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Top Five: ABBA Songs
Wed Jul. 23, 2008 5:36 PM PDT

The Dark Knight Turns Out to Be a Dick Cheney Fantasy
Wed Jul. 23, 2008 1:15 PM PDT

Vanity Fair Parodies New Yorker Cover, Includes Actual Comedy
Wed Jul. 23, 2008 12:08 PM PDT

New Snickers Ad Encourages Drive-By Shootings of Unmanly Men
Tue Jul. 22, 2008 12:41 PM PDT

Diverse List of Mercury Prize Nominees Revealed
Tue Jul. 22, 2008 12:02 PM PDT

Ten Silliest Digg.com Headlines About The Dark Knight
Mon Jul. 21, 2008 3:13 PM PDT

America Still Working Through That Wardrobe Malfunction Trauma For Some Reason
Mon Jul. 21, 2008 11:54 AM PDT

New (Leaked) Music: Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
Fri Jul. 18, 2008 4:53 PM PDT

OK Politician's Anti-Gay Comic Book May Work Against Him
Fri Jul. 18, 2008 3:00 PM PDT

Aboriginal Singer Tops Australian Independent Music Charts
Thu Jul. 17, 2008 5:19 PM PDT

New Music from Around the Blogs: Machines Don't Care, Kid Cudi, Santogold, Lykke Li
Thu Jul. 17, 2008 4:51 PM PDT

The Emmys: No Wire, Lots of Mad Men, Buckets of Yawns
Thu Jul. 17, 2008 12:32 PM PDT

Top Five: Obscure Cure
Wed Jul. 16, 2008 5:05 PM PDT

Is Weeds Secretly Being Directed by Lars von Trier?
Wed Jul. 16, 2008 1:49 PM PDT

Do GLAAD Network Ratings Matter?
Tue Jul. 15, 2008 3:00 PM PDT

New Radiohead Video Made Without Cameras
Mon Jul. 14, 2008 1:35 PM PDT

Hey Buffy Fans: Joss Whedon Back with Online Special
Mon Jul. 14, 2008 12:55 PM PDT

Holy Fist Bumps: New Yorker Obama Cover Features Turban, Afro, Flag Burning, bin Laden, Complete Lack of Concern for Humanity
Sun Jul. 13, 2008 6:02 PM PDT

New Music: Ratatat - LP3
Fri Jul. 11, 2008 4:57 PM PDT

Slang White People Like, Part 2: The Bro-ening
Fri Jul. 11, 2008 4:40 PM PDT

Internet Time Waster of the Day: Idee Multicolr
Fri Jul. 11, 2008 3:16 PM PDT

Chicago Tribune Redesign: Will Desperation Breed Success?
Fri Jul. 11, 2008 1:37 PM PDT

New Music from Around the Blogs: Dungen, Annie, Chemical Brothers, Bloc Party
Thu Jul. 10, 2008 5:11 PM PDT

"Eco Nightclub" to Generate Electricity From Dance Floor
Thu Jul. 10, 2008 3:28 PM PDT

Top Five: Music for a Heat Wave
Wed Jul. 9, 2008 1:38 PM PDT

Obama Encourages Students to Abandon Hopes of Becoming Great Rappers
Wed Jul. 9, 2008 12:47 PM PDT

NPR "Best CD" Poll Causes Panic
Tue Jul. 8, 2008 2:48 PM PDT

Hancock: Racist, a Metaphor for Racism, or Just Dumb?
Tue Jul. 8, 2008 1:52 PM PDT

CD Boxed Sets Headed for Extinction?
Tue Jul. 8, 2008 12:53 PM PDT

Song of the Summer: Dizzee Rascal "Dance Wiv Me"
Mon Jul. 7, 2008 2:10 PM PDT

YouTube: Reality Show Contestants Aren't Here to Make Friends
Mon Jul. 7, 2008 12:28 PM PDT

Bruno Strikes Again: Baron Cohen Tricks Former Mossad Agent
Mon Jul. 7, 2008 11:28 AM PDT

New (Leaked) Music: Beck - Modern Guilt
Wed Jul. 2, 2008 6:04 PM PDT

Indecency Complaints to FCC Plummet
Wed Jul. 2, 2008 3:21 PM PDT

Ian Curtis' Gravestone Stolen
Wed Jul. 2, 2008 1:56 PM PDT

The Dust-Off: The Feelies
Tue Jul. 1, 2008 3:38 PM PDT

What is Music's "Modern Era"?
Tue Jul. 1, 2008 2:39 PM PDT

Okay, Wall-E Was Pretty Great
Mon Jun. 30, 2008 5:48 PM PDT

The Halfway Mark: The Best Albums of 2008 So Far
Mon Jun. 30, 2008 2:42 PM PDT

Video: Jay-Z Covers Oasis at Glastonbury
Mon Jun. 30, 2008 1:06 PM PDT

Everybody Going Wacky for Wall-E
Fri Jun. 27, 2008 3:32 PM PDT

Party Ben's Gay Pride Playlist
Fri Jun. 27, 2008 2:46 PM PDT

Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme Denies He's a Homophobe
Tue Jun. 24, 2008 2:20 PM PDT

What to Listen To Instead of Sigur Ros
Tue Jun. 24, 2008 1:36 PM PDT

US Retaliates for Martha Stewart Snub By Refusing Visa to Boy George
Tue Jun. 24, 2008 11:35 AM PDT

Barack Obama for Graphic Designer In Chief
Fri Jun. 20, 2008 6:23 PM PDT

New Music: Italians Get Gritty
Thu Jun. 19, 2008 7:17 PM PDT

Industry Trends: Radio Down, iTunes Up
Thu Jun. 19, 2008 2:26 PM PDT

New Guns N' Roses Tracks Leak Online
Thu Jun. 19, 2008 1:20 PM PDT

Lil Wayne Breaks "A Milli"
Wed Jun. 18, 2008 2:52 PM PDT

Coachella 2009

Scenes from the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival.

Mon Apr. 20, 2009 11:08 AM PDT

Book Review: Remix

Should file sharing be safe, legal—and taxed? The Al Gore of the copyright muddle, Lawrence Lessig offers a fresh vision for making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy.

November/December 2008 Issue

Jukebox

Cat Power. <i>Matador</i>.

January/February 2008 Issue

10 Ways to Stay Hip: San Francisco Summer Edition

A weekly cultural reference to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose. (Even in the bitter-cold San Francisco summer.)

Wed May. 30, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer

By Chris Salewicz. <i>Faber and Faber</i>. $27.<br /> Both scholars of punk history and casual fans should enjoy this surprisingly frank and entertaining biography of legendary Clash frontman Joe Strummer.

May/June 2007 Issue

10 Ways to Stay Hip: Coachella Edition

A weekly cultural reference to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Fri Apr. 27, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip: April 23 Edition

A weekly reference to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Mon Apr. 23, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip

A weekly reference on cultural production to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Fri Apr. 13, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip: April 10 Version

A weekly reference on cultural production to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Thu Apr. 12, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip

A weekly reference on cultural production to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Sun Mar. 25, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip

A weekly reference on cultural production to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Mon Mar. 19, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Party Ben's Music Picks: March Madness Edition

Whether you buy CDs or download, these are some upcoming releases you ought to check out.

Wed Mar. 7, 2007 1:00 AM PST

Party Ben's Music Picks (For People Who Still Buy CDs)

All those cool bands you've been hearing about, and a few you've never heard of - but will.

Fri Feb. 2, 2007 1:00 AM PST