“Iconology” is an all-to brief reminder of Missy Elliott's genius.
One second you're saying goodbye to summer with a good nap, then you wake up and Missy Elliott has released a new EP, her first collection of new music in 14 years.
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A tribute to the lost sounds of loading video games.
In case you too get nostalgic at the retrofuturistic noise of a disk drive—a tribute to the lost sounds of loading video games.
Two tourists recreate The Simpsons scene where Homer eats his way through New Orleans.
Two tourists recreate The Simpsons scene where Homer eats his way through New Orleans.
A documentary about the role society and politics played in creating the UK acid house music scene.
Everybody in the Place: an Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992 is a documentary about the role society and politics played in creating the UK acid house music scene. From the BBC synopsis: We see how rave culture owes as much to the Battle of Orgreave and the underground gay
What if Apple had designed the iPhone in the '80s or '90s?
When industrial designers create alternate history. Discovered via the always wonderful things magazine.
Thirty-two sculptures, utilitarian vessels, and objects become an orchestra.
The Vessel Orchestra we mentioned previously has closed, but thankfully it's been preserved on video: a sound installation at the Met where objects were miked to reveal a kind of hidden life, at least musically. Oliver Beer, a British artist and composer who works in sculpture, video art,
Writing sketch comedy is tricky when the news keeps trumping the joke.
A writer for Alternatino with Arturo Castro says writing sketch comedy during an era marked by Trump and mass shootings is particularly difficult because the news often jumps the joke. Fortunately for the show but unfortunately for the world, viewers have grown to accept the fact that this horrible type
The best action scenes of the previous decade.
From Jonah Jeng's highly informed survey of the last decade’s best action scenes, including scenes from many movies you've never heard of. It is a moment that flirts with ridiculousness but—on account of Rajamouli’s willingness to go big at every level, from the
The music video for Jimmy Stofer's "The Trembling Giant."
A fantastic music video for Jimmy Stofer's "The Trembling Giant," which takes its name from an aspen grove of 47,000 trees in Utah that share a single root system.
A comparison of average tree heights, from a keshitsubo to a sequoia.
A comparison of average tree heights, from a keshitsubo (0.08 meters) to a sequoia (116 meters).