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
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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.
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?
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.
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.”
Exponology: Shit Happens. Fast.
We’ve all seen the shirt and the bumper sticker. Shit happens. Exponology is here to extend that reality. Shit happens fast. Real fast. In the first piece on my formative […]
Enter Exponology
“And if the ground’s not cold/Everything is going to burn/We’ll all take turns/I’ll get mine too.” — Pixies, “Monkey Gone to Heaven” Recently, I watched some global warming denier on […]
David Lynch’s Weird, Wired World
It’s all an experiment. I want to find things that fire me up, and see if it works for the people.
DJ Spooky and Rob Swift Remix War and Peace
“With Rebirth of a Nation, I’m remixing Griffith’s film live every time off of Pioneer DVJs. So I’m making a remix by applying DJ technique to film.”
Mogwai: Louder Than Bombs
“When people compare us to My Bloody Valentine, I think it’s because they were the last band outside of the mainstream to actually infiltrate the mainstream.”
Black Francis: Pixies Didn’t Change Anything
Black Francis summarily reformed the band 12 years after they’d called it quits, and set about touring the world like nothing ever happened.
Beatboxing The Ballot
Art and politics blur at your local concert venue, where artists from Ani DiFranco to Pearl Jam are making voter turnout their mission.
Art Spiegelman: In the Shadow of No Towers
That the American intelligentsia finally seems ready to admit that Spiegelman was speaking truth to power in the dark years of 2002 and 2003 ought to make us sleep a little better at night
Saul Williams, Streetwise Shakespeare
Slam poet Saul Williams’ reality is a lyrical one. But don’t tell him he’s keepin’ it real.
Alan Moore, The Man Who Invented The Future
They are standing in the way of history, trying to turn everything, politically and spiritually, back to a medieval vision of the world. Whereas they’re perfectly entitled to have whatever worldview they like, I would suggest that humanity is moving in a forward direction.
You Can’t Go Home Again: Return of the King
we may never experience this kind of cinema storytelling again in our lifetime.
Being There: William Gibson, No Maps For These Territories
Gibson, as Neale’s documentary is happy to point out, is so much more than the father of cyberspace.
Through The Looking Glass, Simply: Jonathan Miller’s Alice In Wonderland
I like great simplicity in all my work. I don’t like lots of florid detail.”
Viggo Mortensen, The Man Who Would Be King
Those who run this country and hand-feed carefully crafted propaganda to the media will immediately and automatically label a show of genuine curiosity about the world and the role of the U.S. government in it as unpatriotic.