To promote the new season of her show, the British comedy Sex Education (now streaming on Netflix), Gillian Anderson does a nearly four minute ASMR video. In her character of… Read the rest of the article: Gillian Anderson does ASMR to promote her show, Sex Education

A huge collection of flora and fauna illustrations have just entered the public domain. Hyperalleric writes: Had he lived in our time, Thoreau would’ve been thrilled to know that the… Read the rest of the article: 150,000 nature illustrations from around the world enter the public domain thanks to the the Biodiversity Heritage Library

TV actor Robert Conrad, best known for his portrayal of Jim West on the very quirky, proto-steampunky 60s sci-fi Western, The Wild Wild West, has died. He was 84. When… Read the rest of the article: Robert Conrad, star of "The Wild Wild West" TV series, has died

NASA is reporting on their Voyager Twitter feed that the Voyager 2 spacecraft is once again operational. Here's the skinny: My twin went to do a roll to calibrate the… Read the rest of the article: Voyager 2 is back up and running!

MetalBallStudios, a YouTube channel that does 3D-rendered, animated size comparisons, has a new video comparing the sizes of buildings and other structures found in science fiction and fantasy media. Image:… Read the rest of the article: Comparing the sizes of fictional buildings from books, movies, TV, and video games

According to a piece in The Telegraph, the UK's Ministry of Defence has announced plans to make available online over 50 years of UFO sightings reported to the RAF. The… Read the rest of the article: UK's Ministry of Defence plans to release 50 years of UFO reports sometime in 2020

Geeks Worldwide is reporting that Mad Max director, George Miller, has resolved his legal issues with Warner Bros. which were holding him back from filming the follow-up to Mad Max:… Read the rest of the article: George Miller reportedly to begin shooting Fury Road sequel this fall

Well-known YouTube makers, Evan and Katelyn, take on their weirdest project yet. They use some thermochromic liquid crystal ink left-over from another project to turn a toilet seat into a… Read the rest of the article: Making a mood ring toilet seat using thermochromic liquid crystal ink

If your idea of a good time is watching a Gucci glammed up Kenneth Anger lounging around all over the Chateau Marmont hotel, check out this five minute mini-doc done… Read the rest of the article: Floria Sigismondi spends 72 hours filming legendary outre filmmaker, Kenneth Anger, at the Chateau Marmont

The vinyl record industry could be in for real trouble after a devastating fire on February 6th completely destroyed the vinyl manufacturing facility, Apollo Masters, in Banning, CA. Ben Blackwell,… Read the rest of the article: Worldwide vinyl supply may be threatened after devastating Apollo Masters fire

This is so heartbreaking. Ballaké Sissoko, the highly-acclaimed African musician from Mali, claims that US Customs officials destroyed his custom-made, irreplaceable kora instrument. He arrived back in Paris after a… Read the rest of the article: US Customs destroys the instrument of renowned Mali musician Ballaké Sissoko

On this Thoughty2 video, Arran tells the fascinating tale of Bermeja, an allegedly 80 square kilometers island indicated on many maps, starting in the 16th and 17th centuries. The problem… Read the rest of the article: Bermeja, the island that vanished off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula

I assume I'm late to this party (I'd never heard of this show until a few days ago). Innuendo Bingo is a BBC Radio 1 show where celebrities listen to… Read the rest of the article: Innuendo Bingo, a BBC Radio program where celebrities spit on each other

Nerdforge is a young Norwegian couple who documents all of their creative projects on YouTube. Martina is a talented crafter who specializes in fantasy dioramas and book binding. In this… Read the rest of the article: Nerdforge binds a leather book with an electrified Witcher sigil on the cover

I hate the horse-racing of art. I could never bring myself to declare "THE" ten most groundbreaking of anything. And especially something as subjective as avant garde art and music.… Read the rest of the article: Ten great, groundbreaking avant garde records

Comic book nerds are likely familiar with the work and controversies surrounding artist and inker, Vince Colletta. He is best known as an inker on Jack Kirby's The Mighty Thor,… Read the rest of the article: Fascinating video about comic book inker, Vince Colletta, the man some claim ruined Jack Kirby's art

Attention bookworms and rare book nerds. The Booksellers, opening in March, is a documentary celebrating bookstores and the peculiar business of collecting and selling rare books. Literary Hub writes: Have… Read the rest of the article: Watch the trailer to "The Booksellers," a documentary on the enduring, eccentric world of rare book selling

Currently on heavy rotation at Chez Branwyn: Fiona Apple's cover of The Waterboys' brilliant "The Whole of the Moon." She covered the 1985 classic for the season finale of the… Read the rest of the article: Fiona Apple's cover of The Waterboys' "The Whole of the Moon"

When I was writing my book, Jamming the Media (1997), while working on a chapter about pirate radio, I went deep down the rabbit hole of hunting down pirate stations,… Read the rest of the article: Hey, remember number stations? Whatever happened to them?

Sean Äaberg had a severe cerebellum stroke in September of 2018. Sean is a talented artist and game designer that I met through the tabletop gaming community. He is the… Read the rest of the article: Artist Sean Äaberg's stroke recovery sketchbooks