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Waka Flocka Flame - 'Triple F Life: Friends, Fans And Family'
A track-by-track analysis measured in air punches, tear face tattoos, and hypothetical blowjobs.
Drew Millard
6.7.12
Motherboard

How Our Disinterest in 'The Environment' Signals the End of Nature
No one reading this has the slightest fucking clue what “nature” is, and in 1995 fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly proved it. In the paper that introduced the term “shifting baselines,” Pauly described how experts who determined how many fish should be...
Christopher Mims
6.7.12
Motherboard Blog

Watch This Sneaky Video from Behind the Scenes of Return of the Jedi
I think the title card of this video (which uses an Amiga titler) does it for me:
Filmed in Sand-O-Vision
Making films grittier!
That pretty much sets the scene perfectly for this 7-minute clip by Jeff Broz of behind-the-scenes footage of the...
Derek Mead
6.7.12
Music

The Way You Spell Your Band Name Sucks
Just be normal. Do normal things.
Sophie Saint Thomas
6.7.12
Motherboard Blog

Even in 3D, Google's New Map is Underwhelming
They look like cut-scenes from the next installment of Grand Theft Auto. It’s not. This is Google Earth, reimagined in glorious real-time 3D, available soon on your mobile phone. It’s Google at its finest, another earnest step in the company’s quest to...
ALEC LIU
6.7.12
Motherboard Blog

How Do You Borrow a Book From the Library of Utopia?
Is the library of utopia inching closer to opening its doors? Maybe, maybe not. Nicholas Carr has an exhaustive look at Harvard’s Digital Public Library of America initiative, and it raises all sorts of gut-churning questions about copyright law, the...
Brian Merchant
6.7.12
Fashion

Sweet Girls
Giving models their just desserts.
VICE Staff
6.7.12
Music

The Official Pecking Order of Music
People who write about music because they want free records and/or don’t want to leave their house under any circumstances ever.
Ben Johnson
6.7.12
Features

Cadence Weapon Is A Cool Front Coming In From The North
What do Canadian rappers and Neil Young have in common?
Katie Bennett
6.7.12
videos

The Great Cannibalism Crisis of 2012's Alternative Hypothesis: Excited Delirium Syndrome
Well last week was a weird one huh? I don’t think I need to go into too much detail about why, but if you were vacationing in Amish country or something and somehow missed it, a bunch of people were caught eating and dismembering other people. Most...
BEN MAJOY
6.7.12
Impose

Impose - Dan Deacon Drinks Raw Milk
The Wham City Superstar on obtaining and consuming the most illegal dairy product in the country
Kevin Bruce
6.7.12
Design

Artificial Organs Become "Water Bottle" Of The Future
The Shenu: Hydrolemic System, from Tokyo designers Takram, helps the body to conserve water.
Kevin Holmes
6.7.12
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