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On June 22, PiL released their third video single from the forthcoming record, End of the World.
Following "Penge" and "Hawaii" (Lydon's touching "love letter" to his recently-deceased wife, Nora), "Car Chase" is a relentless hard-driving synth track that Lydon says is "about someone who cleverly breaks out of the mental institution every night, unbeknownst to his owners." — Read the rest
Science and archeology journalist, Andrew Lawler, has made a name for himself writing unique and compelling books on somewhat unconventional subjects. His first book, Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?, explored the cultural history of the domesticated chicken and how it spread across the globe. — Read the rest
Republicans didn't miss a beat, insisting that Democratic sugar daddy George Soros is the grand puppeteer behind Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's pursuit of the justice in the Donald Trump hush-money case. Never mind that Soros hasn't donated a single penny to Bragg or even exchanged pleasantries with him. — Read the rest
The Guardian is reporting that one of the episodes of David Attenborough's Wild Isles series will not be broadcast over a feared reaction from the right. The episode, which focuses on the destruction of wildlife in the British Isles, the reasons behind it, and the concept of "rewilding," will only be viewable on the BBC's iPlayer service. — Read the rest
We wrote about news of Agent Elvis (then called Agent King) back in 2019. There finally is an official trailer for the animated series, co-created by Priscilla Presley, and news that the Netflix show will premier on March 17.
The series is animated by Robert Valley (Love Death & Robots, Pear Cider and Cigarettes, Gorillaz) and stars the voice acting of Matthew McConaughey, Don Cheadle, Katlin Olsen, Johnny Knoxville, Niecy Nash, Ed Helms, Chris Elliott, and a slew of other comedic actors.
Many Boing Boing readers are likely familiar with science and physics educator, Dianna Cowern, aka YouTube's Physics Girl. With nearly 3 million subscribers, Dianna is beloved for her exuberant personality and her clear and entertaining explanations of complex physics concepts and her love for all things science. — Read the rest
Well-known maker and homesteader Caleb Kraft was having trouble with his chickens constantly being eaten by wild critters. So, he got a goose, who he named Lucy, to help protect them. He probably didn't anticipate two things: One, how hard he would fall in love with Lucy, and that she would end up becoming a TikTok star, getting millions of views on her posts. — Read the rest
Depeche Mode were on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote their forthcoming record, Momento Mori. They performed "Ghosts Again" from the new record and a classic, "Personal Jesus," from 1990's Violator.
Momento Mori will be out on March 24. — Read the rest
In this Oceanliner Designs video, they look at 5 of the most well-preserved shipwrecks in the world. Four of them are still underwater, one (the amazing Vasa) is in a museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
This segment from Art21's program, London, explores the work of visual artist and composer, Christian Marclay. Marclay is probably best known for his "turntablism," a technique that involves manipulating vinyl records on a turntable to create new sounds. His 1985 piece, "Record Without a Cover," is a landmark in the genre. — Read the rest
I'm as fascinated by pneumatic tube delivery systems as the next dead medianaut, but I'm not sure I understand delivering some food on a café menu through a tube while the rest of the menu gets served the old fashion way. — Read the rest
The reality competition show formula continues to march towards its singularity, now with a fine art re-skin. The Smithsonian (shame on you) has partnered with MTV (natch) to auto-generate The Exhibit, the latest such horse race for creatives. Seven artists compete for a show at the Hirshhorn and $100,000 cash money. — Read the rest
In this "Hot Take" segment from the animated Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News, the Fox & Friends-like hosts question comedian Tig Notaro on her reaction to the wokeness of the Super Bowl and its ads. Hilarity ensues.
Our good friend and colleague, R.U. Sirius, spends an hour talking with Tim Ventura about his countercultural, neo-psychedelic origins, the early days of cyberculture and his magazine, Mondo 2000, the current dystopian state of online culture, and the progressive corruption and dilution of nearly everything that used to be revolutionary about the internet. — Read the rest
If you've wondering who's behind those warm, fuzzy, and seemingly inclusive Jesus Gets Us ads that are all over TV, did you have "shadowy Christian billionaires" on your bingo card. One of them is the virulently anti-LGBTQ Hobby Lobby guy. And those ads are about to appear during the Super Bowl.
Patti Smith remembers her friend, Television guitarist Tom Verlaine, who passed away on Jan. 28th.
— Read the restHe lived twenty-eight minutes from where I was raised. We could easily have sauntered into the same Wawa on the Wilmington-South Jersey border in search of Yoo-hoo or Tastykakes.
For your regular dose of inspiring handicraft, here is a Korean pottery using an embossing technique on a style of traditional pottery known as buncheon ware (characterized by a coating of white slip (ceramics), carved decorative designs, and usually, a blue-green glaze). — Read the rest
In this Hot Ones video, host Sean Evans talks to pepper farmer Ed Currie about growing some of the worlds hottest peppers. Like the Epicurious video I posted about earlier this month, Ed busts some misconceptions about hot peppers. Like, it's not the seeds that carry the heat, it's the membrane that holds them. — Read the rest
Breaking nerd news: Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast has done a complete about-face on their controversial plans to deauthorize the Open Gaming License 1.0 and replace it with a far more restrictive one that would have seriously compromised a lot of content creators. — Read the rest
With the recent kerfuffles over the forthcoming One D&D and Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro's designs on revoking the original Open Gaming License, Dungeons & Dragons enthusiasts could use a little chillaxing entertainment and comic relief. Will that be found in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the star-studded motion picture? — Read the rest
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