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The Satellite Hunter
Thierry Legault is not your average amateur astronomer. He’s a renowned astrophotographer, painstakingly chronicling the orbits of planets, distant galaxies, spaceships, and—to the chagrin of the intelligence community—the spy satellites we’re not...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
11.27.12
Popping the Marks

Paris Hilton in Mecca
Paris Hilton’s new store in Mecca is not “poisoning the holy city.” Mecca has been overrunning with assholes long before Islam. If you’re trying to find peace and avoid shitty people, don’t go there for hajj, just go on vacation or smoke blunt.
Michael Muhammad Knight
11.27.12
Music

Yar!: Some Thoughts On Our Fiendish And Star-Crossed Love Of Music Piracy
Internet radio, streaming video and sound, and piracy have been a sizable source of woe for quite a while. What now?
Reid Singer
11.27.12
News

Inside Aleppo's 'Stalingrad'
I am traveling with the Free Syrian Army on the front line of the al-Arqub neighborhood in Aleppo. Sniper rounds crack as the bullets zip over our heads. The acidic taste of gunpowder scares my throat and burns my waterless tear ducts. Just a half mile...
Robert King
11.27.12
florence + the machine

Florence + the Machine Continues To Sing About The Pangs Of Love
The artist has just released her latest music video for her single, “Lover to Lover.”
The Creators Project Staff
11.27.12
New music

Stream 'The Whole Buffalo,' Bad Credit No Credit's New Record
Bad Credit No Credit is led by the insanely charismatic Carrie Anne Murphy, who works at a kitchen supply store by day and tears the shit out of a saxophone by night.
Benjamin Shapiro
11.27.12
VICE Is Ten: 2002 - 2012

Mystery Hunter: The Old Blue Last
Hunting for ghost prostitutes lurking in the shadows of our pub.
VICE Staff
11.27.12
Music

Ginger Baker Cracks Skulls in 'Beware of Mr. Baker'
What we learn in Beware of Mr. Baker, or at least what I took away from it, is that although he was an amazingly talented drummer (not only for Cream, but also for Blind Faith with Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood), he was a supreme dickhead.
Kelly McClure
11.27.12
New music

Witness Daito Manabe's Surreal Dance Experience for Nosaj Thing's "Eclipse/Blue" (Exclusive Video Premiere)
The technology artist teams up with the producer for this dreamlike performance choreographed by MIKIKO.
Abdullah Saeed
11.27.12
Spaced Out

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The Man Who Hunts Spy Satellites
Motherboard went to Paris to interview premier astrophotographer, Thierry Legault, about tracking spy satellites in the sky.
Daito Manabe

Nosaj Thing: "Eclipse/Blue" by Daito Manabe
Daito Manabe is a Japanese artist, programmer, and VJ who never ceases to wow us with the constant outflow of innovative tech/art experiments. As we've seen with his <a href="http...
The Creators Project
11.27.12
Music

Witness Daito Manabe's Surreal Dance Experience For Nosaj Thing's "Eclipse/Blue" [Exclusive Video Premiere]
The technology artist teams up with the producer for this dreamlike performance choreographed by MIKIKO.
Abdullah Saeed
11.27.12
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