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A Night of Weekend at Bernie's

It costs $260 to buy the rights to publicly screen Weekend At Bernie's. I know this because Thursday night the Whitney Museum held a screening of said classic, hosted by artist Cory Arcangel.
Hanson O'Haver
7.3.11
Motherboard

The Best Japanese Anti-Nuclear Dance Hall Reggae Tune

The genre of Japanese anti-nuclear music began in the 1980s after the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Problem was, some of the largest record labels were owned by companies, like many companies in Japan, that are connected to the nuclear industry. But...
ALEX PASTERNACK
7.2.11
News

Cables From Kabul - The Fun We Jihad

Conor Creighton, Henry Langston
7.2.11
The Photo Issue 2011

Mark When You Feel Like Talking Let Me Know

Peter Sutherland
7.2.11
The Photo Issue 2011

In and Out of Bangu

In 2006, 34-year-old Maria “Show” Christina da Silva was sentenced to six years at the Talavera Bruce Women’s Prison in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She only served half of her sentence because Rio’s jails were so overcrowded that...
Jennifer Osborne
7.2.11
HAMILTON'S PHARMACOPEIA

Getting High on Krystle - Trailer

At the dawn of the millennium all of the inhabitants of the worlds largest LSD laboratory were arrested, except one...Krystle Cole.
VICE Staff
7.1.11
Motherboard Blog

The Metamaterials of the Future Might Allow Us To "Edit" Reality

Reality is getting even less trustworthy. Imagine if you could "cloak" an event, make it disappear in time. It's one thing to make an object (a space) invisible, a concept now a reality courtesy of "metamaterials," but another to make an event...
Michael Byrne
7.1.11
diplo

Creators Remix Roundup Week 33

Laurent Garnier, Tinchy Stryder, and DJ Wordy… plus a new online radio station where Diplo makes live appearances.
Kathleen Flood
7.1.11
Art

An Electrified Weeping Willow

Charlie Gedeken’s electric weeping willow will be unveiled at the Burning Man festival this summer.
Morgan Poyau
7.1.11
Motherboard Blog

A Machine for Meditation Lets You DJ With Your Breath

The Sonic Cradle, in development by artists and technologists Jay Vidyarthi and Darwin Frost, suspends a human body in absolute darkness and allows the user to mix a soundscape using only their breathing. It's not just a neat interactive installation...
Videodrome
7.1.11
Gaming

Guest Column: Gamers And The Glitches That Get To Them

There’s a particular scratch for each gamer’s itches.
Leigh Alexander
7.1.11
Motherboard Blog

After Supreme Court Victory, The Freedom To Game Vs The Freedom To Game Well

In the moments after the announcement of Monday's landmark Supreme Court decision, which at long last established videogames as a protected form of creative expression under the United States Constitution, the general response I kept hearing went...
Janus Rose
7.1.11
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