Friday, October 31, 2014

Season Of The Witch

The Prisoners Fighting California's Wildfires, How The Occult Saved Rock And Roll, What We Learned This Week, What's Behind The Great Podcast Renaissance?, Recreating The Shower Scene From 'Psycho' Using Pumpkins, How Muhammad Ali's Rope-A-Dope Myth Suckered America
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Friday, October 31, 2014
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IRONS IN THE FIRE
The Prisoners Fighting California's Wildfires
buzzfeed.com
As climate change makes the role of inmate firefighters in California increasingly crucial, Americans are beginning to ask whether the type of low-level offenders who qualify for the program even deserve to be locked up.
SEASON OF THE WITCH
How The Occult Saved Rock And Roll
pitchfork.com
Peter Bebergal on his new book, which explores how ideas of the occult found such a perfect outlet in rock'n'roll and what they tell us about our own humanity.
DIGG PICKS
What We Learned This Week
digg.com
This week we learned what it's like to walk around NYC as a woman, the big problem with American bathrooms and how the economics of sugar daddy dating work.
WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN
What's Behind The Great Podcast Renaissance?
nymag.com
What's happening? And why now? The word podcast is roughly ten years old, after all, and the "pod" to which it refers has been discontinued. Still, the genre seems more alive than ever.
KEEP THOSE KNIVES SHARP
Recreating The Shower Scene From 'Psycho' Using Pumpkins
digg.com
Many pumpkins were harmed during the making of this stop motion film.
WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT
How Muhammad Ali's Rope-A-Dope Myth Suckered America
deadspin.com
Myth now dominates our misunderstanding of Muhammad Ali, who was once the most accessible celebrity in the world. The truth of the man is nearly irretrievable.
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CREATING SOME VELODRAMA
Image: Austrian cyclist Matthias Brandle rides during his attempt to break the hour record at the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre velodrome in Aigle, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Brandle broke cycling's historic hour record on Thursday after covering a distance of 51.850 kilometers at the cycling governing body's velodrome.
Austrian cyclist Matthias Brandle rides during his attempt to break the hour record at the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre velodrome in Aigle, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Brandle broke cycling's historic hour record on Thursday after covering a distance of 51.850 kilometers at the cycling governing body's velodrome. Credit: AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott
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