Private Roads, Public Tolls
Try to avoid the road rage.
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Martin Scorsese Documents George Harrison’s Material World
Living in the Material World explores the so-called quiet Beatle‘s storied career using previously unseen archival materials and movies, as well as revealing interviews with Paul McCartney, Terry Gilliam, Eric Clapton and more.
Nuclear Cinema: Ten Prescient Meltdowns
Fukushima and worse could have been avoided if the public and proper authorities would have just watched the following 10 destabilizing cinema and documentary meltdowns.
We’ve Entered the Age of Mass Extinction
Every species has but one goal: To take over the planet. And every species that could, would, if it got the chance.
Our Biggest Security Threat Is Global Warming’s Extreme Weather
If we don’t start seriously sweating the existential crisis of climate change and ignoring the small-time drama of terrorism and partisan sellouts, then we’re finished.
Alan Moore On The Sixties, Superheroes, America, The Bible And Why Lost Sucked
“When the state started to take us seriously and initiated countermeasures, the majority of us folded like bitches.”
Frank Miller Is Ready For His Comics Fatwa
DC Comics said hell no, in a manner of speaking.
Futurama: The Sci-Fi Toon That Wouldn’t Die
Payback is a shiny metal ass, fully bitten.
Exclusive: Explosions in the Sky’s First Official Video
Which is to say, I got to show it off first.
Space-Walking Through Swervedriver’s Sci-Fi Sonics
Franklin broke down his band’s speculative soundtracking below for fans old and new. Come for the dystopian geekery and cultural esoterica, stay for the spacey rock signatures.
Geek The Beatles: Paul McCartney Gets Technocultural With Digital Libraries, Wikileaks
The first part of my two-part Wired interview with the Beatles’ legend, solo dynamo and postmodern knight.
Geek The Beatles: Paul McCartney Brings Tomorrow Never Knows Back to the Future
Paul McCartney is working on a new project utilizing vintage gear he once used to make tape loops for The Beatles’ landmark track “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
Adam Curtis’ Killing Machines of Loving Grace
Humanity now sees through the dead eyes built into the machines to which we have ceded our lives.
Gang Gang Dance’s Eye Contact Hypnotizes
New York’s experimental sonic collective continues to make challenging and rewarding music on Eye Contact.
Superman Defies America, God In 900th Issue
The genius of Superman is that he belongs to everyone, for the dual purposes of peace and protection. He’s above ephemeral geopolitics and nationalist concerns, a universal agent unlike any other found in pop culture.
Moby Makes Sense of Destroyed Media
Moby has been making music across media and genre for over three decades now. Which means he’s watched genres bleed into each other, technology kill the music industry as we […]
Must-Hear SXSW, From Yoko Ono to Ringo Deathstarr and Beyond
South By Southwest Festival stuffs a killer load of coders, filmmakers, musicians and more into the otherwise lame state of Texas.
Most Ambitious Man Of Steel Movie? All-Star Superman
All-Star Superman is an absolutely refreshing break from that capitulation. Here’s hoping Hollywood is watching, and learning.
Anonymous Clowns Cybersecurity Loudmouths. So Who’s Next?
I’ve been following the sometimes merry digital pranksters of Anonymous for awhile now. But I was stoked when my AlterNet editor Jan Frel asked me to break down their genius […]
Grant Morrison’s Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Is a Masterful Time-Wipe
No one mashes science, philosophy and superheroes as well as Grant Morrison. And his years-long run on Batman, the most iconic human superhero of all time, is an object lesson […]
Extra! Iconic American Superheroes Subjected to British Invasion!
Holy multinational vertigo, Batman! With the announcement of Tudors thespian Henry Cavill as cinema’s newest Superman, the British invasion of American superhero turf has reached a Kryptonite pitch.
The Go! Team Bestows Rolling Blackouts, Bids Adieu
For the last decade, the UK pop-hop collective has brilliantly (re)defined postmodern music. Too bad they might call it quits after releasing their kickass new album Rolling Blackouts. I talked […]
How to Make a Wonder Woman Television Show That Works
Wonder Woman is the ultimate female warrior. Please don’t give her a stupid desk job and lame friends. After decades off the air, Wonder Woman is reportedly heading back to […]
All Hail Our Robot Overlords! Sci-Fi’s Best Bots
Czech playwright Karel Capek popularized the term robot in the 1921 play R.U.R., spawning a deluge of artificial life forms in popular culture.
Star Wars Director Dave Filoni Chronicles Life During Clone Wartime
One of pop culture’s most accessible entry points for understanding a War on Terror is a cartoon from George Lucas.