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We Were Promised Hoverboards: A Chat with Robert Haleluk

I caught up with the guy who wants to raise $1 million to create a working hoverboard by the summer of 2015. If you're wondering, yes, he'd be honored to give Michael J. Fox the first one.
Emily Wasik
8.6.13
New music

Listen to Puscifer's Remix Album, 'All Re-Mixed Up'

This is the perfect song to contemplate how small and inconsequential human beings are in comparison to the giant black hole that could swallow the Earth, or that one star called "The Sun" that will burn hot plasma until it dies in five billion years, kil
Jamie Manelis-O'Donnell
8.6.13
we saw this

We Saw the Flaming Lips at the Orange County Fair and It Made Us Realize Humanity Is Doomed

It’s hard to blame The Flaming Lips for putting together a live experience that uses all their tools of lights, props, and music to show us a bit of the terror that we should feel more often.
Philip Cosores
8.6.13
Tech

That One Time the US Army Built a Spray Gun to Spoil 'Condemned' Food with LSD

The idea wasn't to kill you. The idea was to fuck you up for your own good—unless you were an insurgent, in which case spasming, puking, shitting your pants, clutching your stomach (your insides burn), and hallucinating could well have been the...
Brian Anderson
8.6.13
Words

Download: Cabo Blanco - "Santo Diablo"

Que? Como? A Portuguese label takes Dominican merengue into the trap.
THUMP Staff
8.6.13
Motherboard Blog

When the US Army Built a Spray Gun to Spoil 'Condemned' Food with LSD

The idea wasn't to kill you. The idea was to fuck you up for your own good—unless you were an insurgent.
Brian Anderson
8.6.13
Inside Schilling

The 12 Least Overrated Things in Los Angeles

A local writer took the city to task for being "overrated." Well, I live in Los Angeles, and I take offense to people making fun of all the amazing things the city has to offer. LA has the most pre-war movie houses in the world, some of the top art...
Dave Schilling
8.6.13
we saw this

I Went to Drake's OVO Fest and All I Got Was a Stupid Surprise Kanye Performance

Just kidding, it was amazing and also Diddy and Ma$e and TLC and everyone else showed up.
Slava Pastuk
8.6.13
Motherboard Blog

Japan Unveiled Its Largest Warship Since WWII, and China's Steamed

China views the unveiling of the new ship as intentionally provocative.
Derek Mead
8.6.13
The Dap Corner

Fights, Volume One

"When clobbering-time came around, I missed punching the kid’s face and ended up punching his shoulder and he totally just smashed my head in with his fist and I was unconscious for like thirty seconds."
Dapwell
8.6.13
A Few Impressions

All Over the Place in New York

I’ve seen a few things lately—like Paul McCarthy's dark and satirical take on Snow White to James Deen and Lindsay Lohan in the meta-sad film, The Canyons. They’re all mixed up in my mind. So I figured should just try to get them all down on...
James Franco
8.6.13
Fashion

Epic Fantasy Meets Modern Day Los Angeles In Rodarte And Todd Cole's New Film [Trailer]

The fashion house and director team up for a tale about unicorns, Los Angeles, and mystical adventures.
The Creators Project
8.6.13
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