Help Fight the NSA With TMI

Vice has created a new tool to help people fight back against the NSA by providing them with too much information. The site at nsa.motherboard.tv generates random messages filled with NSA buzzwords that you can then Tweet or share on Facebook or send via email. Via Popular Science “By the very nature of intelligence issues, there’s much…

New Nine Inch Nails Video ‘Come Back Haunted’ Directed By David Lynch

I could write some stuff here about the band and the director and .. stuff but, really, if Nine Inch Nails video directed by David Lynch isn’t enough to get you to watch, you probably won’t like it. Oh … also be careful if you are prone to seizures. [via Slash Film]

The Return of the Pixies [New Video and Free Download]

The Pixies are back, well almost. Kim Deal didn’t come back for this round, so it’s sortof the semi-Pixies but why split hairs. Most of the band has returned and is playing together again. No new tour info or new album is available yet, just rumors however a new video released today will give you…

Joseph Campbell’s ‘Monomyth’ Theory, Explained by Puppets

The late, great Joseph Campbell was brilliant enough to deduce that nearly every popular story in the history of man has some basic things in common. This includes fiction and non-fiction and religious tales, it includes myths handed down by word of mouth, books, television and modern cinema. George Lucas specifically credits Campbell with the…

Download A Free (Complete) Radiohead Recording from 1995

Paste.com and Radiohead are offering a free download of a complete Radiohead performance, recorded on June 1, 1995. Technically it is Pay What You Want (PWYW) but if you choose to pay, all proceeds go to Amnesty International. Visit Noisetrade to grab a copy. “Recorded at New York City’s Tramps just three months after the…

Montreal’s Stars Celebrate the Defeat of DOMA With New Video

Yesterday the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was shot down by the United States Supreme Court. Today, in celebration Montreal’s Stars released their video for ‘Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Get It’ from their latest album the North. This is actually the 2nd official video for the song. Don’t…

Midsummer Night’s Dream, Starring the Beatles (1964)

In April of 1964, just a month after their famous debute on the Ed Sullivan show the Beatles performed a sketch from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream as part of a one-hour Beatles television special. Britain, at the time, was celebrating the Bard’s 400th bithday. [via Open Culture]

AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” Covered on Bagpipes/Flamethrower [video]

The Badpiper according to his website should be fairly well known on the busker circuit. “With over 15 years of professional experience The Badpiper is the world’s only flame-throwing, punk rock piper. Having circumnavigated the globe over the years with his trusty pipes, covering Canada, USA, Japan and Europe, The Badpiper finds himself on home soil…

Barack Obama Covers Daft Punk [Video]

  Baracksdubs have been charged with the thankless task of managing Barack Obama’s musical career while he sees to some unavoidable government entanglements. Hopefully, if they do their jobs right, there should be some great albums coming. For now, here is Obama’s cover of Daft Punk’s Get Lucky

Edward Snowden and How Governments Have Turned Privacy Upside Down

  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has gone into hiding. Hopefully he will be smart enough to stay in hiding, forever. As Cuba can attest, the US doesn’t forgive real or perceived transgressions ever, no matter how many times the White House changes hands. As Bradley Manning or numerous others before him can attest, the US is…