Bubble

The very first Palehound songs were acerbic and wired. They could be dark and ugly, even masochistic at times. “Vandalize my body if it helps you sleep soundly,” Kempner begs on one of her best early tracks. The music she was making back then matched that ene…

The Cult of the Dead Cow began as a small group of like-minded friends in Texas in 1983 and grew into one of the more influential and venerable hacking groups to emerge from the early days of the Internet. The cDc shares several members with the L0pht, anothe…

One of my guilty pleasures is reading biographies about financiers and their companies. On Saturday, I gobbled down King of Capital, which is the story of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone from inception through 2011. While I’ve never met Schwarzman, I’ve had …

Theres panic in the streets of Stamford, Connecticut. Or, anyway, theres a sense that change is coming for the famously change-averse WWE after a ten-day period that could signal the start of a new era in professional wrestling. All it took to rattle WWE was …

BOUNTIFUL He was 10 years old when an older kid, 12 or 13, took him in his house and showed him his stash. He was mesmerized. He didnt know such a world existed, much less how quickly he could become absorbed into it. He was instantly hooked. His life changed…

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Blessed solar return, Gemini, your season is here! It's off to a juicy start, thanks to love and money planet Venus's harmonious connection with Pluto, the planet of transformation, on June 2. Venus is currently in sensual earth sign Taurus, and its finding …

Last week, a few of my friends commented on the bag I was wearing, asking me where Id gotten it. It is an on-going joke every time one of us points out a new item the other is wearing, as we are all serious outfit-repeating felons and know each others…

IF A SUPERNOVA went off near Earth, that would be bad. From a distance of less than, say, 25 light-years, the resulting bombardment of fast-moving atomic nuclei, known as cosmic rays, would destroy the layer of atmospheric ozone that stops most of the suns ha…

The AirPods came out a while back, but only recently have they been updated with new hardware and software features. While they may have made true wireless earbuds popular, they’re not the best by any means. Still, that’s not to say they’re bad. If you can ge…