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Take A Trip To Fiery 8-bit Hell In Lorn's New Video For "Weigh Me Down"
The Ninja Tune artist’s music is the perfect backdrop for evil minotaurs and and swinging meathooks.
Abdullah Saeed
9.14.12
The Recent Unpleasantness

Strike Gripes
We went to the front lines of the Chicago teachers strike and got the inside scoop on what's really going on. Turns out a lot of people are hungry for pizza and upset they're missing 'The Young and the Restless.'
Sam McPheeters
9.14.12
Music

We Went to a Wiccan Folk Rock Show in Michigan
The problem with most occult ceremonies is that they're not exactly heavy on the pop hooks. Yes, you might leave having summoned a demon or sent a love spell shooting straight to the heart of your current crush, but how often do you leave with a song...
Miles Raymer
9.14.12
Comics!

Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #71
Dear Comic Book Likers, this week I interviewed the greatest comic book designer alive today, Chip Kidd. We talked about his new Batman book, 'Death by Design.' I give it a solid B.
Nick Gazin
9.14.12
Motherboard Blog

The Sound of Traffic Alone Can Kill You
Noise pollution can kill you or at least contribute to killing you over a long period of time. New studies are showing that noise pollution—mostly, the buzz of highways and road traffic—can prevent sleep and inflict some pretty serious damage on the...
Brian Merchant
9.14.12
Motherboard Blog

How Twitter's Epic Fight to Protect One Guy's Data Crashed Into Money
Twitter really gave it the old college try with the Malcolm Harris case. The Occupy protester was arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge last fall, along with about 700 other kids trying to stand up to the banks. Like those hundred or so other protesters...
Adam Estes
9.14.12
Sports

Sonics Fans Are Politely Pumped for Their New Arena
The crowd included Mayor Mike McGinn, gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee, and a guy who told me a long story about his friend Binky who he used to sell drugs to.
Jason Toon
9.14.12
Photos of Girls at Shows

Nick Gazin's Photos Of Girls At Shows - Volume 15
Sometimes, I take photos of girls at shows. Some of the photos end up here, in this column.
Nick Gazin
9.14.12
Motherboard Blog

If Pop Stars Wrote Scientifically Accurate Songs, They Would Sound Like This
Pretty much the last thing any pop songwriter might give two craps about is ensuring that the lyrics of their tween-pleasing ditties square with the best and most recent science. Not Katie Melua, who I guess is the "Norah Jones of the UK."
Because...
Brian Merchant
9.14.12
Music

Machinedrum Painstakingly Recreates A Rare Classic From Boards Of Canada
This is far more than a remix. It’s archaeology.
Abdullah Saeed
9.14.12
News

Islamic Rage at 'The Innocence of Muslims' Reached London Today
Anjem Choudary and his mates burnt flags outside the US Embassy.
Henry Langston
9.14.12
Photo

Lester Carey is a Better Artist Than You
Lester Carey paints and hand letters signs for grocery stores, mechanics, and funeral homes in New Orleans and he's got more style than you, we assume.
Christian Storm
9.14.12
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