Business The sad history of Livejournal as a lens for understanding the state of social media today Cory Doctorow

eyewear These glasses sport film strips rescued from vintage reels Rusty Blazenhoff

john waters The "Singing Anus" from John Waters' Pink Flamingos has died Janelle Hessig

podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

graphic novels Casting announced for the upcoming Audible adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" Thom Dunn

Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn

cannabis Celebrate 4/20 by watching the weed exploitation classic Reefer Madness David Pescovitz

Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

events Oculus headset giving you a headache? Come see ye olde analog virtual reality in Los Angeles! Natalie Dressed

film The same four notes from a Gregorian chant are used over and over again in movies Mark Frauenfelder

art Delightful animation all about the clitoris David Pescovitz

the uncanny Bizarro Bazar keeps the world weird Ferdinando Buscema

happy mutants Visual Disturbances: what eye-tracking and 187 unlicensed clips reveal about change blindness and our perception of films Eric Faden

movies Fascinating introduction to kung fu movies David Pescovitz

News Chicago journalists once opened a fake bar to document corruption Andrea James

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

video Peter Jackson shares clips from his World War I film restoration Andrea James

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

corruption FCC chairman Ajit Pai receives heaps of insults after tweeting about his love for The Big Lebowski Mark Frauenfelder