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How Spotify helped reinvent mixtape culture
After Lou Reed passed away on Oct. 27, his Spotify account became a default gathering place, as we all collectively mourned him via social media. His account hosted several playlists of songs he liked...
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Stoner hit 'High Maintenance' will help you through the holidays
As any pot farmer will tell you, quality product takes time to develop. Even with that wisdom in mind, we’ve been all kinds of antsy in anticipating the next episodes of High Maintenance. The...
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A first look at 'The Internet’s Own Boy,' the Aaron Swartz documentary
Less than a week after Aaron Swartz took his own life, filmmaker Brian Knappenberger found himself surrounded by friends and colleagues of the 26-year-old Internet activist. Knappenberger was...
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How Shira Lazar launched the first talk show of the Internet age
The view from the What’s Trending offices in Los Angeles is gorgeous, with glass windows overlooking the iconic Hollywood sign. It’s a fitting vantage point for a company that’s bringing together the...
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How 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' stacks up against real lesbian sex
Blue Is the Warmest Color, a French film based on the graphic novel of the same name, was just released in U.S. theaters. While reviews of the film have been mixed, the most controversial talking point...
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An illustrated guide to Lena Dunham's 'Girls'
The third season of Girls debuts on HBO in early January, but since season 2’s ended, there have been a few interesting “fan” contributions to the show, like this bad creative writing piece disguised...
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Popular Reddit makeup artist says Lil' Kim stole her face for album art
One of Reddit’s most popular makeup artists is accusing Lil’ Kim of stealing her image for the cover of her new album. But the truth isn’t that simple. Lil’ Kim’s new mixtape, a reggae-tinged jam...
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How Beatport turned Wolfgang Gartner into a superstar DJ
How good is Wolfgang Gartner at what he does? He turned a classical masterpiece into a chart-topping dance hit. Gartner is one of the biggest artists to emerge from the Beatport community in the past...
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YouTube star turns his old job into a sitcom, sells it to NBC
Shane Dawson will soon become the latest star to make the transition from YouTube to the small screen. He just sold a half-hour comedy series called Losin’ It to NBC, which has now been put into...
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A rapper called Chip Chocolate just dropped a hot new jam about cookies
Chip Chocolate just might be Angelica Pickles’s hero. When his mom tells him to take an apple over a chocolate chip cookie, he refuses. And he manages to turn his mansion into a cookie haven that...
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Why does this DJ hate EDM so much? Wait for the drop
For the modern DJ, talent is often no longer based on executing a seamless transition from track to track or finding an obscure sample to blow people's minds. It’s all about creating the sickest drop....
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Ice T's face in this video is the only PS4 review you need
It's when Ice T's jaw drops after he stampedes through a churning pile of cuddly robots that you realize Sony probably just pulled off the PR coup of the year. It happened on Late Night With Jimmy...
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What happens when YouTube trolls show up in Conan O'Brien's audience
The cesspool of comments for which YouTube is notorious aren’t just taking over the website. They’re crawling out into real life. The company’s move to link commenters with their Google+ profiles has...
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Here's the 'Breaking Bad' alternate ending you've been waiting for
Breaking Bad delivered a near-flawless series finale. But what if it all—Heisenberg, the crystal blue, the stare down with powerful drug dealers in the New Mexico desert—had all been just a bad dream?...
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There's more to Ylvis than one viral video
By now, you probably know what the fox says. But the story of the Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis doesn’t start at dingeringeding. Brothers Bård and Vegard Ylvisåker host a talk show in Norway called I...
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Donald Glover just invited the entire Internet to his house party
Donald Glover just gave all of Tumblr an open invitation to his house party. In anticipation of his new album, Because the Internet, the former Community star and alter ego of rapper Childish Gambino...
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YouTube is reinventing science education
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown teach you everything you wish you’d learned in chemistry class: "The Scientific Power of Naps,” the benefits of frozen veggies, and "What causes a Hangover?" The...
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Axl Rose's ex-wife wants to sell you his breakup letters
Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose is currently experiencing some cold November rain: His ex-wife is auctioning off his breakup letters. Erin Everly recently posted the collection of letters and notes to...
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Viral video from 2009 catapults 1987 hit to Billboard Hot 100
One horrendous and truly awful side effect of Billboard Magazine’s February announcement that the magazine would factor YouTube views into its Hot 100 chart is that any song on any viral video can now...
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Zappos unveils a new 's**t product' just for Kanye
Author Bret Easton Ellis has a podcast now, and his first guest, naturally, was Kanye West. The two spoke of creativity, genius, and how much those things inform their creativity and genius. But...
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