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Design

The 1970s Graphics Program That Spurred Space Exploration, Computer Picassos and Pixar

SuperPaint is the grandfather of all digital paint programs.
Bogar Alonso
5.28.13
Motherboard Blog

Why You Should Never Wish Anyone a 'Happy Memorial Day'

A marine explains the difference between Veterans and Memorial day to the internet's biggest anonymous email list.
Brian Merchant
5.28.13
htc downtown sound

We Ate BBQ and Talked About Rich People with The Mandates

The Mandates are one of Calgary's best bands. That shouldn't sound like a minor compliment just because Calgary is a small-ish city, because Calgary has a ton of cool shit going on.
VICE Canada
5.28.13
Thump

Red Bull Music Academy Mix Series Vol. 6: B. Bravo

Mixes from the best RBMA artists past and present.
THUMP Staff
5.28.13
Features

The Deadly World of Mexican Narco-Ballads

Narcocorridos are nothing new—songs about tequila and opium smugglers have been sung since the 1930s. Since the onset of Mexico’s current drug war, the music has mirrored the heightened level of violence as the murder count spirals to more than 60,000 dea
Kai Flanders
5.28.13
News

Hey Montreal, Your City Has an Escaped Murderer In It

Have you seen this recently escaped murderer? His name is Jean-Pierre Duclous, and in 1991, he beat a woman, shot her through the heart, wrapped her body up in a sheet, and tied it in a knot. He also just escaped from police custody.
Joel Balsam
5.28.13
New music

Watch Peace's Morbid New Video, "Kissed Dust"

If music videos are the eyes of a band in that we get to peer into their souls, in the soul of Peace is dead bodies.
Mish Way
5.28.13
Motherboard Blog

Ecuador's Only Satellite Was Pummeled By Space Debris

The poor bastard didn't even last a month.
Zach Sokol
5.28.13
Features

The Most Popular Music on the Island of St. Lucia is...Country?

Turns out, home on the range is a beach-front property.
Dominic Maxwell-Lewis
5.28.13
Motherboard Blog

The NSA Reportedly Tested Its Top Spyware on New Zealand

Before losing out to an inferior (and more expensive) program, 'ThinThread' was tested on citizens of friendly nations.
Derek Mead
5.28.13
Art

Projection Mapping Piece "Chiaroscuro" Literally Jumps Off The Wall

Line drawing, LEDs and projection mapping combine in this stunning new work by Sougwen Chung.
Julia Kaganskiy
5.28.13
Film

Come See 'Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean' Tonight

Last week we told you about a new partnership between VICE and Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation, a company dedicated to preserving classic movies and putting them in the faces of whippersnappers like you who would never see them otherwise. Tonight's...
David Sterritt
5.28.13
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