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Scenes from Amy Cakes Danky Dank's Personae Project

Scenes from Amy Cakes Danky Dank's Personae Project
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Note From Kim: Going Back to the Land -- and Posting About It

It fascinates me to no end as I watch the newest generation of digital native super-hipsters embracing what many are calling today's "new industrial revolution" -- an age filled with futuristic innovations like 3-D printers and assembly line-working robots --... View Gallery »

Le1f Gets Steamy In New Video, "Spa Day"

Beautiful Person 2013 Le1f has a new video for "Spa Day" and, appropriately enough, it takes place during a raucous Night Spa party at Bed Stuy's Body By Brooklyn. For those uninitiated, the spa shenanigans (twerking in a steam... View Gallery »

Balthazar Getty On the 10 Music Acts That Have Influenced Him Most

Balthazar Getty has been acting since he was 13 (starting with a lead role in Lord of the Flies, he's gone on to produce ) but, perhaps more remarkably, he was making music since even before that. Over the last... View Gallery »

Is This the Worst Rendition of the National Anthem of All Time?

This will make you real squirmy: a Canadian singer was asked to sing America's National Anthem before a hockey game and she botched it. Big time. Where's Roseanne when you need her? [via Hyper Vocal]Can't lie: even though the... View Gallery »
Mr. Mickey and Abby Rate the Fashion at Last Night's Billboard Music Awards

Mr. Mickey and Abby Rate the Fashion at Last Night's Billboard Music Awards

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Picture Day Director Kate Melville on High School and Awful Yearbook Photos

Picture Day, a refreshing new film by writer-director Kate Melville, debunks the typical clichés of high school movies: that high school is a make-it-or-break-it teenage experience and a four-year quest for popularity. The story follows Claire, the school's resident "slut,"... View Gallery »

Improv Everywhere Transform a Subway Car Into a Late Night Talk Show

For their latest stunt, Improv Everywhere (they of the 'No Pants Subway Ride' and the boardroom meeting inside the Staples office chair department) hopped on a New York subway car at Court Street and converted the train into a... View Gallery »

DIY Guru Bre Pettis Has Invented the First Affordable 3-D Printer

Bre Pettis (and other items) printed in 3-D. photographed by Ryan Kobane "Be very careful if you make a great slingshot for your hovercraft," advises Bre Pettis, DIY guru and a founder of the first affordable 3-D printer company. "My... View Gallery »
Scenes from Ladyfag's Annual Pop Souk

Scenes from Ladyfag's Annual Pop Souk

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