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Music

Averkiou's "Go Matsumoto" Premiere
Our prime reason for premiering this track is because it's part of an EP that has a flying kitten on the cover. That seems legit enough, right?
Kelly McClure
2.7.12
Tech

Mic Check'd in Northampton
I'm still not sure whether to laugh or hand it to 'em or just bury my head in my hands.
Brian Anderson
2.7.12
Design

Intelligent Architecture Comes To Life In The Kinetic Pavilion
iMal creates an achitectural installation that reacts to weather, social networks, and human activity.
Morgan Poyau
2.7.12
Motherboard Blog

Occupy Northampton Got a Run for Its Money
Is this what democracy looks like? No really, is it? Because if it is, well then, this is sorta awkward.
When members of an Occupy faction "interrupted":http://vimeo.com/36124964 a sparsely populated City Council meeting in Northampton...
Brian Anderson
2.7.12
Photos

Istanbul's Dale Farm
I hung out with a bunch of gypsies in Istanbul as the government destroyed their homes to make way for yuppie condos.
Balarama Heller
2.7.12
Art

Beautiful Wooden Sculptures Created From New York Stock Exchange Data
The stock market index is transformed into 3D art.
Kevin Holmes
2.7.12
The Fashion Issue 2012

Katawa Shoujo
The name of this game translates to "Disability Girls," though that's inaccurate--the word "katawa" in this context is an unprintable epithet for the disabled, connoting worthlessness.
Stephen Lea Sheppard
2.7.12
Motherboard Blog

A Chevron Gas Rig in Nigeria Has Been Burning for More Than Three Weeks Now
Nigeria is Africa's largest oil exporter, and as the "headlines continually show":https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&btnmeta_news_search=1&q=nigeria&oq=nigeria&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=0l0l0l259l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0#sclient=psy-ab...
Derek Mead
2.7.12
News

Harry’s Freedom Foxhole - Sweet, Succulent Porcupine Meat
Maybe you're like me and you've lived in cities your whole life, so you might not know this, but porcupines are assholes.
Harry Cheadle
2.7.12
Motherboard Blog

Hot Links: Iran's Satellite, the $100K Quantum Computer Bet, Prop. 8 Gets Ruled On
Iran has apparently launched "a small satellite":http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Iran-Reports-Launch-of-Small-Satellite-/story.xhtml?story_id=0120009JIS80. No word on whether or not it's to get better reception for _Two and a Half Men_.
Much of...
Derek Mead
2.7.12
Noisey Blog

Victorian Space Children Perform Surgery In Miike Snow's "Paddling Out"
Director Andrea Nilsson teams up with Miike Snow for a bizarre sic-fi adventure.
Abdullah Saeed
2.7.12
News

Mitten Smitten
In this fraught political climate, even the normally placid Midwest is ready to battle over which state is shaped most like a mitten.
Josh Schneider
2.7.12
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