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AntiVJ's Joanie Lemercier Discusses Inspiration Vs. Theft Within The Artistic Community
Lemercier tackles the complex issues surrounding inspiration and imitation (and downright plagiarism) that plagues so many visual artists today.
Julia Kaganskiy
9.5.12
Photo

Snakes, Metalheads, and Naked People
Terttu Uibopuu knows some interesting people. Sometimes they get naked and sometimes she takes beautiful pictures of them. Some of those pictures are in a gallery show opening tonight. All of you should go.
Christian Storm
9.5.12
News

Ten Assholes Up for Re-Election in 2012
Lately, everybody has been focusing on the assholes at the top of the ticket, but there are a slew of Republicans and Democrats up for re-election this Novemeber who personify what it means to be a human anal cavity.
DJ Pangburn
9.5.12
Features

The Guy Who Founded Pirate Bay Was Just Arrested In Cambodia
Here's a quasi-legal mix of the bands that ruined his life.
Benjamin Shapiro
9.5.12
Motherboard Blog

Motherboard TV: Microsound Composer Curtis Roads Produces the Music Computers Hear
_*Welcome back to Motherboard Vault, our weekly digging up of videos from Motherboard's ever-growing library.*_
Just about everybody considers "electronic music" a tired phrase in this era of a million genres and subgenres. It's not that it's a bad...
Derek Mead
9.5.12
News

Dispatch from the Democratic National Convention
Charlotte, North Carolina is a city with a vault in the basement of its soul. While Raleigh was built on drinking, and Greensboro was built on textiles, Charlotte was built on banking.
Aaron Lake Smith
9.5.12
animal collective

Animal Collective On Centipede Hz—Influences
The sounds that inspired Animal Collective.
The Creators Project
9.5.12
Music

How Hard Is It To Create Music For Addictive Video Games? We Asked The Guy Who Makes It
Michael Sweet, the guy who has created a ton of gaming music, as well as the Xbox boot up sound, tells us about his craft.
Max Baehr
9.5.12
animal collective

A Look Inside The Creative Process Of Centipede Hz With Animal Collective [Video]
Geologist, Avey Tare, Panda Bear, and Deakin give us a first hand rundown of how they made their new album.
Abdullah Saeed
9.5.12
Music

We Went to a Full Moon Party
Yacht, and some other people, played music under a full, blue moon in New York. We were there and stuff.
Sophie Saint Thomas
9.5.12
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Mitt Romney: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing or Pragmatic Technocrat in a Tea Party Hat?
This is the most important election of our generation. Yes, that’s what we say every four years, but if you listen to the dangerous gibberish that gets spouted by the Tea Party and all of their mouthpieces, you’ll understand that the ideological stakes...
Eddy Moretti
9.5.12
News

The Most Depressing Things in the Democratic Party Platform
The Democratic Party platform is mostly a list of problems that the Democrats would like to solve, but aren't currently solving. And holy crap are there a lot of problems that someone should probably do something about. Get worried, everyone.
Harry Cheadle
9.5.12
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