Strange
The Beijing Man Who Built a Fake Mountaintop on His Penthouse Now Has to Destroy It
A Beijing professor's cyberpunk dream is dying.
Why Is Everyone at the Tribeca Film Festival Wearing a Funny Hat?
The most prevalent trend I've uncovered at Tribeca is hats. I'm not sure why filmic folks love to cover their domes with statement-making headpieces, but maybe it says something about their sexuality—like bandanas at a leather club. Could wearing a...
What's the Strangest Thing You've Seen Someone Do in Public?
"This guy had a Chinese takeaway on the tube, dropped it on the floor and got down on his knees and ate it from the floor."
Living the American Dream in the West Bank
Prospective settlers of Hashmonaim receive a handy FAQ sheet: “Is this area over the ‘Green Line?’ ” reads one question. “Geographically and tax-wise, yes,” the sheet explains. But because it’s guarded by armed men and the Israeli government sanctions...
Beloved Monster
On a sweltering day in August 1971, Jerusalem police found a partly decomposed-and weirdly hairless-corpse in a two-story suburban house near the YMCA.
Strange Froots
Brian Pyle and Merrick McKilay's creeping wheezes and flushes of dense, blissed-out drone and scrape have been crafted over the past seven years in bedrooms and bunkers around Humboldt, California. Their work has resulted in a slew of never-released...