"as you watch the video you will start to see weird stuff happening..."
The story of how The Pharcyde hired a linguist to train them how to rap backwards for the Spike Jonze-directed Drop video
View ArticleMusical notes from the underground
Where can you see jazz1shows,2doo-wop performances,3a vaudevillian dance act,4found object5percussion duos,6opera concerts,7international and intergalactic folk music gigs,8 and a pink gorilla playing...
View ArticleThe Economist asks economists who is THE economist
The Economist asks a few economists from around the world: a) Which economists were most influential over the past decade? b) Which economists were doing the most to shape post-crisis thinking? The...
View ArticleUndercover athlete
One of the surprisestories of the NBA season has been the effective play of New York Knicks rookie Landry Fields. After four years at Stanford, his draft selection was at the time mocked, booed, and...
View ArticleThe Most Human Human
"During the competition, each of four judges will type a conversation with one of us for five minutes, then the other, and then will have 10 minutes to reflect and decide which one is the human. Judges...
View ArticleTahrir Documents: The Revolution Will Be Translated
Tahrir Documents is an ongoing effort to archive, translate, and make available printed matter from the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and its aftermath. We are not affiliated with the papers’ authors nor...
View ArticleA rap eulogy in 32 bars (give or take 5%)
"On November 22, 1997, there was a party at 635 Logan Street, Steubenville, Ohio. Hubbard attended this party. At the party were several members of the gang known as the Crips. It is contested whether...
View ArticleI want my edition with the subtraction!
In such a world maximalism and encyclopedism, erudite puzzle solving, simply feel like more of the same, and the last thing we need is more of the same. We need less, much less: we don't need fiction...
View ArticleChinese flip-flops for your viewing pleasure
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View ArticleKill Inveterate Gambler Ping: Macau and "The God of Gamblers"
The files of the God of Gamblers case can be read as a string of accidents, good and bad: Siu’s run at the baccarat table; Wong’s luck to be assigned an assassin with a conscience; Adelson’s misfortune...
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