rap The early gospel quartet that influenced rap Rusty Blazenhoff

outstanding covers St. Vincent and The Roots cover the Portishead trip hop classic, Glory Box Gareth Branwyn

law Low Rider Culture and "No Cruise Zones" in California. Elías Villoro

twitter A Twitter worker didn't know if he still worked there. He finally got an answer from Elon Musk on Twitter: "🤣🤣" Rob Beschizza

Comics Illustrator Dean Haspiel is Kickstarting a new dystopian sci-fi satire comic called COVID Cop Thom Dunn

music Black Thought dives into Hip Hop history with a new spoken word poem Devin Nealy

Culture Mapologies is a website full of interesting cultural and linguistic maps Jennifer Sandlin

wonderful creatures The weird, wet, wild story of the frog with the house Grant St. Clair

climate change This bean-less coffee sounds surprisingly good Thom Dunn

movies New details on the Hellboy reboot have emerged Devin Nealy

tabloids Russian sleeper cells and White House brawls in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

video games Sonic Frontiers director confirms more upcoming 2D games Grant St. Clair

books In LA this weekend? Come to the California International Antiquarian Book Fair Mark Frauenfelder

forked tongues Side-by-side videos of Sen. Mike Lee show him loving and hating Medicare and Social Security Mark Frauenfelder

movies Let's be brief: James Gunn's poll on Superman's red underwear comes to a close Devin Nealy

Games Far Cry 7 reportedly in the works Grant St. Clair

russian thistle Wanna grow your own tumbleweed? Now you can! Jennifer Sandlin

History The long arc of counter-revolution to fascism, according to historian Gerald Horne Elías Villoro

Off Tha Map Los Angeles Hip Hop tours and "Temple Tactics" interview show from Conkrete Mike P. Elías Villoro

books "The Caliph and the Imam" looks to be a fascinating historical read about the Sunni-Shii split in Islam Elías Villoro