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Art

Add or Delete a Painter’s Style Using Neural Algorithms

London-based new media artist Kyle McDonald tells The Creators Project how he hijacked "Deep Dream"-style networks to transfer iconic styles between artworks.
DJ Pangburn
9.15.15
short circuit

​Facebook Adds Read Receipts to Events, Ruined Friendships to Follow

The chilling dystopia of Facebook read receipts.
Kari Paul
9.15.15
VICE vs Video games

Doctor Who Deserves a Decent Video Game

The BBC's most famous fictional fellow with a time-traveling telephone booth has never had a good video game to call his own.
Mike Diver
9.15.15
NSFW

What Is with These Cat Castration Stock Photos: An Investigation

When we came across stock photos of "tomcat castration" we were intrigued. We asked the mind behind the arresting images for some clarification. (Warning: contains graphic photos.)
Callie Beusman
9.15.15
Stuff

The Garbage Pail Kids Are Still Horrifying Parents 30 Years After Emerging from Trash Cans

We talked to Mark Newgarden, co-creator of the trading cards, about why they're so popular and why the team never published that drawing of a pickled baby in a jar.
Julie Le Baron
9.15.15
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Meet Ethiopian Records, The Addis Ababa-Based Producer Who Wants To Debunk the Idea of "World Music"

Listen to the ultra-dreamy "Running Shoes," a track from his new EP on 1432 R.
Emilie Friedlander
9.15.15
short circuit

You May Soon Be Able to Delete Pre-Loaded iPhone Apps

When was the last time you even launched the Tips app?
Nicholas Deleon
9.15.15
2005 week

Losing Our Edge: 2005, the Year the Mainstream Hijacked Indie Rock

The ideology behind these artists was decidedly indie, which was to say alt, which was to say, anti-corporate and pro-creative freedom. But the way they broke into mainstream culture was old school.
Lizzy Goodman
9.15.15
Cider

New York City's Free, Foraged Fruit Makes the Best Cider

Passersby rarely take note of them, but there are wild fruit trees growing all over New York City. I joined a cider-maker and a sommelier to forage for found fruit in the parks of upper Manhattan, which we'll press and ferment into booze.
Sabine Hrechdakian
9.15.15
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City Kid Soul Takes Booty Shaking House to the Moon with "Rockets"

Time to blast off — with bass.
Gigen Mammoser
9.15.15
Read

Lines in the Sand: Documenting the Barren But Beautiful World of ‘Mad Max’

Avalanche's open-world game might not be the best thing you play in 2015, but its environments constantly impress.
Sam White
9.15.15
2005 week

The Rise and Fall of the Last TV Channel That Gave a Shit About Music

In 2005, two guys were given two months to create a music video channel called IMF. It failed, but it had a glorious run.
Lisa Mrock
9.15.15
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