Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Prison farming, the drunk history of Dolly Parton, MLK's 50th anniversary and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Mind Control Laptops, mobile phones, tablets, cameras and more can all be hooked up to the internet, and now researchers at the University of Washington have connected their own brains to the network. The experiment, titled “Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans,” allowed one researcher to control the movement of another researcher’s hand, even though the two were in separate areas on campus. By donning …

Scene, by All: 2013 Newport Folk Festival

A selection of the best socially shared photos from the Northeast's classic music festival

The Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island is a cultural institution that has been running off and on since 1959 and in its time has featured major acts from Johnny Cash to Muddy Waters. The vibe at Newport this year was quite different from previous festival experiences; with plenty of space and a friendly staff there was no jockeying for position to get a …

Parquet Courts: You’ve Got Me Wonderin’ Now

The music we tweeted this week and the second installment of our #PrivateJam series

The four-piece band from New York has a raw punk sound that could easily have been found on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack; the recorder line on Parquet Courts’ newest single, “You’ve Got Me Wonderin’ Now,” is a resonating blast from the past. Parquet Courts has a knack for obtuse yet intriguing lyrics, and the mystery is further perpetuated by the band’s refusal to …