Don’t Be Evil To The Environment, Google
To mangle the cliche, the evil is in the details.
Reviews
The Day The Beatles Fled Imelda Marcos
Just like that, The Beatles’ police protection disappeared, and the band was hounded out of the country, and roughed up along the way.
Lost Joins Shyamalan’s Pixies Lovefest
Lost hopped aboard the indie rock legend’s bandwagon during its season four finale, perhaps in hopes of righting its own sinking ship.
Amazon Takes Aim at iTunes With Variably Priced MP3s
it’s going to be harder for iTunes to keep its stranglehold on the downloading business. Especially now that Amazon is making music-surfers offers they can’t refuse.
R.I.P. Camu Tao, 1977-2008
“He was an almost uncategorizable force of nature,” said El-P. “Wild, hilarious, proud, loving, tough, outspoken, spontaneous and brilliant.”
Does M. Night Shyamalan Have a Thing for Pixies?
And where Hitchcock leaned on the striking scores of Bernard Hermann to propel his movies, Night seems to be borrowing ideas from … the Pixies?
Reunited, And It Feels So Loud: An Interview With Swervedriver
As one of the finest bands from the so-called shoegaze scene, Swervedriver released four stellar, underrated efforts from 1991-1998 during a chaotic career marred by label drama and changing pop […]
Prescription Drugs, Not Illegal Ones, Killed Heath Ledger
What’s in a name, you ask? Oblivion. Wait until you hear the numbers.
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.”
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.
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.
The Sounds of Silence
Internet radio recently received another brief reprieve from excessive royalties. But will the booming medium ever be the same again?
Give Peace a Price Tag
Money may not be ably to buy you love, but evidently it can buy you peace.
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.
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.
David Lynch, Uncut, Part Two
It’s a dream world now. But like I always say, everybody has access to a piece of paper and a pencil. But how many great stories are written?
Michel Gondry Keeps It Reel
“ I stopped my son from playing videogames, and he began to develop all kinds of creative skills.”
Wave Of Adoration: Pixies Reunite!
The Pixies cast a long shadow over modern rock’s past — and future.
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
Rob Sonic Opens Strong With Telicatessen
Armed with an arsenal of new-and old-world technology, and primed to spread his funk-drenched vitriol across the world, Rob Sonic is indie hip-hop’s newest jack popping out of the box.
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.”