How cool is this? The Quarantine Coloring Book is an open art project on Instagram where artists can submit black and white images to be considered for the "book" and… Read the rest of the article: The quarantine coloring book project on Instagram

Several years ago, I tech edited a book on the Internet of Things. Prior to that, I had not thought that deeply about the complex issues surrounding self-driving cars, except… Read the rest of the article: Kevin Kelly on the Future of Autonomous Cars

Aphex Twin will be streaming his 2019 Warehouse Project live show tomorrow (Friday, April 10), complete with interactive visuals and editing from regular collaborator Weirdcore. The set will be broadcast… Read the rest of the article: Aphex Twin will be streaming his Warehouse Project show with interactive visuals tomorrow, April 10

My friend Richard Gould introduced me to Bichopalo, a musical instrument sculptor from Valenciana, Spain. One word: Enchanting. Two words: Pico and Verdi, his two pet birds who star in… Read the rest of the article: The coolest thing you'll see today: The magical musical contraptions of Bichopalo

Two days ago, we lost a musical mastermind whose name few people outside of the music business may know: Hal Willner. Willner was a musical producer on Saturday Night Live… Read the rest of the article: Celebrating the mad genius of music producer Hal Willner, who has died, likely of COVID-19

Noah Wall, the artist and musician responsible for the highly-recommended Grotesque Tables II (and who has collaborated with David Byrne, St. Vincent, David Lynch, Maya Lin, and many others) wrote… Read the rest of the article: Noah Wall paints audio portraits using the structures of New York

Punk rock bard, Henry Rollins, and KCRW have launched The Cool Quarantine, a new online radio program where Henry goes through his record collection and shares stories. The idea is… Read the rest of the article: Chill with Henry Rollins in The Cool Quarantine as he shares stories and his record collection

We are sad to report that, according to John Prine's family, he has finally succumbed to the COVID-19 virus that he'd been battling for the past nine days. Rolling Stone… Read the rest of the article: Legendary singer/songwriter, John Prine, has died from COVID-19

DC has made images of a number of iconic comic book locations available for use as virtual backgrounds for Zoom and other video conferencing services. "Whether it's for work, school… Read the rest of the article: DC Comics offers free virtual backgrounds for Zoom conferencing

Jimmy DiResta was sitting on a plane, looking at his clasped hands, when he wondered if he could possibly create a joint that worked on a similar principle of interleaving… Read the rest of the article: Jimmy DiResta builds a stool with steel finger joints

If you needed another reason to be scared straight into practicing impeccable sterile technique in an effort to reduce your risk of COVID-19, read on. For those of us who… Read the rest of the article: What it's like to experience the dreaded COVID-19 "cytokine storm"

Jerry Saltz takes a sobering, thought-provoking look at where the art world may find itself in the wake of COVID-19. Anyone involved or adjacent to this world knows how much… Read the rest of the article: The art world in the wake of COVID-19

There are few songs that can lay me out quicker than Tears for Fears' 1982 hit, "Mad World." Like many, I will forever associate it with the cult classic film,… Read the rest of the article: Curt Smith from Tears for Fears plays "Mad World" with his daughter Diva

Bookshop has high hopes of becoming Earth's other biggest bookstore. It offers a way for indie bookstores to easily sell their books online and have fulfillment handled by Bookshop and… Read the rest of the article: Bookshop offers an alternative to Amazon for bookstores and affiliates

"What We Do in the Shadows," Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi's beautifully stupid vampire comedy, is out for more blood in season 2. The second season of the screwy, sharp-witted… Read the rest of the article: "What We Do in the Shadows" returns to FX on April 15

On Electric Lit, Halimah Marcus, interviews speculative fiction author Ted Chiang (Exhalation, Arrival) on the current global pandemic and whether there will ever be a "normal" for us to return… Read the rest of the article: Sci-fi author Ted Chiang on the disaster novel we're currently living through

I love the work that the Italian DIY ambient punk and dungeon drone label, Heimat Der Katastrophe, is doing. They release cassette tapes and digital albums via Bandcamp that are… Read the rest of the article: Cassette-based D&D adventures and dungeon-delving soundtracks

Here's another musical round-up to keep you occupied while holed up in your pandemic command bunker. The Pitchfork title of this piece is "The 33 Best Industrial Albums of All… Read the rest of the article: Shut-in sounds: 33 of the best industrial albums

If humans ever hope to colonize Mars, the settlers will need to manufacture on-planet a huge range of organic compounds, from fuels to drugs, that are too expensive to ship… Read the rest of the article: How nanowires and bacteria can create organic compounds on Mars. Just add water.

Since its launch three years ago, Donald Bell's Maker Update has been one of my favorite weekly YouTube…well, maker updates. I always find inspiring projects, tool reviews, and tips of… Read the rest of the article: Maker Update's COVID-19 response edition