muppets Blooper reel from Jim Henson's "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" Rusty Blazenhoff

interviews An interview with legendary bass player Carol Kaye Gareth Branwyn

Heavy Metal “What is this that stands before me?" Fifty years ago when rock and roll turned seriously dark, heavy, and metallic Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants First, Angélique Kidjo paid tribute to Talking Heads; now she's honoring Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa Cory Doctorow

music Watch Johnny Rotten act like an ass to Henry Rollins and Marky Ramone last night David Pescovitz

happy mutants The PrEP Diaries: A safe(r) sex memoir Evan J. Peterson

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

china Three kinds of propaganda, and what to do about them Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

Book An interview with ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT on the occasion of the publication of THE CITY OF BLADES Boing Boing

cuba A brief visit to Cuba Lars Forseti

movies Meet the scientific storytellers who can make the public afraid of anything—for a price Ethan Gilsdorf

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

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The curious case of the sweaty nipples Sandra Block

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