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Motherboard Blog

Chemists Grew Microscopic Crystal Flowers on a Razor Blade
'Crystal Violets' isn't just a stripper name anymore.
Ben Richmond
5.16.13
Motherboard Blog

Random Access Criticism: The Internet Pundits Are Ruining Daft Punk, Music
Hours after a highly-anticipated album gets leaked online, what can possibly be said about it?
DJ Pangburn
5.16.13
Sports

Pigeon Racing Is a Dying Sport in Canada
We hung out with one of Toronto's finest pigeon racers to find out why anyone would want to pigeon race. If the sport's death rattle is anything to go by, it seems like a lot of other people have the same question.
Dan Berlin
5.16.13
Stuff

VICE's West Coast Writers Are Hosting a Comedy Show Featuring Neil Hamburger
You can see some of your favorite Los Angeles-based VICE writers this Wednesday, May 22, and every Wednesday after that at Los Globos nightclub in Silver Lake. Neil Hamburger and Kyle Kinane headline. Yes, you deserve something this cool.
VICE Staff
5.16.13
Stuff

Death to the LCBO
With the LCBO preparing to strike and most of Canada suffering the same kinda bullshit that Ontario has to deal with—what with all the booze being sold in government regulated locations—it's about time we drop this system and make champagne easier to...
Michael Mckenna
5.16.13
mix

r/futurebeats Mix Series Vol. 4
In this mix series, DJ Spills traverses the archives of r/futurebeats and brings us the best tracks going up right now.
Spills
5.16.13
Motherboard Blog

Kai, the Internet's Favorite Hatchet-Wielding Hobo, Is Wanted for Murder
But he says he was drugged and raped. What the fuck?
Brian Anderson
5.16.13
Interviews

The Courtneys Belong in the Arms of Harrison Ford
I sat down to chat with Jen, Sydney, and Courtney for some girl talk...or whatever you want to call it.
Mish Way
5.16.13
Features

Boards of Canada and Music's Weirdest, Smartest Scavenger Hunt
A look inside the Record Store Day campaign that stumped the Internet.
Robert Ham
5.16.13
Motherboard Blog

Building a Great Great Great Great Great Grandson Clock in the Texas Desert, for 10,000 Years in the Future
A long-term project to promote long-term thinking.
Camille Standen
5.16.13
Scrapbook

Scrapbook: Big Deal Flip Through Their Old Photo Albums
This London-based duo's music makes you feel young and happy and free. They also look cool, which it seems was a total accident. Here's how it happened.
Kim Taylor Bennett
5.16.13
Gear

From Analog to Digital: A (Very, Very Simplified) History of Audio
For better or worse, the democratization of recording equipment has put home recording, production, and distribution within the reach of anyone with a computer. But how did we get here?
Hamburger Banks
5.16.13
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