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Wicked Witches Bring an End to Purity in the Menacing Video for "Dead Seas, Black Mud"
Watch the Toronto band crash a Victorian garden party in their new video.
I Had the Leader of ISIS Cursed by a Hong Kong Sorceress, and It Almost Worked
"Villain hitting" is a uniquely Hong Kong combination of political defiance and local superstition. I'm not invested in local politics, so the villain I put a curse on was Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, possibly the most vile man alive. When I woke up the next...
Miss Cleo on Her Allegedly Fake Patois and Getting Ripped Off By the Psychic Readers Network
We met up with the psychic to discuss what she's been up to since she disappeared from our television screens over a decade ago and how her former bosses made out like bandits.
You Can Stop Arguing with Your Partner If You Feed Them
A recent study found that married couples have more resentment towards one another when their blood sugar is low. Whenever you start squabbling with your better half, just throw them a snack.
Narco-Saints Are Melding Catholicism with the Drug War in Latin America
A rapidly adopted narco-culture built on the back of folk Catholicism has transformed from back-alley prayers to narco-saint Jesús Malverde.
Extracurriculars: Le Motel's Voodoo Footwork
Haitian voodoo rituals and twitchy footwork rhyhtms—intriguing, but does it work?
I Sacrificed a Chicken and Drank Vinegar in the Name of Megan Fox
As a feminist, I want to love Megan Fox for calling out Michael Bay's sexism, but as a sane human being I struggle to love a woman who considers Red Lobster her favorite restaurant. But eccentricity is a quality we tolerate in male stars, so I decided...
The Ju-Ju Magic of the Miners of Afosu
I took a trip out to the Eastern Region of Ghana in 2006 and again in 2009 to paint scenes from a small scale illegal gold and diamond mining complex in a town called New Abriem. It’s a place where 19th century mining methods combine with ancient West...
Fright Night
Before Haiti was catapulted into the news following the catastrophic earthquake in January that killed 230,000 people, it was mainly known for two things: Wyclef Jean from the Fugees and Voodoo.
Expensive Shit
People always ask us what our music is about or where it comes from, so we'll just explain it once and for all. Antibalas means bulletproof, or anti-bullets. We are an African funk group made up of Latinos, Africans, Asian Americans and straight-up...