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Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward in "Against All Odds" (1984) (Columbia Pictures)
Thursday - March 17, 2016 Thu - 03/17/16
 
 
rantnrave:// What's up COLORADO? Vacation time... And the 2016 SELF DESTRUCTION VIA ABSOLUTELY NO SELF AWARENESS AND BAD TIMING AWARD goes to: MITCH MCCONNELL. The same sh** he's pulling on the SUPREME COURT nominee hearings is why his party is in ruins... If my hamstrings were a slingshot I could shoot a basketball to MARS... Happy Birthday DYLAN STABLEFORD, KEITH RABOIS and RACHEL WEBBER.
- Jason Hirschhorn, curator
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Bloomberg
The Journalist and the Troll: This Man Spent Two Years Trying to Destroy Me Online
by Dune Lawrence
I saw the photo first, me in a bloody wash of red with "RACIST" pulsing over my face. A couple of clicks brought me to this:
Consequence of Sound
How the Face of Independent Music Changed in 120 Minutes
by Ryan Bray
The late-night MTV show that brought the underground to the surface.
ESPN.com
Latest studies: Brain disease from contact sports more common
by Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada
Recent brain research appears to suggest CTE is prevalent among people who played any contact sport, not just former NFL players, whose diagnoses with CTE often dominate headlines.
The New Yorker
Can Trauma Help You Grow?
by David Kushner
When I tell people that I had a brother who was kidnapped and murdered, I'm often asked how my parents survived. I was only four when Jon died, so for a long time I had the same question. My family suffered an unfathomable loss. Yet I grew up as free as most kids in the nineteen-seventies.
ELLE
Why Is Melissa Broder So Sad Today?
by Whitney Joiner
Panic attacks, sexual fetishes, and adventures in non-monogamy: inside the world of Twitter's favorite depressive.​ This article originally appeared in the April 2016 issue of ELLE. The word obsession has gone through some curious growing pains of late, hasn't it?
ADWEEK
Before Banana Republic Was Mainstream Fashion, It Was a Weirdly Wonderful Safari Brand
by Robert Klara
Mel Ziegler still recalls the day in the early 1980s when he and his wife, Patricia, opened the most unusual clothing store Beverly Hills had ever seen. With its jungle expedition theme, the store featured live tropical foliage, a Quonset hut to house the shoe department and an actual stream gurgling down the center of the sales floor.
The New York Times
Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet
by Amy Harmon
On Feb. 29, Carol Greider of Johns Hopkins University became the third Nobel Prize laureate biologist in a month to do something long considered taboo among biomedical researchers: She posted a report of her recent discoveries to a publicly accessible website, bioRxiv, before submitting it to a scholarly journal to review for "official'' publication.
ZDNet
How this antique technology could turn out to be the future of broadband
by Jo Best
G.fast may 'sound like an indigestion medicine' but it could soon give your old copper-based connection a fibre-like makeover.
The Howard Stern Show
The Howard Stern Show: Olivia Wilde – March 15, 2016
by Howard Stern and Olivia Wilde
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Wolff on Viacom's Real Motives in a Rushed Paramount Sale
by Michael Wolff
Philippe Dauman salivates over deep pockets and a possible play to fend off Sumner Redstone's daughter as China and private equity powers line up for a studio stake or perhaps much more.
chichen itza
The Daily Beast
Jerrod Carmichael: Why I Made That Controversial Bill Cosby Episode
by Kevin Fallon
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael breaks down Sunday night’s big episode of NBC’s "The Carmichael Show," which asked whether it’s still OK to laugh at Bill Cosby.
CNN International
Guangzhou Evergrande: Inside China's $185M soccer factory
by Jonathan Stayton
Guangzhou, China-- Rising from the early morning mist like a Disney castle sits the imposing face of what President Xi Jinping hopes is the future of Chinese football. Evergrande Football School is front and center in the push to bring footballing glory to a nation currently languishing in the lower echelons of the sport.
re/code
Passwords Are Dead. Long Live Multifactor Authentication.
by Chris Webber
In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, President Obama announced the launch of a new national awareness campaign to "encourage more Americans to move beyond passwords - adding an extra layer of security like a fingerprint or codes sent to your cellphone." The shift from single passwords to multifactor authentication couldn't be timelier or more strategic.
The Baffler
The Rest Is Advertising
by Jacob Silverman
Confessions of a sponsored content writer.
Vice
How the Mafia Intimidates and Controls the Italian Media
by Claudia Torrisi
In the latest Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index, Italy ranked 73 out of 180 countries. Last year, RWB's 100 Information Heroes List featured two Italians--among reporters engaged in war zones, investigating drug trafficking, or working under harsh dictatorships.
Fusion
Inside the Elite, Super-secret World of L.A.'s Coolest Girls on Facebook
by Kristen V. Brown
To gain entry into the most exclusive club in Los Angeles, there is no need to wear a trendy outfit or to slip the bouncer a Benjamin. In fact, there isn't even a line. Instead, admission requires the approval of a scrupulous jury of 1,500 women.
The New York Observer
Goodbye and Good Riddance: Gawker and Awful Gawker-Like Media Finally Exposed
by Ryan Holiday
In the next few weeks, in a courtroom very far from Manhattan, a somber judge will call his court to order and render judgment on a group of reporters whose almost unfathomable recklessness and self-absorption has hurt countless people over the years.
Variety
All Hail Comedy's Takeover of TV
by Maureen Ryan
A lot of the television conversation in the past couple of decades has revolved around a bracing series of classic dramas, leading many to dub the post-2000 era a new Golden Age of TV.
Daily Dot
How virtual reality developers are using brain science to trick you
by Dennis Scimeca
You may doubt that you'll ever fall for the illusion of virtual reality, but your brain is already working against you. Kimberly Voll has a Ph.D. in computer science, specializing in artificial intelligence, and an honors degree in cognitive science.
MEL Magazine
How Spotify Solved for the 'Paradox of Choice'
by John McDermott
When it comes to discovering new music, less is more.
Priceonomics
The Hoaxster Who Revealed Sad Truths About America
by Zachary Crockett
On May 27, 1959, a mysterious, bespectacled man in a suit appeared on The Today Show. After briskly introducing himself, he turned to the camera and told America of his mission: to "clothe naked animals for the sake of decency." The man went by the name of G.
MUSIC OF THE DAY
"Werewolves of London"
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