The Revolution Is Still Going on in Egypt—in Tiny Flashes

What I had witnessed was not one of the vast, telegenic protests of the Egyptian revolution. It was one of thousands of smaller acts of rebellion against authority taking place throughout the country every single day. One human rights group recorded 3,817 separate protest actionsin Egypt in 2012, work stoppages, hunger strikes, sit-ins, road blockades, invasions of government offices, even attempted public suicides. Full story

Merchandise Are Like the Smiths, but Punk

Merchandise are three guys from Tampa, Florida, who decided to leave behind any dreams of being cool non-conformists and form an indie pop group. I've been acting like an scary tween obsessive ever since I saw them play in New York. Full story

The Punks in Olympia Haven't Aged a Bit

Ben Trogdon's photographs the music scene in Olympia, Washington, which doesn't seem to have changed that much from the days when Kurt Cobain was strolling around, shooting junk, dyeing his hair with Kool-Aid, and writing 'Bleach.' Full story

The Cute Show

Burrolandia!

A haven for cute and cuddly donkeys. Full story

Fishing Without Nets with Pirates in Somalia

Last year, my producing partner John Hibey and I flew to Kenya from Washington, DC, to shoot a fictional short about why Somalis become pirates. Full story

Grimewatch

Wow. Where do we start? A lot has happened since the last Grimewatch update. So much in fact that we don’t have time to talk about Mercston getting put on a lengthy lockdown following an incident with a 15-year-old girl at the Prince’s Trust music festival. Full story

Let's Go all the Way

Immersionists Who Go so Far in They Can't Get Out

The idea of immersionism has been around since George Orwell lived as a bum for Down and Out in Paris and London. Full story