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  • POP CULTURE

    Aug 27, 2008, 05:18PM

    What Does NYC Mean To You?

    From the super-meaningful folks that brought you Paris, je t'aime comes a similarly saccharine film about New York. After watching the trailer, Hipster Runoff decides to switch art schools so that those little "New York" moments will be easier to capture.

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  • SPORTS

    Aug 27, 2008, 05:10PM

    Nebraska Mishandled Gay Porn Wrestlers

    The Nebraska wrestlers who got caught on a gay porn website deserved to be dismissed, but not for the reasons cited by the university. The athletic department's mismangement of the public relations battle turned the focus of the story onto free speech, instead of a record of repeated offenses and lawbreaking.

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 27, 2008, 04:14PM

    Joe Biden Wants To Offer You A $2,000 Credit Limit

    It's dangerous to read too much into a VP pick, but for young voters Joe Biden's got one red flag worth thinking about. His main special interest vice is the credit card industry, on whose behalf he's pushed legislation through Congress. Consdiering how many kids these days get drowned in a sea of Visa bills, Biden's ties don't exactly reinforce Obama's pro-youth message.

  • SPORTS

    Aug 27, 2008, 02:30PM

    We knew he was a phony!

    You've heard of Michael Phelps' "miracle" finish in the 100-meter butterfly—the one where his itty-bitty finger snagged victory from the jaws of certain only-seven-gold-medals defeat. Here, William Saletan of Slate offers some rather sobering arguments as to why Phelps legitimately lost that race. And if you buy his argument, well then you were right all along thinking Phelps is bush league.

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  • DIGITAL

    Aug 27, 2008, 12:56PM

    RIAA Stirs Up Digital Insurgency

    The Internet's got a funny way of getting even with big media conglomerates. Muxtape, a site set up so that users could share mixes with each other through streaming media (meaning the songs weren't available for download), recently became a target for the RIAA. So, true to form, they threatened the website with legal oblivion and shut it down. Only now the exact same software has reemerged in a peer-to-peer form, meaning that the software they tried to shut down is now both harder to trace and easier to steal music from.

  • POP CULTURE

    Aug 27, 2008, 12:32PM

    Laugh, Cry, Or Download?

    Since the Internet lets everyone read about everything, does being cool still feel like you're in on a secret? Like if you read about foreign electro on blogs, are you more in touch with the "authentic" currents of culture? Are things "underground" anymore, or are they just "new" and possibly "not good?" This is what we're wondering as we watch a video dug up by Hipster Runoff for a Futurecop! song that sets a very old story about boys and girls in a very neon scene. Something's getting exploited for marketing purposes here, but we're not exactly sure what.

  • DIGITAL

    Aug 27, 2008, 11:12AM

    Colleges Adapting To RIAA

    When the RIAA started cracking down on individual illegal downloading a few years ago, colleges and universities were prime hunting grounds. The combination of college idleness, free Internet access, and basic tech savvy lead to a lot of expensive legal action, something that wasn't in the best interests of the kids or the schools. Here's a look at what colleges are doing to make sure their students don't bring down the wrath of the RIAA.

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 27, 2008, 10:35AM

    Barack, It's Late, and I Don't Want To Hook Up

    Barack Obama was supposed to show off his youth and technology credentials by announcing his Vice-President pick over text message. But then many young voters were woken up at 3 a.m. East Coast time last Friday by the buzzing of their cells. Does the Obama campaign really want to start drunk dialing their supporters?

  • MOVING PICTURES

    Aug 27, 2008, 09:47AM

    Self-Described Asshole Bro Shooting Movie

    Tucker Max is a former preppy bro best known for his website and book chronicling years of drinking himself to oblivion and sleeping with any woman he could lay his hands on. His writing, popular among college males, is famously misogynist and cynical when it comes to the women he's involved with. Now he's producing a movie about his life, financed by the same company that brought us Donnie Darko.

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  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 26, 2008, 05:42PM

    College Dems Scheming In Denver

    During the contentious primary season youth turnout was triple the 2004 levels, and college Democrats across the country are hoping to translate that enthusiasm into Barack Obama votes. Campus representatives congregating in Denver are attending training sessions in expectation of a big fall for Democrats. Here's some of their perspective on the election.

  • ON CAMPUS

    Aug 26, 2008, 04:20PM

    Digital Textbooks Not Measuring Up

    A report by a student advocacy group says that when it comes to textbooks, simply going digital isn't enough. Currently many publishers are offering digital versions of their textbooks, but they don't offer enough advantages compared to real books.

  • DIGITAL

    Aug 26, 2008, 03:50PM

    Google One Step Closer To Mind Control

    This week Google is rolling out a new and improved "Google Suggest" feature for its search engine that will correct spelling mistakes, complete words and phrases, and deliver eternal happiness. (We think we're kidding about the last bit.) Should we be worried that between searching, Gmail, and YouTube Google acts as a gatekeeper for roughly 94% of all the information we consume?

  • POP CULTURE

    Aug 26, 2008, 02:37PM

    The Long Road Trip Towards Green Driving

    Last week the Hydrogen Road Tour finished up in L.A. after a cross-country rally that showcased liquid hydrogen powered cars as a solution to our energy crisis. Considering that ethanol makes food expensive, it's great news that a cross-country trip on a different alternative fuel is possible. One problem though: because there aren't enough hydrogen stations, the cars had to go from Missouri to New Mexico on flatbed trucks.

  • DIGITAL

    Aug 26, 2008, 01:14PM

    Understanding Privacy

    An op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal argues that we've gotten over privacy as a society because most people willingly give away personal information online. After all, do we really care about privacy if we let Amazon track our book preferences? Author Daniel Solove offers an emphatic rebuttal, pointing out that privacy in the digital age is less about the information we share, and more about what is done with that information once it's in the hands of a third party.

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  • MUSIC

    Aug 27, 2008, 05:41PM

    Grampall Jookabox Will Cook Your Head

    The tribal beat experimentation of Grampall Jookabox doesn't exactly come across as pop music, but give it a chance to grab ahold of your cortex. It's twisted, for sure, but also handled with a loving attention to sonic detail. Here's a track from a new free EP released on Asthmatic Kitty that's just short of insane.

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  • POP CULTURE

    Aug 27, 2008, 03:04PM

    Something for the Naked Eye

    Spencer Tunick appreciates flesh—especially in bulk. His photos of thousands of naked people in formation are quite the morning picker-upper for coworkers, friends and parents alike. (Maybe not the last one, unless your folks are as forgiving of your manic Internet surfing as ours.)

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  • POP CULTURE

    Aug 27, 2008, 02:05PM

    For Some Reason, This Looks More Effective Than Those "Truth" Ads

    As Harry Chapin's folky "I'm Gonna Be Just Like You" lilts in the background, a young boy experiences the trauma of losing his father to cigarettes. Honestly, I don't have any snark to dish. This is a touching ad.

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  • MUSIC

    Aug 27, 2008, 01:36PM

    Menancing Cartoon Strawberries Down Under

    Australia's dance pop is stomping across the globe with a strength far out of proportion to their population and/or hemisphere. Here some Australian morning show hosts a bouncy live performance from PNAU (one of Elton John's new favorite bands) with a children's chorus and weird mascots.

  • MUSIC

    Aug 27, 2008, 01:32PM

    Arabesque By Way of Manhattan

    Gang Gang Dance have been making music almost as long as their contemporaries Animal Collective and Black Dice, but have a much sparser discography (their last full-length, God's Money, came out in 2005). Although this is said much too often of bands from New York, it really is true that GGD sound like no one else around. Here's a live clip of "Egowar", a song from God's Money.

  • POP CULTURE

    Aug 27, 2008, 10:12AM

    We Are Imperialist Wolves

    Ever since the Soviet Union collapsed there's been a global shortage of good Stalinist propoganda posters. Sure, America's still got enemies that hate our core beliefs, but the Taliban and Al-Qaeda home video approach is so 21st century. What we need for some good ole' U.S.-hating art is a regime stuck in the 1940s, a country totally isolated from the modern world, a country whose leader kidnaps filmmakers for his private amusement. Here's a collection of North Korean government posters from a new book.

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  • POP CULTURE

    Aug 26, 2008, 05:14PM

    Trick Or Treat

    Art nerds no longer have to walk around college towns on Halloween with picture frames around their necks ("I'm post-modern you philistine"). Now they can emulate one Riitta Ikonen, a Finnish artist who is "concerned with the performance of images, through photography and costume design ... The super- garments I make open up new experiences. In my costumes tremendous things happen - to me and to the people I work with. Today I exploded an egg in the microwave. Next, I want to make an egg costume."

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  • MUSIC

    Aug 26, 2008, 04:59PM

    Surround Sound

    Billed as the "first music video ever shot with a 360 degree panoramic lens," Cut Chemist's "1st Big Break" is exactly that—and only that. Not that there's anything wrong with using technology as a crutch (think Independence Day and U2). Thankfully the well-done track is suited to eye-bending effects of the same ilk.

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 26, 2008, 04:47PM

    Scent Of Second Place

    If Hillary Clinton had her own brand of perfume, it would be named "Catharsis" and it would be advertised as humiliating and counter-productive as possible. We're keeping our eyes peeled for Obama facial cream and McCain golf gear. Wait a second ...

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