cover songs Listen to this metal-themed cover of Blue Monday Mark Frauenfelder

eighties New Order's 'Blue Monday' but played on 1930s instruments Rusty Blazenhoff

music LSD, New Order, and 40 years of "Power, Corruption, and Lies." Elías Villoro

post-punk Peter Hook (New Order), his son, and other musicians doing a beautiful rendition of "Ceremony" Gareth Branwyn

pop music How New Order's "Blue Monday" came to be Gareth Branwyn

music Blue Monday performed with obsolete instruments Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Stop relying on Google Translate — Rosseta Stone can help you learn for real Boing Boing's Shop

robots Robots can kung fu, but can they summit Everest? Gail Sherman

politics Trump Arch in D.C. to be tremendously large and golden Rob Beschizza

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

retail-archaeology Retail archaeology finds the bones of Circuit City everywhere Jason Weisberger

film Kim Jong-il had a South Korean actress kidnapped to make him movies Ellsworth Toohey

News The FCC wants to make burner phones illegal Ellsworth Toohey

crime Man jailed after throwing ninja star at woman Rob Beschizza

nazis i hate these guys Noted Nazi cosplayer Gregory Bovino thinks he should be president Jason Weisberger

fraud Sam Bankman-Fried has found one more scam: clemency Jason Weisberger

solar power Utah City spends $400,000 on stainless-steel slides in the desert Jason Weisberger

Science RFK, Jr. says "depriving" children of whole milk constitutes "a form of child abuse" Jennifer Sandlin

mexico The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails Séamus Bellamy