From Spacemen 3 to Spiritualized: Jason Pierce Transcends Time
The influential artist’s experiments have ranged from drone, psychedelia and trance rock to jazz, gospel and ragged blues, sometimes all at once.
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Ring the Alarm: An Interview With REM’s Michael Stipe
“I think we can turn this around, but we can’t wait. We need the attention of everyone immediately.”
Prescription Drugs, Not Illegal Ones, Killed Heath Ledger
What’s in a name, you ask? Oblivion. Wait until you hear the numbers.
Grounded In Sound: DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Kid Koala
Consider then, if you will, the Hard Sell Tour as a gathering of fellow revolutionaries keeping the dual promises of turntablism and historiography alive.
Young People For Political Fellowship
Young People For’s fellows work for change from the bottom up. Get the lowdown on this generation’s budding grassroots leaders.
A Sorry Spectacle: Comics Journo Joe Sacco On Palestine, Israel, Bush
“ I studied journalism. I use comics to pursue journalistic ends, but at the end of the day, I’m a cartoonist.”
Desalination: Drinking Our Oceans
“I fear that the global water crisis will destroy all life on earth if we do not deal with it soon,” she confessed.
Swervedriver, Film School Hypnotize Hollywood
The mesmerizing reunion virus infected Hollywood on Saturday night, as Swervedriver’s ax pyrotechnics mind-melded with Film School’s phased anthems at the Henry Fonda.
Body Language: An Interview With David Cronenberg
“body horror was not my term. It was a term someone used to describe what I was doing, so it is not a category in my head that I use to make films.”
Who Owns Whom? Social Media’s Corporate Roots
Politicians are invading online space like never before in hopes of reaching a new generation of voters. But who really gains from interactive democracy
Drifting Into Dystopia: An Interview with Dahr Jamail
It does not appear as though the U.S. has any intention of leaving until all of the oil in Iraq is gone.
Rob Sonic’s Gigantic Sabotage
Another smart-ass triple-threat (rapping, producing, not sucking) from Def Jux, another slam-dunk for independent-minded hip-hop.
Tomorrow’s Science Today
From wireless power to nanosuits that can turn anyone into Spidey and perhaps even to mobile solar, we’re on the cusp of massive scientific breakthroughs all over the place.
Exponology: Hope For The Best, Prepare For The Worst
They were giving an ETA of around 2100 for the worst of global warming. That deadline has now been upgraded to, well, how does tomorrow work for you?
Know Your Judges!
Who gets to judge you and the law? If you don’t know–read this
Pot Growers Are New Target in War on Terror
Illegal activity? Fine. Terrorism? Are you high?
The Sounds of Silence
Internet radio recently received another brief reprieve from excessive royalties. But will the booming medium ever be the same again?
DJ Spooky On The Birth of Hip Hop
“Forget Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Bandor Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland as studio masterpieces, I’m talking about rare dub tracks that cut across the whole idea of what a song was meant to be.”
Give Peace a Price Tag
Money may not be ably to buy you love, but evidently it can buy you peace.
Colony Collapse: Bee Die-Offs Will End Our Food System As We Know It
What is so serious is not only that the bees themselves are dying off without a smoking gun present, but that most people have no idea of the role they play in the food supply at large.
Mogwai Scores, Zidane Kicks
The greatest instro-rock band on earth soundtracks a film about one of European football’s infamous titans, and the result is a win for all.
Nueva Democracia! La Raza’s Political Rise
Young progressive Latinos are now finding strength within the halls of government and the streets of their communities. What’s coming next for the new generation of Latino progressives?
Earth’s Altered States
Our reliance upon fossil fuels could spell the end of our species as a whole if we don’t get our shit together.
Jeff Chang: Hip Hop Chaos In Context
authenticity, identity and expression are tackled with ease in Chang’s latest effort Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop
El-P: A Scanner, Darkly
“I’m fucking angry and upset right now, and I’m also scared and trying to come to grips with balancing this incredible fatalism and the fact that I am still alive.”