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Almost a Lightsaber, Nearly a Tricorder: 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek' Are Sort of Reality
Seriously though; it's about time, science.
Ben Richmond
5.29.13
Interviews

Bibio Talks 'Silver Wilkinson,' Directing Music Videos, and His Attraction to Murky Things
Stephen Wilkinson upends the idea that an experimental approach needs to result in something experimental sounding.
DJ Pangburn
5.29.13
The Creators Project

Takashi Murakami on Nuclear Monsters and Buddhist Damnation
Takashi Murakami's art has always sat at the crossroads of Japanese tradition and contemporary culture. Often working in sculpture and painting, he recently ventured into the world of cinema with 'Jellyfish Eyes,' a monster movie set in a post...
The Creators Project
5.29.13
Art

Get Lost In An Immersive Symphony Celebrating The Science Of Speed
A trippy 360-degree A/V performance that aims to disorient and and destabilize the audience debuts at Mutek.
Benoit Palop
5.29.13
Words

Huntleys & Palmers Summer 2013 Mix
Huntleys & Palmers give us a mix to get us ready for all of their upcoming summer fun.
THUMP Staff
5.29.13
style

Jonny Pierce on Pink Suits and What the Hell is Happening with The Drums
Jonny Pierce has a new solo project. It's called Queen Nail and the music is like kinda like The Drums, but synthy and strange. He also used to practice ballet. Who knew?
Georgie Okell
5.29.13
Motherboard Blog

Americans Don't Know What the Frack 'Fracking' Is
67 percent of Americans still haven't heard about fracking, despite the racket these guys are making.
Brian Merchant
5.29.13
Motherboard Blog

Spotify Needs to Nail Music Discovery
Someone has to be the one-stop-shop that does everything with music online, and does them well.
Meghan Neal
5.29.13
News

Rapping for Peace in Somalia
I tagged along on the last leg of the Somali Sunrise Tour for Peace, a concert series that has taken Waayaha Cusub around the US and Kenya to perform for Somali refugees. They are Somalia's most popular band and they aim to help heal the wounds opened...
Janne Louise Andersen
5.29.13
News

The Man Who Allegedly Murdered the President of Bangladesh Is Safe in Canada
Noor Chowdhury is the most hated man in Toronto's Bangladeshi community. Since 1996, Canada has been keeping Chowdhury, accused of firing the bullet that killed Bangladesh's first President, alive and well. For 17 years been living peacefully in his...
Tamara Khandaker
5.29.13
Music

Midnight Juggernauts' "Memorium" Traces The Evolution Of CGI [Music Video Premiere]
Band member Vincent Vendetta directs a video that explores the history of computer-generated imagery.
Kevin Holmes
5.29.13
New music

Watch Doe Paoro's Video, "New Lows"
Burning down the house.
Nick Rattigan
5.29.13
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