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Here's What Happened to Seven of the Most Important Film Reels in History
Something you may not know is that fifty percent of movie theaters play films through an old-school projector. Yup, that means that some of the movies you watch come from actual film reels instead of some invisible source on the internet. But now that...
Katie Bennett
7.26.12
Travel

All the Green Chiles in New Mexico
There are cities all around the world that have local culinary specialties: Minneapolis has cheese curds, Rome has grappa, Vilnius has krunpikas, and Kansas City has its barbeque. In the autumn, Albuquerque reeks of roasted green chiles.
Adam R. Burnett
7.26.12
People Vs.

4:45
The People Vs Danny Brown
The rapper answers some YouTube comments in his own special, gentlemanly way.
Sports

The Olympics Will Stop Being Shitty if Everyone Does This
If we nuke sports that involve judges and boats, and start paying athletes, the Olympics will not suck.
Bhaskar Sunkara
7.26.12
Design

10 Insane Things You Didn't Know 3D Printers Could Do
i.e. Make you dinner, build you a fully functioning mini-model home, and maybe even save your life.
Michelle Lhooq
7.26.12
Music

Why Hasn't Rockabilly Come Back Around?
Rockabilly has turned into a lifestyle brand and died out of relevance because it doesn't want its participants to be a mess.
Helena Fitzgerald
7.26.12
Boyle's Brains

People I Met in Truck Driving School
This May I passed a trucking school on my bike and enrolled shortly after. For four weeks a small group of men and I watched instructional DVDs and took tests in a classroom Mondays through Thursdays from 5:30 to 10:45. Fridays we’d meet in a...
Megan Boyle
7.26.12
Carsten Nicolai

Your Guide To The Best Art At The London Olympics This Summer
The 2012 Olympics have more to offer visitors than just gymnastics and beach volleyball. Here’s our guide to the best art London has to offer this Olympic season.
Kevin Holmes
7.26.12
Music

Techno Badass Louis Brodinski Exposes The Bromance Beyond The Beats
An interview with Louis Brodinski—savior of all things techno.
Emerson Rosenthal
7.26.12
amphetamine logic

Dawn of the Dustheads
It's 5 AM on a Thursday and Same and I are in my apartment in the East Village, high on PCP and surrounded. All of the men are nursing 40 oz. Ballantines and the girls they brought are strangers, looking around at my strange life and into my mirrored...
Cat Marnell
7.26.12
Features

Scientists Confirm That Pop Music Is Too Loud & It All Sounds The Same
A crack team of Spanish philistines just confirmed that your parents were right all along.
Benjamin Shapiro
7.26.12
Film

Mountain: An Animated Portrait Of Seoul
UK director Dave Prosser illustrates his impression of another city that never sleeps.
Kyuhee Baik
7.26.12
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