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Link Culture
Via youtube.com

The Life of Stuntman Riley Harper

Men’s grooming company Baxter of California recently spent a day with second-generation stuntman Riley Harper, who’s living his dream up in the hills of sunny Santa Monica. Harper personifies the California lifestyle, …

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Via washingtonpost.com

Why Comfort Food is Comforting

Macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and chicken noodle soup have long been staples among American comfort foods, but what exactly makes them so comforting? New research is showing that the warmth associated …

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Via pitchfork.com

Amy Winehouse Documentary Teaser Trailer

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Amy Winehouse will be remembered through an upcoming documentary titled “Amy,” four years after her tragic death. The film is directed by BAFTA-winning director Asif Kapaida and will feature various snippets of …

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Via theverge.com

Digital Scrapbooking With Body Parts

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A digital art project by Carnegie Mellon University student Miles Peyton lets you upload and interact with animated GIFs of human body parts. Titled “Parts, Parts, Parts,” the project is available on …

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Via youtube.com

Berlin Alternative Fashion Week

Boundary-breaking creative talent gathered at this year’s Berlin Alternative Fashion Week (BAFW) to showcase the future of independent design through fashion, music and art in an atmosphere not bogged down by big …

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Via kottke.org

How Musicians Die

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In her article “Music to die for: how genre affects popular musicians’ life expectancy,” Dianna Kenny examines the correlation between musical genres and the deaths of their most popular acts. Kenny—who is …

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Via fastcompany.com

Live-Streaming Disasters

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Launched within just a month of each other, new social media platforms Meerkat and Periscope both favor live-streaming videos over text or photos, giving users an in-the-moment experience and urgency to participate. …

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Via theverge.com

Play Pac-Man on Google Maps

Stop what you’re doing and head over to Google Maps because, for a limited time, Google is turning your neighborhood streets into the 8-bit world of Pac-Man. You can activate the new …