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Relax, NYC’s Citibike isn’t a massive surveillance program (at least not yet) 5 Aug 2013 | 02:16 am
Comedian John Powers stirred up an internet shitstorm with a July 12 blog post alleging that while riding a Citibike through a busy street he crashed it and that two small surveillance cameras fell ou...
Lollapaloozing it, Day 2 4 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
I had planned on going to Lolla a lot earlier yesterday, but it was super hot out, so I waited until a little bit later in the day to head down. Godforbid I tan. Well, OK, also I wanted to limit the a...
Danish audiophiles Jabra are here to take away your wires 4 Aug 2013 | 03:18 am
Wires are the pits, especially when it comes to audio. They’re antiquated, messy, you have to wrap them up and put them away in a stupid little bag—they’re the worst. But wires play a maddeningly cen...
Getting lost at Lollapalooza, Day 1 4 Aug 2013 | 12:54 am
Ahoy! Well, this is a bit late in the day, but my laptop got screwed up yesterday and I was not able to borrow one until a minute ago! Anyhoo, although I am the lone non-music writer at Death and Ta...
Florida will reconsider its Stand Your Ground law after George Zimmerman protests 4 Aug 2013 | 12:31 am
Florida lawmakers will revisit Florida’s Stand Your Ground law in a debate this fall in Republicans’ biggest concession to protesters still gathering nationwide after George Zimmerman’s acquittal in t...
Oh my god Daft Punk are going to play ‘The Colbert Report’ 3 Aug 2013 | 02:22 am
OH MY GODDDDDDD. AUGUST 6TH. DAFT PUNK. STEPHEN COLBERT. Yes, according to various official sources, the French duo will play the Colbert Report next week. Colbert has been inviting guests to danc...
Why we don’t need a TV miniseries of ‘Fargo’ 3 Aug 2013 | 02:12 am
FX announced today that it will produce a ten-part miniseries based on the Coen brothers’ 1996 masterpiece “Fargo.” Billy Bob Thornton will star. FX seems to be following ABC’s footsteps in resurrect...
SPF 5000 drops new video for ‘Make Love To Me’ 3 Aug 2013 | 01:30 am
It’s a wonder that Nicky Digital, a general man-about-town and well of NYC culture knowledge, didn’t start a record label years ago. Yesterday, after nearly a decade of curating, attending, and photog...
Rich old man at Irish horse race wipes sweaty face with €50 note 3 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
At this week’s Galway Races horse racing festival in Ireland, former golf pro Barry Orr gave an interview to a correspondent for RTE on live TV when, after what must have been one grueling afternoon o...
6-foot shark found at beer pub’s doorstep 3 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
Around 7 a.m. on Thursday, the Department of Public Works on Nantucket Island received a call from the Sea Dog Brew Pub about a six-foot-long, 100-pound shark that was left at their doorstep overnight...