copyright A pair of musicians recorded every possible MIDI melody just to get around copyright law Thom Dunn

music A highly scientific fictional approach to ranking musical artists using math Thom Dunn

math and music Dig the crazy beat of "Siri ! What is 1 Trillion to the 10th Power" Mark Frauenfelder

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn

music Eminem to Ramaswamy: stop using or attempting to perform my music Rob Beschizza

movies Timothee Chalamet as Wonka in first trailer Rob Beschizza

AI The White Stripes and Wartella create trippy AI-animated music video for 'Black Math' Rusty Blazenhoff

humor Excessive audience participation during "I Will Always Love You" got a musical version of the Bodyguard shut down in Manchester Devin Nealy

tabloid Putin wears lifts and Prince Harry hits the bottle in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

hip hop Bay Area hip-hop archive opens in Oakland library Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets Nurture your child's inner DJ while enhancing STEM skills Boing Boing's Shop

music It's been forty years since Depeche Mode's "transitional" Construction Time Again Elías Villoro

movies Turns out John Williams isn't retiring after all Devin Nealy

books "Where Are the Elephants?" is Leon Rosselson's memoir Elías Villoro

music Pass the Sault Elías Villoro

music Percussion cover of Meshuggah song performed on computer mouse Devin Nealy

movies We were this close to a Grand Theft Auto movie starring Eminem Devin Nealy

podcasts "Mystic Mother" is a new podcast about the Phoenix Goddess Temple Jennifer Sandlin

music Johnny Mathis sings Kol Nidre, the beautiful and haunting Jewish declaration for Yom Kippur David Pescovitz

star trek Harlan Ellison auction includes the world's most (in)famous "Star Trek" photo Mark Frauenfelder