50 Years Ago: ‘A Clockwork Orange’ Makes Its Violent Debut
Stanley Kubrick‘s film version of A Clockwork Orange has a suitably complicated legacy. Was his linguistically inventive, ultra-violent adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ novel a sobering…
New ‘The Batman’ Movie Inspired by Kurt Cobain
The Batman director and co-writer Matt Reeves said he’d based his version of the character on Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, and explained why Robert Pattinson was…
Cosmologists Close in on Logical Laws for the Big Bang
The universe started out quite smooth overall, the thinking goes, but quantum wiggles imprinted space with tiny dollops of extra matter. As space expanded, these…
Big Data May Not Know Your Name. But It Knows Everything Else
Companies like Acxiom, LexisNexis, and others argue that there’s nothing to worry about collecting and sharing Americans’ sensitive data, as long as their names and…
35 Years Ago: Why ‘King Kong Lives’ Died a Quick Box Office Death
Failure in Hollywood is a strange thing. Sometimes it’s a result of great ideas that don’t quite work, or unforeseen events, or the fickle nature…
Why Mike Love and Van Dyke Parks Butted Heads Over ‘Cabinessence’
As soon as it was abandoned around the summer of 1967, the Beach Boys’ Smile became the stuff of legend. After all, it was going to…
We All Need to Stop Only Seeing the Dark Side of Crypto
In 2021, Bitcoin went mainstream. Wall Street set its eyes on the world of crypto, with hotshot investors like hedge funder Paul Tudor Jones leading…
What’s the Winter Solstice, Anyway?
In 2021, the winter solstice for the Northern Hemisphere happens on December 21. While not as dramatic as 2020’s conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, the…
How to Use Discord: A Beginner’s Guide
If the server allows it, you can also toggle on your camera for a video chat. The active video screens will pop up in the…
16 Great Deals on Home Goods, Office Gear, and Kitchen Tools
‘Tis the season for burying your arms up to your elbows in dough, broth, and pie. Winter doesn’t always have to mean a retreat into…