Katie Bennett

Rick Prelinger is an archivist rockstar. In the DIY spirit, he created his acclaimed Prelinger Library from scratch -- by touring the world in search of its rare and beautiful advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films. In 2002, after...

Since the May release of their 7" ‘Honeycomb’/‘Gotham,’ Animal Collective have been back in circulation on our itunes. But there are only so many times you can play two songs, and that’s why we’re excited about last night’s launch of Animal Collective...

Something you may not know is that fifty percent of movie theaters play films through an old-school projector. Yup, that means that some of the movies you watch come from actual film reels instead of some invisible source on the internet. But now that...

In 2007, journalist and musician Abdullah Saeed, who also goes by the nickname "Blame the Kid":http://blamethekid.bandcamp.com, was stabbed in the neck in Baltimore when a pack of kids tried to steal his phone. Because of nerve damage in his neck and...

Alexander Graham Bell, the so-called father of the telephone, may have been the first to patent it. But true credit goes to an impoverished Italian immigrant from Staten Island who couldn't speak English.

Fighting muzak with brain-hacking noise.

You may not know _Decoder_, an oddly forgotten 1984 West German No-Wave film collectively made by four people (Trini Timpop, Muscha, and two friends). But you probably know some of its all-star cast (William Burroughs, Bill Rice, Genesis P-Orridge), or...

Remember when an album used to be a tangible object, its cover art an integral part of its aesthetic? Probably not. Today we only read and dream about it, and re-read the passage from "_Just Kids_":http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060936223/ref=pd_lpo...

If you know who Kuk Harrell is, then you know that the concept of “raw talent” is a myth. Or at least extremely hard to come by. This vocal producer has all but crafted the voices of some of pop’s greatest acts, such as Justin Beiber, Beyonce, and...

To describe a robot future, the makers of The Bell System, at the time the leading telephone service in the US and Canada, hired Jim Henson. Then known as the eccentric behind the variety puppet show Sam and Friends, and before he became a household...

It’s no secret that almost everyone illegally downloads music. However, there are times when no one’s uploaded some "obscure '70s krautrock song":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQPEIrjssB8&feature=player_embedded, and I just have to submit to iTunes...

Before reading this post, you may not have known that World Music Day is today. And that would have been perfectly fine in years past, but missing out this time around would have been monstrously detrimental to your cool-factor, and potentially your...