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Lady Chann Made Us a Mixtape
You should check it out.
Robbie Party
12.21.11
Motherboard Blog

MBTV: The Virtusphere
Flying cars and pill-shaped dinners aside, a key missing part of the brave new future we were promised in the fifties is the serious use of virtual reality. I'm not talking about some stupid philosophic argument about how our constant immersion in the...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
12.21.11
The Moral Compass Issue

Flame On!
Tibetans have become so desperate for autonomy that they've taken to lighting themselves on fire. We contacted Stephanie Brigden to find out more about burning yourself alive in the name of protest.
Bruno Bayley
Bruno Bayley, Photos Courtesy of Freetibet.Org
12.21.11
Easter

Happy Crucifixion!
They sure know how to have fun in the Philippines.
Tom Littlewood and Martin Fengel
12.21.11
Photo

All the Fun of the World Fair in the 1960s
Art and design sure seemed way more fun when The Future hadn't happened yet.
Electrospark
12.21.11
Motherboard Blog

The Spectacular Parade of Missiles that Introduced Kim Jong-un to North Korea
Last October, the Hermit Kingdom allowed international media to watch its largest ever military parade - part of the campaign to establish Kim Jong-il's youngest son as the leader-in-waiting. Here's how the AP described the parade:
bq.. Thousands of...
Videodrome
12.21.11
VICE News

North Korean Labor Camps
Kim Jong Il has come up with a new way to bring cold hard cash into his isolated country: export North Korean workers to slave away in the Siberian forest.
Shane Smith
VICE Staff
12.21.11
the vice guide to travel

Jesus of Siberia
Vissarion's church of the last testament is the only reason to visit Siberia.
Rocco Castoro
VICE Staff
12.21.11
The Moral Compass Issue

Getting Nailed
For 50 years, people in the tiny Philippine village of Cutud have celebrated Good Friday by driving seven-inch nails through the hands and feet of a few volunteers in a gory reenactment of Jesus's crucifixion.
Gregory Pike
Greg Pike
12.21.11
Stuff

Kelly's Krush Korner - Karen O
Karen O, in both looks and manner, is as close to "the perfect girl" as you can get. Sure, she'd probably embarrass the shit out of you at the office Christmas party, but she'd give you crazy sex-eyes from across the room, too.
Kelly McClure
12.21.11
Stuff

Hot Dog and the Lady Bun - Reading Between the Lines
You have to remember, men are from Mars and women are from a real fucked-up place with a lot of crying.
Kurt Braunohler and Albertina Rizzo
12.21.11
Tech

Skyping Santa, Blackface Elves and Pooping Logs
The holidays are the worst.
Michael Byrne
12.21.11
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