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Whose Personal Details Would You Like Access to?
"Being a street artist, it would probably be Keith Haring or another dead guy."
George Marsden
3.12.13
Motherboard Blog

The Ferocious Race to Build the World's Fastest Robot Cheetah
Timmy fell down a well? Don't send Lassie, Lassie doesn't exist. Send the robotic cheetah which does exist.
Adam Clark Estes
3.12.13
Interviews

Wavves are Fucking Stoned and Paranoid
Meet Nathan Williams and Stephen Pope, indie rock’s equivalent of Donnie Darko and Frank the Bunny.
Cam Lindsay
3.12.13
Motherboard Blog

David Bowie Explains How Ziggy Stardust Became the First Science Fiction Rock Star
An androgynous, mulleted hero + killer pop songs + a load of sci fi mythology = Ziggy Stardust.
Brian Merchant
3.12.13
Art

Yang Yongliang's New Ancient Chinese Art
Traditional landscape paintings meets digitization and industrialization in the Shanghai artists’ new Paris show “Silent Valley.”
Whitney Mallett
3.12.13
News

Bradley Manning's Court Testimony—Leaked
I was not the only one weighing whether or not it was worth risking my career, my reputation, and a possible military reprimand by recording the Bradley Manning's testimony: this morning, audio of his guilty plea was leaked to the web by an anonymous...
Andrew Blake; art by Clark Stoeckley
Andrew Blake, Art: Clark Stoeckley
3.12.13
News

The Port Said Football Riot Case Is a Big Mess of Sadness and Death
Everyone seems to be fighting about it, but no one's taking responsibility.
Max Siegelbaum, Photos: Daniel Hartley-Allen and
3.12.13
Popping the Marks

The Problem with White Converts
You’d think that two white guys embracing Buddhism and Islam in the age of colonialism could have become champions of antiracism. But no. They treated their new religions like other white men treat entire nations: they marched in and claimed to own it.
Michael Muhammad Knight
3.12.13
Motherboard Blog

China Is Using US Research to Take the Lead on Thorium Reactor Development
It's rather frustrating to see China take the lead using research the US pioneered.
Derek Mead
3.12.13
SXSW 2013

The Noisey Guide to Desperation at SXSW
If you want to truly appreciate sadness and ennui, SXSW is a fantastic place for your completely illogical desire.
Dave Schilling
3.12.13
Music

James Stockbauer's SXSW 2013 Survival Tips
SXSW is a gauntlet of booze, bands, and BBQ. When we first started going to it years ago, we were assigned mentors to help us avoid the typical rookie pitfalls. One of these Austin lodestars was Lyndon James Stockbauer, owner of the venerable East...
James Stockbauer
3.12.13
Kill the Engine

I Finally Watched 'Street Dreams'
Last week I reviewed a craphole of a movie called 'Hardflip.' As I mentioned in that review, I'll pretty much watch any film that has skateboarding in it, so this week I decided to watch 'Street Dreams.'
Michael Sieben
3.12.13
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