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Chunklet to Go Go

How to Sell Records Like The Smiths

It's the holiday season, which means the record industry--or, more appropriately, what's left of it--is scrambling to sell music which is widely available for free all over the 'net.
Michael T. Fournier
12.14.11
Motherboard Blog

Three Months In, Occupy Wall Street is Already Shaping Politics

The United States began organizing a local suppression in South Vietnam during the late fifties. It took years before the American antiwar movement caught up with its government’s actions, and there was little domestic opposition after the war kicked...
Michael Arria
12.14.11
Design

The Year In Lists: Most Futuristic Fashions 2011

What did you enjoy this year? Here are our top picks.
The Creators Project Staff
12.14.11
Art

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Philip Beesley

Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Kevin Holmes
12.14.11
Photo

Estelle Hanania Has a New Photo Book

And it features wholesome scenes from Giséle Vienne's play on ice.
VICE Staff
12.14.11
Motherboard Blog

Seeing the Strangest Light at the Bottom of the Earth

One-hundred years ago today, a five-man team of Norwegian explorers ""trudged through fog, bitter cold and lacerating wind"":http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/science/amazing-race-to-the-bottom-of-the-world.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss to mark the...
Brian Anderson
12.14.11
The Mercy Rule

David Stern Blocks Trades Like a Boss

Periodically, someone pops off with an NBA-related slavery metaphor, and everyone gets pissy. A more effective metaphor is that NBA players, like you and me, work for shitty bosses.
David Roth
12.14.11
Photo

Zun Zun Egui Went to Vietnam

They are a great band and they took some photos for us.
VICE Staff
12.14.11
Music

Boyle's Brains - Billy Zane’s Inner Monologue Upon Hearing Five Songs

The bass in "Zero" really comes out when you're waiting for James Spader in a marijuana-scented basement.
Megan Boyle
12.14.11
Travel

The Final Voyage: RIP Bendy Bus

What you lacked in fare-enforcing ability you made up for in dead cyclists.
Joshua Haddow
12.14.11
Motherboard Blog

MBTV: Sumo Robots

Disney movies notwithstanding, the most common tale in sports isn't a happy one: The wealthy, winning teams get all the glory while the underdogs languish in obscurity. The story holds true in robotics competitions as well. When it comes to tech...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
12.14.11
Stuff

Hot Dog and The Lady Bun - All Aboard the Dating Train

Fancy a lady who's wearing pants? Point to her crotch and ask, "Is there an express train to that stop?"
Kurt Braunohler and Albertina Rizzo
12.14.11
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