mistakes Frightening footage from inside Viking cruise ship tossed by rough seas Rob Beschizza

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Ozzy Osbourne releases touching autobiographical video for his recent single, "Ordinary Man" (featuring Elton John) Gareth Branwyn

interviews An interview with legendary bass player Carol Kaye Gareth Branwyn

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

strange coincidences A cartoon by a man name Cage about a silent piano composition was published 20 years before John Cage's 4'33" Mark Frauenfelder

music Dr. John, the New Orleans music icon born Malcolm John Rebennack, dies at 77 Xeni Jardin

surveillance Empirical analysis of behavioral advertising finds that surveillance makes ads only 4% more profitable for media companies Cory Doctorow

television On Star Trek: TNG, those aren't Captain Picard's hands holding his flute David Pescovitz

barack obama Barack Obama lists his favorite books, music, and movies of 2018 Gina Loukareas

music Pianist Henry Butler dead at 69 Seamus Bellamy

the gloaming Meet the band that kicked U2's leather clad ass Seamus Bellamy

poetry How would Emily Dickinson fare with online dating? Rusty Blazenhoff

vehicles The story of John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls-Royce David Pescovitz

music This is the first jazz record David Pescovitz

elections Where the #trumpwon trend came from (not Russia) Cory Doctorow

science fiction Fiction: The Boy Who Made Flowers S.B. Divya

art Last words from 129 films David Pescovitz

copyright The twisted history of the Happy Birthday song—and the copyright shenanigans that keep it profitable Glenn Fleishman

Food Sound is the forgotten flavor sense Gastropod