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The last time The Cure released a new album, George W. Bush was still the President of the United States of America. Much has changed in the intervening years—but, based on the band's newest single, "Alone," the band's emotionally pining synthesizer symphonies might be a consistently cathartic constant. — Read the rest The post Listen to the first new The Cure song since 2008...

Researchers at New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) recently discovered a new species of deep-sea Ghost Shark (previously at Boing Boing) in the Chatham Rise off the coast of New Zealand—roughly 1.6 miles under the water. — Read the rest The post New species of ghost shark discovered just in time for Halloween appeared first on Boing Boing.

Ahead of the November release of his 73rd solo (and roughly 153rd album overall?!), singer/songwriter Willie Nelson posted his newest single—a cover of the Flaming Lips' 2002 hit, "Do You Realize." Speaking of "Do You Realize," I did not realize that Nelson was 91 years old, and still so damn prolific. — Read the rest The post Willie Nelson covers the Flaming Lips appeared...

Announcing the brand new Tom the Dancing Bug book: Volume 8 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug book program is "IT'S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG!" Now accepting orders right HERE! "Intricate, incisive, shape-shifting"  – The New Yorker JOIN THE INNER HIVE and get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug  comic at least a day before publication! — Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug: How it started,...

A 65-year-old man in Boston was arraigned on Friday for a murder that happened in 1988, all because he spit on the sidewalk outside of his home. A 25-year-old woman named Karen Taylor was stabbed to death in her Roxbury home in 1988. — Read the rest The post Man arrested for 1988 murder after spitting on the sidewalk in 2023 appeared first on...

A group of researchers at the Seoul National University of Science and Technology have presented a proof-of-concept for the first flying shopping cart. It's just a platform or wire basket mounted on drones to help you transport your groceries or other items; this is The Pallentrone, a portmanteau of "pallet" and "drone." — Read the rest The post Still no flying cars, but now there's...

LOST: Back To The Island is a new book from TV critics Emily St. James and Noel Murray that offers an insightful retrospective on one of the most iconic television shows of the 21st century so far: LOST, which first premiered almost exactly 20 years ago, on September 22, 2004. — Read the rest The post New book looks back on things we lost...

Backstage at Warped Tour in 1998, Fat Mike had a stroke of genius. The NOFX frontman had formed his own record label, Fat Wreck Chords, about a decade earlier. In the mid-90s, they started releasing a series of compilation albums called Fat Music For Fat People—basically just samplers featuring various bands from the label lineup. — Read the rest The post 25 years of...

"Face It, Tiger" is the newest single from the Roland High Life, the indie rock band I started with some friends back in the mid-'00s. It's actually the first decent song we ever wrote as a band, and it's one of the only songs from that first iteration of the band that we still consistently perform and which still gets the crowd pumped up....

The Supernova International Ska Festival takes place every September in Virginia. This year's festivities include a performance by Agent 99, a New York ska band from the 90s that featured Dunia Best on vocals. Dunia has forged a lifelong career for herself in the ska world, and has continued to perform with groups such as Rude Girl Revue; she's even a previous guest on...

In this fun promotional video for the drum lesson app Drumeo, the mysterious Blue Men of the eponymous Group discovers the goth-punk band My Chemical Romance for the first time. Their eyes go wide as they hear the iconic opening piano riff to the band's hit song "Welcome To The Black Parade," then offer their own rhythmic take on the tune. — Read the...

Announcing the brand new Tom the Dancing Bug book: Volume 8 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug book program is "IT'S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG!" Now accepting orders right HERE! "Intricate, incisive, shape-shifting"  – The New Yorker JOIN THE INNER HIVE and get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug  comic at least a day before publication! — Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug – News of...

"The Karate Rap" is a 1986 rap song by David and Holly Seeger that helped promote their then-fledging media production company. As they explain on their website: While idling on the L.I.E. in rush hour, they passed the time coming up with lyrics with a Martial Arts theme. — Read the rest The post White people in the 80s rapping about karate appeared first...

Back in 2021, I wrote about a custom DOOM mod that introduced a new Big Bad into the game that was even more horrific than a Martian hell beast: Margaret Thatcher. From the blurb: THE DEAD SPEAK! The world has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of revenge in the sinister voice of the late BARONESS MARGARET THATCHER.  — Read the rest The post Margaret...

As summer ends, I always think about my favorite episode of my favorite kids' TV show, The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Titled "What We Did On Our Summer Vacation," the fourth episode of the first season opens with the unforgettable moment when Younger Pete and his personal superhero, Artie, the Strongest Man In The World, attempt to punch back the ocean waves to prolong the summer....

The AI Risk Repository is a new, publicly available database system compiled by MIT researchers that catalogs the over 700 (and counting) risks of using generative AI. From the abstract: The risks posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are of considerable concern to academics, auditors, policymakers, AI companies, and the public. — Read the rest The post MIT's AI risk database exposes 700+ ways AI...

Over on X-Formerly-Known-As-Twitter, 3D modeling artist Kensyouen Y posted this fascinating animation of an anime character reaching through the screen to interact with the UI of their animation software to bring herself to life. 完成まで動かないでって言ったのに…#3DCG pic.twitter.com/HltsfZQh6R — 腱鞘炎と戦うデザイナー (@kensyouen_Y) August 6, 2024 Reader John Whitehead shared the video with me, linking to an article on 80LV, which described the delightful animation quite succinctly: Created...

This delightful mashup combines the melody of "The Rainbow Connection" with the words to Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice," sung in Kermit the Frog's iconic voice. It's the mad brainchild of There I Ruined It, a Texas-based producer who does, well, stuff exactly like this. — Read the rest The post Kermit the Frog covers "Gin & Juice" by Snoop Dogg appeared first on...

Reuters reports that construction of the world's largest 3D-printed neighborhood is nearly complete—and of course, it's in Texas. Wolf Ranch is located about 30 miles from Austin and consists of 100 homes, all built by a giant, 45-foot-wide 3D printer using a mix of concrete powder, water, sand, and other additives. — Read the rest The post The world's largest 3D-printed neighborhood was just...

You know the sound, even if you didn't know it had a name: that iconic, ear-piercing action movie squeal like someone falling out of a window. It's called the Wilhem Scream (not to be confused with the seminal New Bedford post-hardcore band A Wilhelm Scream). — Read the rest The post Star Wars sound designer on all those "Wilhelm Screams" appeared first on Boing...

The folks at Quirk Books have always had a knack for finding fascinating riffs on horror stories—and the publisher's latest offering, The Unmothers, is no exception. Though it's technically a debut novel, author Leslie J. Anderson has previously published a book of poetry. — Read the rest The post "The Unmothers" is Lovecraft for horses and abortion rights appeared first on Boing Boing.

The Department of Midnight is an upcoming sci-fi/fantasy audio drama mystery series produced by Fred Seibert and Kevin Kolde (the team behind Netflix's brilliant Castlevania adaptation). It stars James Callis (Castlevania and Battlestar Galactica) and an impressive list of one-off guest stars. — Read the rest The post Netflix "Castlevania" alumni to release a brand new sci-fi audio drama appeared first on Boing Boing.

Universal released a video detailing the Harry Potter-themed section of its upcoming Epic Universe theme park in Orlando (due to open in 2025) called "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic." The new park will be set in two Potterverse periods: Wizarding Paris in the 1920s and the British Ministry of Magic at the time of the original Harry Potter series....

At the Republican National Convention, Trump made a brief, scripted, obviously disingenuous call for "unity," and much of the media treated it as a major "pivot" to a more moderate, inclusive candidate. This anticipated pivot has been a joke for eight years, but the media keeps falling for it. — Read the rest The post Trump says if he's elected, "you won't have to vote...