Weaponized Curiosity by Andrew Collins When I queued up Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast last summer, I expected the show would be a hit. We’ve given his books the RedFence stamp of approval, and it seemed the versatile journalist-turned-pop-sociologist would have no trouble donning a few more hats as historian and podcaster. To no surprise, but […]
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Podcasting hit RedFence’s radar about 15 minutes after it came into existence. Since then, the art of the digitally downloadable audio show has exploded in prevalence, quality and cultural penetration. Minds have been tickled. Funny bones have been blown. Fortunes have been . . . Well, some people are making a living. A few have […]
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Podcasting hit RedFence’s radar about 15 minutes after it came into existence. Since then, the art of the digitally downloadable audio show has exploded in prevalence, quality and cultural penetration. Minds have been tickled. Funny bones have been blown. Fortunes have been . . . Well, some people are making a living. A few have […]
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The Little Radio Station That Couldn’t by James Roland I heard a ghost on the radio the other day. Idling in traffic on Cahuenga Boulevard, I dialed in the only station I truly loved, the only one I could stand to hear for more than two blocks of traffic, and found a tinny recorded message […]
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Brilliant Infamy by Joel Champagne Supervillains have always had a rough lot. As an avid reader of science fiction, I’ve found myself rooting for the villains simply because, no matter what they do, they’re defeated by the most random of events. I can’t tell you how many times I read books that contained the following […]
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Art in the Public Space by Titus Gee Mountain Dew has got it figured out. Until Wednesday, the last time I “did the Dew” was in college when I depended on a steady stream of caffeine and sugar to fuel seemingly endless weeks of all-night shenanigans and philosophical conversations. You might say I regressed a […]
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Welcome to the Twilight Zone’s Arcade by Evan Shultz The alien invader sweeps back and forth across the screen, mocking me with his waving tentacles. I’ve never been good at Space Invaders — my game was Centipede — but this looks easy: nothing on the screen but my cannon and a single ponderously slow victim. […]
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Lost in the Woods by Evan Shultz Wandering through the woods at twilight, your head ducking under boughs and your hands slick from the moss-soaked branches that you brace against as you walk a path that is no longer quite there—this is the joy and terror of getting yourself lost. It feels clean and free, […]
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Spartans! Tonight We Dine in Starbucks! by James Roland The invasion has begun. It’s not the Germans, the Russians, or even the Persian Army. Internet videos are charging down the Hollywood hills, hell bent on enslaving the entertainment industry. Leading the charge is 305, a five minute internet spoof directed by David and Daniel Holecheck. […]
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What you really want is your very own online junk drawer. A place to store all of the cumulative digital detritus you have collected from your electronic journeys. Your wait is over.
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