Sharon Jones Gone

from NPR A Queen Among Kings Sharon Jones’ Soul Was Surpassed Only By Her Spirit by OLIVER WANG The first time I ever saw Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings perform was circa 2002 at the Elbo Room, a tiny venue in San Francisco’s Mission District. If...

Secrets of Blackstar

from SPIN David Bowie’s Graphic Designer Says Blackstar Records Hold More Secrets by Anna Gaca CREDIT: Screenshot via DavidBowieVEVO on YouTube In May, months after David Bowie released his final album ★ (Blackstar) and died unexpectedly, fans discovered a charming...

$1 Million Worth of Hot Wheels

from Inside Hook SO THAT’S WHAT A $1 MILLION HOT WHEELS COLLECTION LOOKS LIKE Got a Pink VW Bus in the attic? Call your banker. BY EVAN BLEIER From Michael Jordan rookie cards to first-run issues of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, we’ve all heard horror stories of...

Monkey Tools

from The Telegraph Monkeys create stone tools forcing scientists to rethink human evolution By Sarah Knapton, science editor Capuchin stone on stone percussion: an active hammerstone fragmenting during use CREDIT: M.HASLAM The path of human evolution may need to be...

Black Metal

from VICE Photos That Perfectly Capture the Brutality of Extreme Norwegian Music By Oliver Lunn, Photos: Jonas Bendiksen Aleksander Ilievski from Imagination and Empty. Norway, 2016. (Copyright: Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum Photos) The most Norwegian thing ever is black...