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Entertainment The Caretaker's remixed 78s David Pescovitz

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Entertainment Photos of basset hounds running Maggie Koerth

Entertainment Brainfeeder's "beat music" scene David Pescovitz

Entertainment Friday Freak-Out: The Electric Prunes' "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" (1967) David Pescovitz

Entertainment Vladimir Nabokov: The Nostradamus of emoticons Maggie Koerth

Entertainment Google Earth captures airplane mid-takeoff Maggie Koerth

Entertainment Lalo Schifrin and the Marquis de Sade David Pescovitz

Entertainment Neil Gaiman singing a song about Joan of Arc Maggie Koerth

Entertainment … And just one more thing Maggie Koerth

Entertainment First Hobbit stills released Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Pervious concrete is awesome, kind of zen Maggie Koerth

Entertainment Throbbing Gristle reissues on vinyl David Pescovitz

Entertainment "Joy of Easy Listening" documentary from BBC Four David Pescovitz

Entertainment "Folder Rock": the language of band PR David Pescovitz

Entertainment 1970s Ghana Afrobeat from Rob David Pescovitz

music Norah Jones plays Johnny Cash at the Webbys David Pescovitz

Technology Prototype hoverbike is delightful, horribly unsafe Maggie Koerth

Entertainment All hail the Great Hamster of Alsace Maggie Koerth