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Kid Cudi: The Rage
With a chorus drawn from the Smashing Pumpkins’ classic “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” Kid Cudi’s “The Rage” makes for a genre-smashing, mash-up-like banger. All things considered, the sum is greater than the …
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60+ Years of Tom of Finland
For 60+ years, Tom of Finland (aka Touko Laaksonen) has inspired and empowered viewers, while pioneering expressions of gay desire through his art. While certainly erotic, much of his artwork wasn’t overtly …
Okkervil River: Don’t Move Back To LA
Another clever, compelling work dedicated to thoughts of moving west, “Don’t Move Back To LA” offers Okkervil River’s laundry list of reasons to stay east—or anywhere else. Will Sheff’s lyricism—cast out through …
Computer Scientist and Visual Artist Jaron Lanier’s TED Talk
A philosopher for the digital generation on the urgent changes we must make online
Tom Blachford’s “Noct Angeles” Photo Series
A collection of haunting LA images at night by the talented Melbourne-based artist
Empress Of: Trust Me Baby
Three years since her debut album Me, Empress Of (aka singer/songwriter, Lorely Rodriguez) has released two new songs: “In Dreams” and “Trust Me Baby“—both written, produced, engineered and performed by Rodriguez. The …
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4,500 Dachshund-Related Items at New German Museum
In the German town of Passau, former florists Josef Küblbeck and Oliver Storz have opened a museum dedicated to the delightful daschund, aka the wiener dog or sausage dog. Known as Dackelmuseum, …
Confidence Man: Don’t You Know I’m In A Band
With “Don’t You Know I’m In A Band,” Melbourne-based band Confidence Man offers a slice of dance-floor wit. The video, directed by Schall & Schnabel, features all four members traipsing through magazine …
The Staple Singers: I’ll Take You There
Yvonne Staples of soul trio The Staple Singers has died at 80 years old. Yvonne replaced her brother in the band after he was drafted into the army, making the group three …