A pictue of hedgewars by Aalto University

Gaming makes you samey.

23/11/2013

'the more competitive the gaming gets, the more in sync are the emotional responses of the players'. Computer game research suggests gameplayers become more like each other....

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No Collective Mission. Why Occupy Struggled?

22/11/2013

An overestimation of the group's collective identity may be why Occupy Wall Street struggled...

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Satan’s Wrath versus Obliteration [Review]

22/11/2013

Since awesome cover art is 50% of the metal experience, perhaps we should call this one a draw? ...

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Engage! Analytics for Musicians and Creatives

21/11/2013

Smart use of analytics can help music companies justify every penny and cent invested in marketing campaigns by identifying who their fans are...

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Sawlin & Subjected [Interview]

21/11/2013

We do this kind of music to do something, what you don't expect. More experimental and trippy stuff. Sawlin & Subjected talk to Trebuchet's Codex Europa. ...

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Substances, Condoms and Women don’t get on.

20/11/2013

'when a woman has been dating a romantic partner for three months or more, marijuana use may increase the risk of unprotected sex'...

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TJ Clark : Picasso and Truth

20/11/2013

Clark interprets Picasso’s output in the 1920s as a time marking the end of intimacy and proximity – the end of ‘close-ups’ to things one knows in daily life. ...

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CoOrdinate Photo/Gear Bags [Review]

19/11/2013

Having had the usual alcohol and urine christenings, been stuffed into numerous cramped spaces, slid all over concert venue floors and successfully bashed its way through drunken crowds, the Ranger...

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Pelican : Forever Becoming

19/11/2013

Huge yetis pound and penis dragons as Vikings traverse heavy seas towards dimension holes guarded by bong-sucking Freudian anachronisms. Pelican deliver the music, you add the narrative....

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Novelty : Asylum Chapel

18/11/2013

Is an artwork good just because it exhibits newness?...

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Nils Frahm Releases Video of ‘More’

18/11/2013

Loo brushes ahoy! Nils Frahm and Erased Tapes records release live video of Frahm at the keyboard....

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Spiritwo release Primitive Twinship

18/11/2013

'a pop infused dance-hall groove in a hard rock framework' Spiritwo release Primitive Twinship ...

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Painting Now : Tate Britain

18/11/2013

“The state of painting now” is a tired topic. The premise – that painting has lost its lure because of new media, which in their very newness enable their users to conquer new territory in the...

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One (Injured) Man and his Nail Gun

17/11/2013

Young males in the work environment are at greatest risk of sustaining a nail gun injury to their non-dominant hand...

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A picture of Torres by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens : Torres

17/11/2013

Photos of Torres, playing at The Borderline, London. 13 November 2013...

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The Cashflow of Cosyness

16/11/2013

By making people feel at home in a commercial space, marketers can turn their own clients into salespeople...

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Tattered US Flag by Carl Byron Batson

A False Sense of Security

16/11/2013

Two years ago, I left the US for Europe and Africa. Upon my return, I found a nation that had traded away vaunted ideals for a false sense of security....

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Connect : A-Side B-Side Gallery

15/11/2013

Interweaving visual and auditory dialogues of installation, painting, music, spoken word and sculpture which invite the viewer to engage with the sensuality of creative expression....

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Mutation : Error 500

15/11/2013

Containing personnel from The Wildhearts, Napalm Death and The Cardiacs, this brings together the various elements in a way that borders on magical. ...

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Manraze Release EP

14/11/2013

Manraze release their EP: I Surrender...

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Gonzo Bikery in Huntington Beach

14/11/2013

To be truthful we built the bike as an inside joke. A thumb in the air to every motorcycle cool guy trope we've ever come across. ...

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Flunking Sleepy Teenagers

13/11/2013

Teenagers who go to bed late during the school year are more prone to academic and emotional difficulties in the long run. News item...

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David Apparicio (Chrysalis Foundation) :Interview

13/11/2013

Our current UK criminal justice system is a broken business model with a resultant 75% failure rate. This failure rate would not be tolerated in any other industry/business. ...

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Bat Splat. Wind Turbines Meet Flying Mammals

12/11/2013

A new estimate of bat deaths caused by wind turbines...

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Veronica Falls : Tufnell Park Dome [Live]

12/11/2013

Showing no great deviation from the sound of their second record, but also that they’re far from out of ideas, Veronica Falls light up Tufnell Park Dome...

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Weekend Nachos : Still

11/11/2013

Weekend Nachos are pretty sick people, perhaps even dangerous...

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The Princely Treasures of Liechtenstein

11/11/2013

My senses did register the location as a slightly jarring combination of old and new, however my impressions were still that of awe and gilded opulence. ...

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A picture of water flow by BYU/Chris Mabey, Randy Hurd and Tadd Truscott

Splashback : The Physics of Urination

10/11/2013

Randy Hurd of Brigham Young University hopes to eventually create an optimization function to find the ideal approach for urinal usage. ...

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Loitered Lens : Touchstone

10/11/2013

Oceans of Time ought to cement Touchstone’s growing reputation as one of the most exciting bands in the scene....

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A picture of an empty London street by Carl Byron Batson

A Stab in the Dark : Mugger Patterns

09/11/2013

The first study to look at the hourly pattern of street robbery in London found a 160% rise in the rate of muggings during the hours of darkness in the capital...

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