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The Top Ten Most Frequently Played Songs on Several Famous Authors’ iTunes

If Jonathan Safran Foer wakes up with an erection, he immediately puts on Bon Iver’s “Towers” and takes care of business.
Blake Butler
2.22.12
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"Equating Angels with Transistors": Shatner Spent the 70s Rhapsodizing about Tech for AT&T

In the late 70s, Shatner was waxing poetic about the future of transistors from inside a futuristic TV set.
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
2.22.12
Tech

Those Dangerous Middles: A Chat with Alain de Botton

"We are beyond the age of gurus and inspirational leaders."
Xavier Aaronson
2.22.12
Design

Catalytic Clothing: How A Denim Kilt Could Help Save The Planet

Catalytic Clothing uses nanotechnology to clean pollutants from the air.
Kevin Holmes
2.22.12
Motherboard Blog

Cartoons and Memes are Chinese Netizens' Most Popular Form of Dissent

Wang Lijun is the former police chief and current deputy mayor of Chongqing province in China. He recently spent a day at the US Consulate in Chengdu, prompting rumors that he was defecting to the United States. Now his whereabouts are unknown. The...
Ana Tiwathia
2.22.12
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Los Angeles Is a Paradise

A paradise where dreams go to die.
Tom Andrews
2.22.12
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Hunting with Lamia

Lamia is a child-eating demon known to lure her victims with her voice. We followed her hunting babies one night.
Paul Kwiatkowski
2.22.12
Stuff

A Big Saturday Night in... Romford!

Trying to get lucky in Britain's luckiest town.
Samuel Breen, Photos: Natalie Meziani
2.22.12
Music

Let's All Argue About the Brit Awards

When Ed Sheeran met RiRi and why James Corden is a snake.
VICE Staff
2.22.12
The Fashion Issue 2012

Looks Like a Lefty

Every generation of rabble-rousers believes it has invented its own unique style and negotiated its own sartorial relationship with the larger world.
Lynn Yaeger, Illustrations by Johnny Ryan
2.22.12
News

The Police Are Fighting Schoolkids in Valencia

Things are getting fighty as Spain goes down the shitter.
Paul Geddis
2.22.12
Day Jobs

Day Jobs - Eleven Pond

I've always loved Eleven Pond. I love them even more now that I know they've made cell phone holders and vulva spreaders for celebrity heiresses.
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
2.22.12
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