If, like me, you’ve been wondering how those devastating Youtube videos and cellphone clips keep slipping free of Iran’s supposed internet restrictions, check out Chris Good’s post over at the Atlantic site.
by JOHN SEMLEYYou’ve heard of grindhouse, blaxploitation and kung fu flicks. But Canada has its own unique B-movie tradition—Canuxploitation—and new directors are catching on.[full text]
by ABOU FARMANThe next stage in evolution—a machine consciousness able to manipulate time and space—is just around the corner. The catch: humans will no longer be in charge.[full text]
by VARIOUSOnline companion essays to our print-only "The Music We Hate" feature: Daniel Johnston, Destroyer, Belle and Sebastian, Lady Gaga, Timber Timbre, the xx and more.[full text]
by CARL WILSON"Radiohead's Intelligent Musicianship is always up in my face. It’s like being distracted, mid-act, by the fine detailing of a partner’s high-end labial cosmetic surgery."