom Dunn

toy Party every day with the KISS inflatable tongue Rusty Blazenhoff

television Celebrate Halloween 1976 style with Paul Lynde and KISS Andrea James

science fiction The man who built the spaceships for 2001, Alien, and Empire has died Séamus Bellamy

art Watch the live Kennedy Center stream of Trump's name coming down (video) Jason Weisberger

politics An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at George W. Bush, kicking off a copycat era Ellsworth Toohey

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

worse things happen at sea Tesla Cybertruck owner, intending to test "wade mode," learns about "sink mode" Jason Weisberger

portland XOXO festival archived online Rob Beschizza

History Prehistoric rock art in Colombia's Serranía de la Lindosa reveals ancient human "Kiss" Popkin

travel Wisconsin's fiberglass mold graveyard lets you climb inside a whale Popkin

over the top Alphabet president Ruth Porat heaps praise on Trump and offers Google's assistance Jason Weisberger

security Apple's iPhones and iPads are the first consumer devices certified for NATO classified data without any modifications. Séamus Bellamy