Science That next cocktail could burn you – literally Séamus Bellamy

Comic Books Revisiting the strange world of Dick Tracy Gareth Branwyn

Games Metal Gear Solid movie on the way Rob Beschizza

art Artist paints Lovecraft's Great Old Ones into all 46 of Hokusai's woodblock prints Ellsworth Toohey

art Banksy conclusively identified by Reuters as Robin Gunningham Rob Beschizza

vintage This vintage Scotch Tape ad reveals questionable 1940s beauty hacks Popkin

music "All the Young Dudes" the greatest glam song of all time Rob Beschizza

Funny Watch a man bike, paint, and play Stylophone at once Popkin

"Space Oddity" and "Ziggy Stardust" sound beautiful in Portuguese Ellsworth Toohey

music From Blondie's Bowery loft to the esoteric frontier: Gary Lachman's remarkable journey Mark Frauenfelder

music Happy birthday, David Bowie Rob Beschizza

David Byrne If you hate Christmas music, David Byrne has the perfect playlist for you! Jennifer Sandlin

Internet Cory Doctorow explains how to use the Internet, in 1995 Rob Beschizza

Just how alien is the CEO abducted by conspiracists in Bugonia's trailer? Rob Beschizza

1980s This "groovy aunt of dream-pop" plays all of your favorite songs on her Omnichord Jennifer Sandlin

Disney Mickey Mouse is a mutant — "always a reflection of the culture around him" Mark Frauenfelder

new york city Inside Andy Warhol's Factory: A teenager's intimate memoir from 1977 Mark Frauenfelder

music Death Grips "Exmilitary," with Jane's Addiction, Bowie, and Manson samples, sees official (maybe?) vinyl reissue Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

politics CEO of toy giant Mattel says company will raise prices to deal with tariffs Rob Beschizza

art Salvage dealer bought $12 drawing that is likely a Renoir worth, um, quite a bit more (video) Allan Rose Hill