Video: Final Destination Meets Saved By the Bell in ‘New Romance’
Familiar Saved By the Bell visuals meet Final Destination-style deaths over an innocent electro-pop tune in the “New Romance” above. Yes, caffeine pills even make an appearance. Warner Bros. showed...
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5 Great Books for Read Comics in Public Day
Too embarrassed to read the latest copy of Grant Morrison’s Batman en route to work? Brian Heater understands, and so does Sarah Morean. That’s why they created Read Comics in Public Day. Despite...
View ArticleVideo: How to Make Mario Game in a Cardboard Box
Since Paper Mario already exists, a cardboard Mario game seems like the logical progression. At least the designers at Teague Labs thought so. Utilizing Teagueduino, their open source electronics...
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Phantogram Talks Nightlife and What Comes Next
Phantogram has always been bigger than the sum of its parts. When seeing the electronic duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter perform early on, it was easy to look at the stage and see it as a bit empty...
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Kurt Loder on Movie Criticism, Nic Cage and His Favorite Lost Films
Kurt Loder: famed MTV News anchor, music writer and ... film critic? The scribe talks about his new book, The Good, The Bad and The God-Awful: 21st-Century Movie Reviews, and the hunt for cinematic...
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Doctor Who Expert Richard Molesworth on the Search for Lost Episodes
Some calamities are so great that even a Time Lord can’t resolve them. Like the way the BBC thoughtlessly erased more than 200 episodes of Doctor Who to make room in the British broadcaster’s archives....
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Marty McFly’s Original Girlfriend Goes Back to the Future
Melora Hardin lost out on a sweet part in the sci-fi comedy when Michael J. Fox landed the lead role. The actress talks about the missed opportunity, moving on to The Office and her long lost Back to...
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Lost Doctor Who Episodes Surface With Chumblies, Fish People
Copies of two Doctor Who episodes from the 1960s that were presumed lost forever are discovered in the library of a private collector.
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Spider-Man Test Footage: See Green Goblin’s Original Mask
An early Green Goblin makeup test puts a vastly different face on the supervillain than the one we saw in Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man movie. Released Friday by the effects gurus at Amalgamated...
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Wired’s Top 100 Songs of 2011 Spotify Playlist
An interoffice e-mail hit our inboxes one morning: “Have any favorite songs for 2011?” The responses, unsurprisingly, piled in. Before lunch was fully digested it was born: the Wired Top 100 Songs of...
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In Metal Evolution, Rock Gods Hammer Out Genre’s History
The filmmaking duo behind Metal: A Headbanger's Journey and Iron Maiden: Flight 666 crank VH1 Classic up to 11 with a deep dive into the mosh pit of history.
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5 Must-Hear Pieces of ‘Lost’ Music From 2011
"Lost" music gets found all the time: Bands keep demos locked up in storage, original pressings are stumbled upon during spring cleaning at a recording studio. Here are five key pieces of "lost" music...
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Hospitality Tweaks Pop Conventions in Quest for ‘Right Profession’
You’ve heard this one before: Brooklyn trio makes a record. Some tracks feature light acoustics with minimal percussion. Others deliver big rock chords with slick bass lines filling the gaps. Whatever...
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Imperial Teen Guitarist Will Schwartz Talks Feel the Sound, Lost Songs
Imperial Teen had their hands full leading up to 2007’s The Hair the TV the Baby and the Band. The album came five years after their previous one — seemingly an eternity for today’s music lovers. But...
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Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book Reveals Sweet Secrets
The coolest secret in modern dessert sits behind a glass-topped display case in San Francisco, packed into a large cylindrical container next to Jesus Juice Sorbet or maybe Thai Chili Lime, depending...
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DIY Guy Cranks Out Guitar Amps Made of Ouija Boards, Beer Cans
After seeing video of a beer can turned into a guitar amp, Robert Brenne got inspired to try his hand at home-brewing his own custom music gear out of oddball parts. A mid-20s pop-culture fan, Brenne...
View ArticleSci-Fi Producer Gale Anne Hurd Takes On Pirates With Port Royal
The producer of Terminator, Aliens, and The Walking Dead keeps with "larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds" with her new high seas series.
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Exclusive Video: Richard Hammond Causes a Fender Bender in Crash Course Trailer
Richard Hammond drives a Bugatti Veyron on Top Gear, no sweat. But on Richard Hammond's Crash Course, he's inside an Abrams A1M2 tank. It's mayhem in the name of modern machinery -- multi-car pileups,...
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Pop Prototypes: ’80s Acts That Inspired Today’s Chart Toppers
What do Jack White and Prince have in common? Goyte and Michael Jackson? Justin Beiber and Alvin (the chipmunk)? Wired explains.
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The Sword and Sorcery Precursor to Empire Strikes Back
It’s been a legend on geeky message boards for decades: a beautiful sword-and-sorcery flick made by a key person behind Star Wars. Many distinctly remembered seeing it as children, but no one could...
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