Albert Einstein

Prodigy of Mobb Deep Drank More Than a Swimming Pool's Worth of Hennessy In the '90s

Editor's note: In "Tweets Is Watching," Phillip Mlynar asks local artists questions based solely on the contents of their Twitter timeline. "The Albert Einstein album sounds like the future of hardcore music," says Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy about his collaborative full-length project with the produc ... More >>

More Than Honey is a Delightful Journey into the Shrinking World of Bees

Free Will Astrology: April 17-23, 2013

The Making of Mykki Blanco

Michael Quattlebaum Jr. takes rap beyond pronouns

Molly's Theory of Relativity: More Confounding than Cosmic

The Finest Fashion Moments on the S.S. Coachella

By Liz Tracy Most of the people we met on the S.S. Coachella had never been on a cruise before. Like us, they weren't so sure what to pack or how to dress for three days of awkwardly saying hi to their favorite bands on a floating building at sea. But, like the festival, the fans also brought their ... More >>

(2012's) Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 21 & 22

Last summer, we put together a little list that took on a life of its own. We counted down the 25 people and groups who had been doing the most to get word out to the wider world about the Church of Scientology's many alleged abuses, and who have contributed to its steep recent decline. Our list in ... More >>

E.T. PHONE HOME

Don't forget to pack the Reese’s Pieces

Free Will Astrology: January 4-10, 2012

The Bleak Future for NYC Students

More evidence emerges that the Education Mayor flunked

Tennessee State Rep. Fails to Grasp Basic Facts About Einstein

The above is a charming moment from the Tennessee House of Representatives floor. Republican (obviously) state representative Frank Nicely argues that Albert Einstein would have wanted creationism to be taught alongside evolution in public schools, because "Albert Einstein said that a little knowl ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: September 22 through 28, 2010

Open Letter to Mike Huckabee: Kids Are Not Puppies, and Not Pet Rocks Either

​ Thank you, Mike Huckabee, for informing us that children are not puppies, and therefore should not be adopted by gay couples. Because we always thought kids looked a lot like puppies, what with their scrunchy noses and faces and their chubby wubby cheeks, and all that fur! And puppies are ... More >>

Ronald Reagan's "Backdoor Socialism": Studies in Crap Reveals The Counterfeit Candidate

Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.The Counterfeit CandidateAuthor: Kent H. SteffgenPublisher: National Issues, Las VegasDat ... More >>

Week in Review: Boom! Woah, What Was That? You Transcend.

In the week we got ourselves a whole new look, we celebrated by staring David Lynch and Kate Moss directly in their awesome, newly expansive faces. This was a bookish week at SOTC: Brian Evenson soundtracked his novel, Last Days, Jonathan Lethem reintroduced L.J. Davis and his walls of mucus in P ... More >>

Interview: Comedian Michael Showalter

The Death of Disco

The frantic rise and fatal fall of hip-hop producer Disco D

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Keeping Up With the Einsteins

Lessons from parents who overdo the lessons they give their 'hothouse kids'

What Would Freud Say?

A Summer Diversion Katie Couric Would Love

Geek Rapture: Inside Dan Brown's Creepy World

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Gamer Galore: E3 Highlights and Surprises

Heaps and Consequences

An undulating otherworldly river valley, an ethereal cloud-scape, a pixilated city

Manhattan Confidential

Two inside looks at the testosterone-fueled world of mid-20th-century physics

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Dancing: A Love Story

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Butoh, Tanztheater, Modern Dance, and Ballet

Our Band Is Your Life

That Misty Mountain Was Mount Everest, Dun

Letters

Nothing Major

Drawn and Quartered

Romancing the Stash

Geocachers Seek What Lies Beneath

Statues of Limitations

Archaeologists Don’t Dig Moynihan’s Art Collector Pal for Stolen-Treasures Post

Bean there, done that

Wheat Pasting Against the Machine

Guerrilla Artists Celebrate 20 Years of Culture Jamming

Iron Mike: Heart of Gold?