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Brooklyn DIY Venue Silent Barn Suffers Horrible Fire, Opens Call for Donations
If you can spare even just a small donation to the beloved space, we really encourage you to do so.
Alexander Iadarola
9.28.15
Objectively Correct Lists

26 Musicians Too Rock to Show Up for Their Own Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
What's more anti-establishment than not showing up for your own party?
9.28.15
New York

Obama Hits Putin Hard at the UN, But Says He's Willing to Work With Russia and Iran on Syria
President Obama took aim at Moscow in his address at the UN's General Assembly general debate on Monday, just hours before a planned bilateral meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Samuel Oakford
9.28.15
Oregon

The Oregon Machine Needs Retooling
After a shocking loss to Utah, the once-innovative Oregon football program is looking stale and vulnerable.
Kevin Trahan
9.28.15
Holy Shit

Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and Shabazz Palaces Just Dropped a Single with George Clinton
MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF STARS!
Craig Jenkins
9.28.15
CHEFS

This All-Female Dinner Series Is Fighting Sexism in the Kitchen
The Bad Bitches—a monthly pop-up group out of Charleston, South Carolina—is entirely operated by women, whose dinners aim to fight sexism in the hospitality industry and foster creativity in the kitchen.
Catherine Lamb
9.28.15
Interviews

Life on Mars: The Surviving Members of the Earliest No Wave Band Talk Muggings, Warhol, and 1977
Mark Cunningham and Connie Burg look back the pivotal 'No New York' era of experimental rock.
Jordan N. Mamone
9.28.15
americas

NASA Declares 'Mystery Solved' as Evidence of Flowing Water Is Found on Mars
NASA said "there is liquid water today on the surface of Mars," yet a lead author of the paper on the discovery said that the agency made the announcement "a little bit over-the-top."
Reuters and VICE News
9.28.15
middle east

In Photos: Islamic State Propaganda Shows Muslim Eid al-Adha Celebrations
Over the last week, dozens of local IS affiliates from Syria to Libya have flooded social media with images meant to portray life under IS control as blissful and calm.
VICE News
9.28.15
Internet Videos Of Particular Importance

Is Hozier's Hit Single "Take Me To Church" a Feist Rip-Off?
"'Take Me To Church?' Maybe Feist should take him to court." - Chilly Gonzales
Jabbari Weekes
9.28.15
News

Photos of the Crowd Waiting to Greet Pope Francis in New York
On Friday morning, thousands waited to see the world's top Catholic ride through lower Manhattan in his Fiat.
Jackson Krule
9.28.15
Technology

The Revolution Will Be Meticulously Tracked: Welcome to the Statcast Era
The possibilities for Statcast are more constrained by the human imagination than any technological barrier.
Aaron Gordon
9.28.15
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