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Candy Dreams of Psychedelic Froth: K.K. Barrett's Stop the Virgens

The Creators Project sits down with legendary production designer K.K. Barrett to discuss his work on Stop the Virgens.
Julia Kaganskiy
3.13.12
Motherboard Blog

The Seriously Definitive Guide to SXSW 2012, From a Guy Who Just Escaped

Now that SXSW is over for me, let me share some tips for staying sane while you're lost in Austin's annual thicket of obscurity. You see, I've been to SXSW two years in a row now, which by media industry standards means I've knocked about 15 years off...
Sean Yeaton
3.13.12
Music

The Men's Stiff Little Album

Having some thoughts on how some men are better than others.
Anthony Pappalardo
3.13.12
Art

A Digital Sculpture Painted With Tweets

Hotpixel’s collaborative artwork created via social media.
Kevin Holmes
3.13.12
News

Quango - David Cameron's Brain Has Gone Bye Bye

Steve Hilton has gone to conquer the continent Oasis never could.
Gavin Haynes
3.13.12
Motherboard Blog

Who Would Shut Down Hipster Runoff? A Gchat with Carles

When I heard that Hipster Runoff had been hacked and shut down this morning, I was bummed, but I assumed that it would be back soon. I guessed that something straightforward, like a flood of traffic from a DDoS attack, had shut it down, and that the...
Derek Mead
3.13.12
Music

Find New Music Stashed In The Woods

Music label Really turn music distribution into a treasure hunt in the forest.
Kevin Holmes
3.13.12
Stuff

People Who Have Been Arrested Fewer Times than Rebekah Brooks

I guess this makes her pretty badass.
Glen Coco
3.13.12
the holy trinity issue

Records

There's a lot of music to be listened and not listened to this month (Dan Melchior and Bowerbirds, respectfully).
VICE Staff
3.13.12
Motherboard Blog

Dueling Banjo Tesla Coils

Really though, who doesn't love a good Tesla coil, capturing perfectly that sense of electricity-as-magic, or as some potentially malevolent natural force captured by brave men. Here's two giant ones, modulated in such a way as to be able to produce...
Michael Byrne
3.13.12
Tech

The First Viral Videos Wore Bikinis

And taught you calculus.
Derek Mead
3.13.12
Music

Memo Akten Creates Complex Patterns From Harmonic Motion

The visual artists explores how complex patterns arise from the interaction of multilayered rhythms.
Kevin Holmes
3.13.12
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