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Five Things You Had To See Online This Week

This week in "Thanks, Internet" — Mario sinks Confederate flag, a Teen Spirit smashes a shovel, Rihanna's favorite veggie is KoRn, man in giraffe mask lip syncs Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" in act...

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

This week in "Thanks, Internet" — Literary road trips are mapped, all the "Jurassic" movies in high heels, scaffolding enthusiasts find a home, one voice changes in different spaces, and Alex Trebek...

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Sideshow Podcast: How 'Kung Fury' Went from Karate Joke to Kickstarter to...

Kung Fury is every 80s action film you've ever watched and dreamed of, packed into a ridiculous, rollicking, fully retro 30 minutes. It’s about a renegade cop in 1985 Miami who gets hacked back in time...

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A Karate Comedy Goes From Kickstarter to Cannes

In 2013, Swedish filmmaker David Sandberg put a trailer up on Kickstarter for a movie he wanted to make about a renegade cop in 1985 Miami who gets thrown back in time to kill Hitler. In under a month,...

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Run them Jewels fast (and forever), Tig Notaro joins Twitter, Key and Peele call it quits, "Mission: Impossible" gets an honest trailer, and Prince Charles versus...

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Thanks, Internet: The Best Five Things Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Run them Jewels fast (and forever), Tig Notaro joins Twitter, Key and Peele call it quits, "Mission: Impossible" gets an honest trailer, and Prince Charles versus...

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — A bodega owner fights the power/gentrification, songs that stop after saying "stop," Chris Pratt paints murals, Fetty Wap meets Doug, and Chris Rock weighs in on the...

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Sideshow Podcast: Jonathan Wolff Slapped the Bass for Seinfeld and the...

Jonathan Wolff is the Michael Jordan of TV theme songs. He’s written over 40, from Will and Grace to The Hughleys. Before becoming Hollywood’s go-to theme song writer, Wolff spent a decade as a...

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Yo La Tengo Covers Anything You Want

Yo La Tengo is an indie rock band that has been around as long as the genre itself. For more than 30 years, the married duo of Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley (with, for the past two decades, bassist...

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Joanna Newsom returns, California fights drought with balls, the commander-in-chief's meme is explained, Tom Brady looks terrible, and horror music scores go major....

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Thanks, Internet: The Best Five Things Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — emoticons find a new purpose, Deez Nuts runs for prez, a professor becomes Bowie, publishing houses outwit each other, Eminem loves mom's spaghetti. 1. Deez Elections...

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Sideshow Podcast: Hip-Hop, 40s, and the Myth of the Brass Monkey

In the mid-90s, rappers from the East Coast to the West convinced an entire generation to consume malt liquor in “40s”— 40-ounce glass bottles that delivered the alcohol equivalent of a six-pack in one...

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Jonathan Wolff Slapped the Bass for Seinfeld and the Internet Can't Thank Him...

Jonathan Wolff is the Michael Jordan of TV theme songs. He’s written over 40, from Will and Grace to The Hughleys. Before hitting it big, Wolff spent a decade as a “multi-purpose utility tool for...

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Why Wes Was The Best

Here's something you wouldn't have assumed about Wes Craven: the Master of Suspense was an avid birder. To celebrate the arrival of spring in 2013, Studio 360 held a listener challenge: remix spring...

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Sweater-in-an-Art Museum Season Is Almost Upon Us

With summer's end comes the upswing of the local art and culture scene. Local critics discuss what upcoming productions, shows, and exhibitions they're keeping their eyes (and ears) on this...

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Five Things You Had To See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Kanye gets the "Jerry Roll" treatment, Kermit finds a new pig, the New Yorker is sorta mocked, songs get autocanonized, and ducks make some noise. 1. What's the Deal...

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Sideshow Podcast: How Hodor Became the Heart of “Game of Thrones”

Like Sailor Moon and Ron Swanson before him, Hodor belongs to a special league of TV characters who have become memes. When Kristian Nairn received the casting call for a role in which he would only...

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Stephen Colbert Rebuilds His Nation

A lot of fuss has been made about the "real" Stephen Colbert, but the new host of the Late Show looked a lot like that right-wing pundit from the Colbert Report during his debut last night. He kicked...

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Five Things You Had To See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Barbie tears your instagrams apart, The True Size improves your geography, Hell's Club combines every single movie's club scenes, nihilism has never looked happier,...

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — An epic movie phone tree,  Eleanor Roosevelt's booty call, the unseen power of grammar, an otherworldly Elton John cover, and a Rottweiler's self-evaluation win the...

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