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The Real Life Tarzan's YouTube Audition

In 2009, an email began to spread around blogs and studio folks from one "Dewet Du Toit":http://www.facebook.com/tarzan.ddt, a "HIGHLY SELF MOTIVATED 22-YEAR OLD BODYBUILDER / ACTOR" that claimed he would be perfect for Stephen Sommers' "new parkour...
Ana Tiwathia
2.6.12
Sports

Hey, Sports Haters, I Don't Like the Super Bowl Either

Watching Madonna's halftime show was like walking in on your grandmother having a threesome.
Harry Cheadle
2.6.12
No Canada

Fletcher Pratt Is Building A Nightmare Machine

This Winnepeg Noisenik's Work Runs The Gamut From Chopped & Skrewed Hip Hop To Harsh Noise and Drone
Jesse Locke
2.6.12
Music

Rodrigo Constanzo Grinds Chocolate And Sound With Monome Arc 2

A Manchester-based experimental musician emulates the painfully nostalgic sounds of scratched up CDs.
Abdullah Saeed
2.6.12
Stuff

It's the 2012 Fashion Issue!

Starting around now until whenever the asshole who keeps stealing all of our magazines and selling them on eBay saunters in, our 2012 Fashion Issue will be sitting in stores across the US.
Jonathan Smith
2.6.12
Motherboard Blog

Listen to the Newly-Decoded Song of a 165 Million Year Old Cricket

Back in the Jurassic period, around 165 million years ago, ancient insects were some of the first animals to produce sounds by stridulation, or the rubbing of body parts together like a modern cricket. Paleontologists know this to be the case thanks to...
Derek Mead
2.6.12
Music

Meet The Team Behind The Projections At Madonna's Super Bowl 2012 Halftime Show

Montreal-based multimedia design studio Moment Factory created the video projections that turned the halftime show into a magical spectacle.
Julia Kaganskiy
2.6.12
Music

Digipedi Defy The Conventions Of K-POP With Two New Videos

The Korean duo adds collaborations with producer Clazzi and pop singer Apple Girl to their growing repertoire of mind-blowing visuals.
Jangmin Choi
2.6.12
The Fashion Issue 2012

Hats Off, Lesbians

Ever since junior high I've been two things: a lesbian and addicted to hats.
Kelly McClure
2.6.12
Film

This Is How A Robot Sees You: Exploring Machine Vision's Eerie Aesthetic

We’re surrounded by algorithms watching our every move. But just what are they seeing?
Kevin Holmes
2.6.12
Sports

Some Guys Played Football Last Night

The football season is over. But it will barely go away. There's still the draft, mini-camp, preseason, and more. At least we won't have to see Madonna for a while.
Walter Peyton Place
2.6.12
Music

Theory: Nicki Minaj Is Actually Jay-Z Sped Up

Based on this evidence I would have to say that my theory is correct.
Jamie Lee Taete
2.6.12
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