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Watch "Ka-Prow!" the New Video by Speedy Ortiz

God, we love Speedy Ortiz. We flipped pretty hard of last year's EP Sports, but at the end of the day it was all about sports, and we suck at sports. "Ka-Prow" isn't about sports, and that's one of the reasons we're digging it so hard.
4.18.13
FIGHTLAND

Fightland Meets - Daniel Cormier

Fightland travels to the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, to meet the two-time Olympian as he prepares for his long-awaited UFC debut this weekend.
Fightland Staff
4.18.13
Film

Irrelevant Interviews: 'Adult World' Director Scott Coffey

Scott Coffey’s latest film, 'Adult World,' is opening at the TriBeCa Film Festival today. It stars Emma Roberts as a recent college graduate who wants to be a poet and John Cusack as a grouchy bard named Rat Billings who influenced a generation. She...
Kat Gardiner
4.18.13
Motherboard Blog

This Psychedelic Puppet Show Might Just Save Us from the Clutches of Big Data

Let Quintron and Miss Pussycat, the weirdest band in the world, tell you a story about social media. With puppets.
Mclean Gordon
4.18.13
New music

Exclusive Premiere: The Lonely Island's "YOLO" Single, ft. a Remix by Sam F

The Lonely Island are releasing the "YOLO" single for Record Store Day, a 3,000-copy run of yellow vinyl seven-inches. Here's the exclusive stream, plus the exclusive world premiere of Sam F.'s remix.
Benjamin Shapiro
4.18.13
Motherboard Blog

The Misreporting of Breaking News Is Driving Me Crazy

This isn't the first time something like this has happened.
Adam Clark Estes
4.18.13
Deep Ass Questions

Are Hipsters Going to Start Liking Pop-Country Soon?

If "Mainstream" is the new "Obscure" and low-brow music is the only uncharted territory for the adventurous listener, then, uh, maybe.
Colin Small
4.18.13
Motherboard Blog

The Man Who Lost Everything with Bitcoin

He was up $500,000 one minute, $50,000 in debt the next. It might be the first documented account of bitcoin-induced bankruptcy.
Brian Merchant
4.18.13
Motherboard Blog

The Rocky Mountain Wolf Population Declined After Losing Endangered Species Protection

801 wolves were killed last year.
Derek Mead
4.18.13
News

Dancing Idiots, Rubber Bullets, and Candy Floss at This Year's Passover in Hebron

The city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank is a pretty bizarre place at the best of times. But the recent Passover festival held by Jewish settlers living on the Palestinian land was easily among the most surreal things I've seen in a region that...
Andy Tenido
4.18.13
Motherboard Blog

The True Hollywood Story of How I Took the Greatest Photograph of Ron Jeremy

SAD RON.
Max Bunzel
4.18.13
Film

Breathe New Life Into Classic Techniques With The Animators Survival Kit iPad App

On the heels of his 80th birthday master animator Richard Williams breaks down his craft with updated interactive tools.
Erica Gorochow
4.18.13
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