June 18, 2016

Synthtastic

TRONICBOX (twitter) makes 1980s versions of current day pop songs including an absolutely spot on version of Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean."
posted by ocherdraco at 7:29 PM PST - 15 comments

...the need for a hard look at the cultures within police departments.

Badge of Dishonor: Top Oakland Police Department Officials Looked Away as East Bay Cops Sexually Exploited and Trafficked a Teenager [East Bay Express] According to a stunning set of allegations, a teenage human trafficking victim in the Bay Area was coerced into sex by at least 22 officers over a six month period. [more inside]
posted by Fizz at 5:19 PM PST - 111 comments

NBA players swat little kids' shots

NBA Players Swatting Little Kids' Shots
posted by ardgedee at 4:51 PM PST - 49 comments

It is about the small things

City Objects catalogues tiny thoughtful features of various cities around the world, from clocks to ticket machines. In the same spirit as the also great littlebig details, which covers the digital world.
posted by blahblahblah at 3:06 PM PST - 8 comments

Metrocosm: The History of Cities Visualized

The History of Cities Visualized: Metrocosm
posted by y2karl at 2:46 PM PST - 9 comments

If you can't Instagram it, are you really there?

Performers have had it with your shit: your phone is getting locked up.
posted by naju at 1:20 PM PST - 143 comments

by appointment only

The kisses vary in length and intimacy. My subjects are all aware of what I’m going to do ahead of time, but in the moment of the kiss anything can happen. The lipstick mark I leave on my subjects invites viewers to imagine the circumstances surrounding the kiss.
The Makeout Project by Jedediah Johnson
posted by griphus at 12:29 PM PST - 51 comments

Consider Cooking The Lobster

The Food Lab finishes of a week of Lobster talk (how to buy and store, soft shell vs. hard shell) with the definative answer to "How do you cook and shuck a lobster?"
posted by The Whelk at 12:18 PM PST - 21 comments

Mumford and Sons meet Baaba Maal, Beatenberg and The Very Best

Arena-folk rockers Mumford and Sons toured in South Africa earlier this year, where they took two days to record new music. The result is their Johannesburg EP (YT playlist with live and studio tracks), with Senegalese singer and guitarist Baaba Maal (documentary playlist), South African pop trio Beatenberg (playlist of live videos), and the team of Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya with British production/DJ duo Radioclit as The Very Best (their original mixtape). More music from the collaborators inside. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief at 12:08 PM PST - 9 comments

among those who have least, beat hearts of hope

Maré and Alemão are two of the largest favela complexes in Zona Norte de Rio de Janeiro.
Alemão is home to the Papo Reto journalist collective, an award winning witness partner who are fighting police brutality with smartphones.
In the nearby complex of Maré the photographer Ratao Diniz records the beauty and the pain in stills and video.
In Favela stories some residents of differing ages tell their own histories.
posted by adamvasco at 11:24 AM PST - 1 comments

"How do we know you're that good?" "Get in."

Back in January, AV Club started a series called "A History of Violence", which discusses the most groundbreaking action films, year by year, starting with Bullitt in 1968. Last week after ten entries, they have finally circled back to the car chase film and arguably one of the peaks of the genre: Walter Hill's The Driver. [more inside]
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 11:12 AM PST - 10 comments

In 33 years of late-night replays, I have never seen this person before

"As a replicant which appeared in slightly different situations in at least five episodes in the first series, it could arguably be described as one of the first popular culture memes." Did you know The Young Ones had a fifth housemate? Neither did anyone else.
posted by jessamyn at 10:31 AM PST - 60 comments

What It's Like to Meet Annabelle

Luckily for my sanity, Annabelle did not do anything scary while I was in her presence, though I did see a moth flutter by her case at one point, and later, while listening to a recording of the interview, I heard a horrible growl on the tape that was probably my stomach but let's be real, was a demon. I also kept seeing my own movements reflected in the glass and thinking she was coming for me. Being inside the museum also left a musty smell in my hair that I didn't notice until later, when I was back at home watching Curb Your Enthusiasm — maybe not coincidentally, the one about the doll.
posted by veedubya at 9:35 AM PST - 15 comments

Can we save the open web?

As urged by creators and luminaries of the Web at the recent Decentralized Web summit, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert asks the question, Wordpress founder (MeFi's own™) Matt Mullenweg agrees, and Twitter&Medium founder (MeFi's own™) Ev Williams mulls extensively. [more inside]
posted by progosk at 5:54 AM PST - 73 comments

Music To Rip And Tear By

After initially rocky multiplayer beta impressions, Doom (or Doom 4 or Doom 2016, if you prefer) has turned out to be one of the best single-player experiences of the year. One of the most acclaimed parts of the remake is the crushingly heavy electronic and heavy metal soundtrack (YT Playlist). Composed, produced, and largely performed by Mick Gordon, who also did the soundtrack for Bethesda's Wolfenstein: The New Order, his YouTube channel hosts a two-part making of video showcasing the instruments and thought process behind the new/old sound of Doom.
posted by Punkey at 5:35 AM PST - 39 comments

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