Digitus Impudicus

from VICE The Long, Angry History of Flipping the Bird by Mack Lamoureux The middle finger is way older than you think. In late October, a woman named Juli Briskman pulled off something that many Americans—plus many foreigners—would die to do. Briskman, bless her...

Bring Back The Hiss!

from The Wall Street Journal A Global Shortage of Magnetic Tape Leaves Cassette Fans Reeling Brisk demand from old and new fans prompts a Missouri company to return to a long-paused business By Ryan Dezember and Anne Steele SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Steve Stepp and his team of...

Koons On Art

from Bloomberg Jeff Koons on the True Price of Being an Artist The creator of some of the world’s most expensive art talks about his collaboration with Louis Vuitton and how excitement affects value. By James Tarmy Jay-Z performs at the V Festival in front of a Jeff...

Richard Hambleton Gone

from The New York Times Richard Hambleton, ‘Shadowman’of the ’80s Art Scene, Dies at 65 His spectral silhouettes appeared mysteriously on buildings in Manhattan — “I painted the town black,” he said — but his work also drew notice abroad. By RICHARD SANDOMIR In the...

Free Dead

from dead.net 30 DAYS OF DEAD If you’ve been part of the Dead.net community for the past few years, then you know we’re on a mission to make a miracle every day in the month of November. This year is no different. As a token of our appreciation for making...