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No Guts, No Glory: How Bolt Thrower’s Jo Bench Inspired a Generation of Metal Musicians

Members of Noothgrush, Immortal Bird, Mortals, and more pay tribute to the woman behind those world-eating basslines.
Kim Kelly
9.22.16
Gaming

Telltale's Bloody 'Batman' Shows How the Studio's 'Game of Thrones' Should Have Been

The new episode of this interactive Gotham story spills way more blood than expected, setting a precedent for where 'Game of Thrones' goes next.
Mike Diver
9.22.16
US election 2016

Clinton is buying twice the TV ads, but Trump is gaining in polls

Gone are the days when Donald Trump could rely on endless free media — now he's buying TV ads like any other candidate.
Brendan James
9.22.16
FIGHTLAND

'Rough-And-Tumble': The Deeply Southern Tradition of Nose-Biting, Testicle-Ripping, and Eye-Gouging

Life in the rural South two hundred years ago was tough, but snowstorms and blighted crops were nothing compared to the brutality of its version of no-holds-barred fighting.
L.A. Jennings
9.22.16
bacon

'Clean Bacon' Is Panera's New Secret Weapon... But What Is It?

Panera Bread is doing something more innovative than even bacon-flavored envelope glue: it has made a commitment to making its bacon taste just like bacon.
Jelisa Castrodale
9.22.16
The VICE Guide to Right Now

'Idiocracy' Will Be Back in Theaters in Time for the Election

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will bring the movie to 30-plus theaters across the country this October in honor of the film's tenth anniversary and bizarre prescience about the current political climate.
Matthew James-Wilson
9.22.16
charlotte protests

Charlotte Protests Could Force Panthers-Vikings Game to be Moved

Protests in the wake of the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott could force the Panthers game to move.
Mike Vorkunov
9.22.16
Culture Beat
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Burning Man, A Brazilian Homage to Hip Hop and Big Data Roses

We head to the Black Rock, Nevada campsite home of the legendary Burning Man festival and check out the incredible art structures built throughout the grounds.
magic

A Modern Witch's Guide to Celebrating the Fall Equinox

If you don't have time to meditate or cast a spell honoring the Mother Goddess, you can always just throw a big party.
Gabriela Herstik
9.22.16
video

Burning Man, Brazilian Homages to Hip-Hop, and Big Data Roses | Culture Beat Episode 3

We head to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, campsite home of the legendary Burning Man festival.
The Creators Project
9.22.16
Art

Drinking Out of Cups? Eccentric Ceramics Reinvent the Tea Ceremony

Turning tea cups into stalagmites and toadstools is the calling card of artist Takuro Kuwata.
Anna Marks
9.22.16
climate change

The tiny nation of Kiribati will soon be underwater — here's the plan to save its people

Planning for "migration with dignity," the former president purchased 6000 acres of land in Fiji for the I-Kiribati to move to and relocated 75 citizens a year to New Zealand.
Arielle Duhaime-Ross
9.22.16
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