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Would You Have Been Ian Curtis's Pal?

Because he really could have used a friend to talk to.
Elise Connor, Kareem Ghezawi
5.22.12
Motherboard Blog

Bombers in Hollywood: The Price of Military Tech Assistance in Movies

If the most powerful armed force in history isn’t winning in reality, it certainly is on the big screen. And like so many problematic aspects of late capitalism, the military-Hollywood complex has a grimly understandable logic. For example, consider...
Abraham Riesman
5.22.12
Art

Have That Gallery You've Always Wanted With The Online Gallery Playset

The paper doll is alive and well and it’s saving the digital arts market.
Abdullah Saeed
5.22.12
Music

We Interviewed Teri Gender Bender From Le Butcherettes

Teri Gender Bender talks about hydration, blood, and feminism.
Stephanie Dubick
5.22.12
Music

Artist-Owned Alcohol: An Investigative Report

Or "that time I got black-out wasted for the sake of music journalism."
Joey Paradise
5.22.12
Music

New Teengirl Fantasy - "Motif"

After romancing us with their first album, Teengirl Fantasy returns with 12" release, "Motif."
Joanna Fuertes Knight
5.22.12
Music

Has Spector Saved Indie Music

We corner some Spector fans after their Camden gig to ask: is Indie still dead or was it just sleeping?
Clive Martin and Oscar Rickett
5.22.12
Sports

A Complete Dipshit's Guide to the Roger Clemens Trial

"Why are they throwing the book at The Big Man? Isn’t he dead? Can’t Obama let him rest in peace?" These and all of your other stupid questions answered by our crack sports department.
Lou Doggs
Sports Staff
5.22.12
News

Are the People of Stoke Newington Still Liberal When Gyspies Come to Town?

We went to find out.
Simon Childs, Kareem Ghezawi
5.22.12
Motherboard

What Occupy's Tents Meant

The two strongest visual images of Occupy this fall were a cardboard 99 percent sign and a bedraggled tent.
Monica Westin
5.22.12
Motherboard Blog

SpaceX Has Ushered in the Private Space Era

At around 10 minutes into the launch, when the Falcon 9 rocket lifts the Dragon space capsule into orbit, you begin to sense the excitement, spreading across the launch control room in Florida to a more spartan, futuristic-looking mission control room...
ALEX PASTERNACK
5.22.12
Motherboard Blog

P.W. Singer's Robots of War

A senior executive at a top U.S. robotics firm once told P.W. Singer, America's foremost expert on modern warfare technology, that before September 11, 2001, "we couldn't get anyone to return our calls." After the attacks? "We were told, 'Make them as...
Brian Anderson
5.22.12
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