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An Open Letter to Paramore's Hayley Williams: You Are My Taylor Swift

Please don’t stop making fabulous pop songs. You are to me what T-Swift is to 98 percent of the world.
Mish Way
5.21.13
Stuff

Oxford Has Put Heavy Metal, Mesopotamians, and Noh Theater Together at Last

In a play entitled 'Ashurbanipal: The Last Great King of Assyria,' concerning the life of a seventh-century B.C. king, written by an Assyriologist DPhil candidate, blocked in the style of Japanese Noh theater, and scored by a quantum physicist with an...
Mark Hay
5.21.13
Motherboard Blog

The Third Most 'Gamous' Person: A Chat With Tim Schafer, Part II

In which we make Vines.
Colin Snyder
5.21.13
Motherboard Blog

Your Brain Is Not a Video Camera

The music you put into your brain matters because it influences how you perceive reality.
Lawrence De Geest
5.21.13
Photos

The Bassist from Cold War Kids Is Getting Topless In Museums Across America

We recently noticed that Matt Maust's Instagram feed has been filled with semi-nude photographs of him in museums all over the world. His band, the Cold War Kids, is currently on tour, and with any luck you could show up at a local museum for a few free t
Benjamin Shapiro
5.21.13
News

Hanging Out with Human Rights Heroes at the Oslo Freedom Forum

It's a bit like Comic-Con, only all the heroes are real.
John Lubbock
5.21.13
Motherboard Blog

US Groundwater Levels Are Falling Faster Than Any Time in the Past Century

Agriculture is a major culprit, as is the energy industry.
Mat McDermott
5.21.13
Features

Behind The Scenes with Big Boi on the "Shoes For Running" Tour

We love Big Boi, and we love his recent record, 'Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors.' We especially love how much he slays live, so when he sent us the behind the scenes for his current "Shoes For Running" tour with Killer Mike, we were on it like white on b
Noisey Staff
5.21.13
Tao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei

Taipei Signs

Tao Lin
5.21.13
Features

Kanye "Rocks" Saterday Nite Live with Two New Track's

In case youve been living under a rock, Kanye West he performed two new goth song's called "New Slave (Im On My Period Mix)" and "Im Pretend Angry About Corprete Culture" on the skech comedy show Saterday Nite Live on Saturday nite (ummm, obviesly it was
@Seinfeld2000
5.21.13
Question Of The Day

Which Politician Would You Most Like to Do Drugs with?

"Prescott, probably. He’s just a bit of a boy, isn't he?"
Jack Barry
5.21.13
Noisey

Guitar Moves - Blake Mills

Known in some circles as the best guitarist on the planet, Malibu native Blake Mills was already making waves at the tender age of 19. Since then, he's collaborated with some of the biggest names in indie rock, including Julian Casablancas, Jenny Lewis...
Matt Sweeney
5.21.13
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