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Tech

Instagram Art Is a Joke, and It's on You

A growing number of artists have turned to Instagram to make work aiming to unsettle our comfortable relationship with technology.
Niamh McIntyre
Naimh McIntyre
1.27.15
Stuff

William T. Vollmann Channels His Female Alter-Ego Dolores in His First Art Exhibit

Vollmann has joined the mujahideen in Afghanistan, smoked crack with prostitutes, and even became an FBI Unabomber suspect. Now, he's taken on a different type of exploration through his female alter-ego at the Steven Wolf Fine Art gallery.
Heather Corcoran
1.27.15
Objectively Correct Lists

Musical Horoscopes, Volume I

A new moon links with Uranus on the 2nd and a good rule of assholery is that to get away with acting like Kanye you need to be as talented as Kanye (Big Sean, take note).
Julie Mitchell
1.27.15
Interviews

Destroy Everything in Your Path with a New Song from Chicago Crushers Harm's Way

Listen to "Law of the Land" from 'Rust'.
Jamie Ludwig
1.27.15
Searching for Music at the AVNs

I Met the Lonely Island of Trap Music at the AVNs

Their name is Hardnox, and their music sounds like what you hear right before you die.
Drew Millard
1.27.15
Environment

Climate Change Is Bringing More Extreme Precipitation Events to the Northeast

Forecasters scaled back their estimates early Tuesday for snowfall in New York City, but a White House climate report says extreme precipitation is up 71 percent since 1958.
Matt Smith
1.27.15
News

We Interviewed Australia's Warriors of Aboriginal Resistance

"Unlike other groups we're not here to dance with other existing enslaving power structures. We are young and ready to fight for everything our ancestors had taken from them."
Courtney DeWitt
1.27.15
Stuff

Where Exactly Is the Rule That Says Governments Can't Negotiate with Terrorists?

Though there's a general stigma against governments paying out ransoms to groups like the Islamic State, it's more of a fuzzy line than a hard and fast rule.
Mike Pearl
1.27.15
VICE vs Video games

Tim Schafer Discusses the Classic Video Games ‘Grim Fandango’ and ‘Monkey Island’

We spoke to the former LucasArts designer and founder of Double Fine about HD remakes and the legacy of an adventure classic.
Mike Diver
1.27.15
Premieres

The Bones of J.R. Jones Ventures Into the Wilderness for Redemption In His Video for "Ticket Home"

NYC-based one man band heads to the woods, gets a bit Blair Witch-y.
Kim Taylor Bennett
1.27.15
israel

Rockets from Syria Hit Golan Heights as Israel's 'Quiet Border' Grows Restless

The incident is not the first time mortar shells from Syria's civil war have reached the Golan Heights, which was occupied by Israel in 1967 and later annexed from Syria.
Alice Speri
1.27.15
Words

Irish Teen Drops Fifty Pounds, Shows Haters a Slim Middle Finger After Embarrassing Club Photo Goes Viral

Ziad Ramley
1.27.15
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