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Sure, M.I.A.'s waggling middle finger caused a grand mal kerfuffle among the 37 Super Bowl viewers who were still sober enough to notice it. But far more insidious symbolism was at play during the 2012 halftime show. We are referring to, of course, the subliminal Satanic-Illuminati-Freemason messages that permeated Madonna's set. More »
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In December 2009, South African maskandi singer Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Mseleku died after consuming a poisonous potion brewed by a healer. But last week, the singer returned from the dead in the town of Mquthu, much to delight of his fans, who descended upon the village in cheering throngs. More »
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Science fiction is full of amazing musical acts. If you could rock out with your cosmos out, which musical group from science fiction or fantasy would you want to jam with? We asked over at io9's Facebook group, and now we're putting together a poll. More »
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Check out a modified record player that reads growth rings from a tree like musical notes. Created by German artist Bartholomäus Traubeck, Years takes the annual rings that you find in cross-sections of trees and converts them into piano music. He describes the process on his website: More »
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One thing Disney's epic alien war flick John Carter has going for it is composer Michael Giacchino. We dare you not to tear up listening to these three tracks from Giacchino's latest movie score. You can't help but think of his past work on Star Trek's USS Kelvin scene, or the many weepy-eyed Lost moments. More »
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Martin Scorsese's Hugo celebrates the life and creativity of film mastermind Georges Méliès — and now Méliès' most famous film Le Voyage Dans La Lune is finally restored in its original color. Check out the first clip from the restored print — with the new soundtrack by French pop duo Air. More »
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Unless you're a synesthete, you probably don't get very many opportunities to see music. But this 3D data visualization project, Portrait of the Ghost Drummer, by Polish designer Odaibe allows you to do exactly that. More »
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The latest Symphony of Science track is out, and it is a doozy. Listen to David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye get their rave on for evolution. Who knew synths intermingled with amoebas on the Tree of Life? Hat tip to Krakenstein2! More »
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We've previously looked at musical fungus and Austrian gardening aficionados who turned their crops into euphony. More »
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Record execs are reportedly keen to shoot Jay-Z and Beyonce into space, to record the first ever orbital music video. More »
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The Maynard Triplets are a lovely trio of ladies who remix famous pop songs with popular geek books (like Harry Potter's Beyonce "Halo" Ballad). Their latest conquest: a Hunger Games spin on Bruno Mars' "Grenade". It's supremely silly and ridiculously sweet. Still, we love anyone that can find a rhyme for "tracker jacker" in a song. More »
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If James Bond's distinctive theme had words, the song would transform from an ominous surf rock instrumental into a bubbly paean about how Ian Fleming's super-spy is a dipsomaniac lunatic. Which he is, if we're being honest. After listening to this once or twice, it's impossible to unhear it. More »
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This one goes out to all the chordates in the house. The Rap Guide to Evolution is a musical tour through natural selection, DNA, and all the various processes that have made the world such a hotbed of biodiversity. These may be the only rap videos you see today that namecheck Watson and Crick. More »
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Did Hans Zimmer pull inspiration for the infamous "Why So Serious" track in The Dark Knight from Francis Lai's score from the 1983 musical Edith Et Marcel? Take a listen to both and decide for yourself! [Thanks Jerome!] More »
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Even if Daft Punk's score to Tron Legacy didn't melt your butter, it's hard not to appreciate their track "Derezzed" being played by five groaning and wheezing floppy drives (mp3 here). This is incontrovertible evidence that in order for Tron 3 to succeed, the film must scale back its special effects such that it resembles a two-hour game of E.T. for Atari. More »
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This is the 1980s toe-tapper "Cathy Don't Go" (lyrics and en Español), an earworm New Wave number that almost certainly ripped off Survivor's "Jackie Don't Go." Unlike Survivor's ditty, "Cathy Don't Go" was written by the evangelical doomsday cult The Family International about how the Antichrist is controlling us through barcodes. The music video will make your head explode. Here's a sample verse: More »
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You may remember Joe "Joebot" Spiotto's mod remake of the Firefly gang as a group of children's troubadours. Since then, he's been busy giving other science fiction and fantasy icons their own (vinyl) record deals. You can find prints of these at Joebot's Etsy store.

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If you use Google Earth to look up the Salfords Lads Club in Manchester, England, you'll find a famously coiffed squatter in this virtual world. Punch in "St Ignatius Walk, M5 3RX" on 3D Buildings mode and you'll see a pixelated incarnation of Morrissey, The Smiths' loud-mouthed pontificator, forever standing smugly. More »
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Virginia's Luray Caves are a mix between a geological feature, an organ, and an electric guitar. In Luray Caves, there is the body of an organ set against a far wall. It looks more like a piano, as it's missing one of the defining parts of a pipe organ: the pipes. Instead, this organ has "stalacpipes." More »
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No. The charm has nothing to do with the music and everything to do with the charmer waving a pungi, a reed instrument carved out of a gourd, in the snake's face. Snakes don't have external ears and can perceive little more than low-frequency rumbles. But when they see something threatening, they rise up in a defensive pose. "The movement of the snake is completely keyed in on the guy playing the toodley thing," says Robert Drewes, chairman of the department of herpetology (the study of amphibians and reptiles) at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. "He sways, the snake sways." More »
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Check out this sweet little lullaby from Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars straight off the Hunger Games soundtrack. While we like the twang, the more tween pop they push into this movie, the more nervous we get. But who knows — this could be the after-credits tune, for all we know. More »
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The annual Venture Bros. X-Mas track is here, courtesy of the mellifluous voices of Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. Listen to supervillainy's premier couple argue their way through a rendition of the creepy holiday staple "Baby, It's Cold Outside." The henchmen learned to play jazz! You can download the MP3 with but a right-click here. You can find a full list of past Venture X-Mas singles at A Site Called Fred. More »
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Many corporate work environments are designed to encourage optimum efficiency. Managers want to encourage productivity with the amount of light and music, or discourage socializing by erecting walls. Do any of these tactics work at all? And if they do, how is your work environment influencing you? More »
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The best part of the new Hobbit trailer was easily the chill-inducing dwarf sing-a-long. Not only did it transplant us right back into Middle Earth, but it's quite lovely. But which J.R.R. Tolkien-inspired song (from the Tolkien movies) is the greatest of them all? Take the poll now. More »
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Put away your grandpa-style indie rock sweaters and salute the year's most futuristic music. By that I don't just mean music that sounds like it comes from the future (though there's quite a bit of that); I also mean music that is indicative of larger future trends. Shall we begin?

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Generally, the future is so chaotic that there's no way of guessing what will come next. But one area is so obvious, so repetitive, so completely and utterly predictable that it's a breeze to guess what's coming next: pop music. More »
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Awww yeah, you thought we forgot about Saturday morning dance party here at Radio io9 (also known as "Radio9")? Hell no, we've just been disco-napping off the last one. More »
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The aerospace agency is calling its new music and news outlet Third Rock Radio — a "space station" that NASA is hoping will register with tech-savvy young adults. More »
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"A long time ago in a chalet far, far away," the Gleeks mixed two especially nerdy Christmas specials together, The Star Wars Holiday Special and the Judy Garland Christmas Show — and what they got was sweet, sweet, egg-noggy heroin. Watch what happens when you mix scifi nerds and theater kids together. It's a Christmas Miracle! More »
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A little while back, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programmed its emergency automated voice service to warble a yuletide staple. Here's your cyber-chanteur's biography: More »
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What if your favorite Disney Princesses sang about the heavy-metal merits of Rammstein and neck tatts, instead of little towns and quiet villages? They'd probably look a lot like these fine ladies right here. Behold your favorite fairytale princess reinvented as a Metallica roadie. More »
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You may remember French puppeteering group Royal De Luxe's mechanical elephant, but here's an even more deliciously absurd contrivance. This is the piano catapult, a musical siege weapon that was recently shown off in the city of Nantes. It's not particularly effective, but at least we'll know what to expect if Billy Joel ever tries to conquer the globe. More »
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Here's the moment in The Muppets that broke my brain. Walter and his weirdly fleshy brother Gary face a perplexing identity crisis — trying to decide whether they want to describe themselves as humans or Muppets. The implications for identity politics are staggering. More »
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This is Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, a Harajuku model/singer whose music video for the song "PONPONPON" won fans across the globe for its thrilling reenactment of what would happen if you subsisted solely on ayahuasca and gumdrops for a few weeks. More »
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We all know that Big Trouble in Little China is the best movie ever made (in which Kurt Russell is extremely confused). But did you know that director John Carpenter and his band the Coup DeVilles starred in a magnificent music video to accompany the flick? It's true! I owe Jalopnik bon vivant Ray Wert for this knowledge. In terms of 1980s vanity music videos, this is tied with Philip Michael Thomas' angel-dust-tinged R&B anthem "Just The Way I Planned It." Special effects-wise, it edges out "Doctor in Distress." More »
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It's time to champion this lovely and engaging Steampunk musical Futurity. Don't believe me? Then take a listen right now. More »
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Antonio Stradivari made over a thousand violins in his long lifetime. They're considered the most perfect violins ever made, and the 650 surviving instruments are incredibly valuable. Now, thanks to modern technology, every budding violinist could soon own an authentic Stradivarius. More or less. More »
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As a companion piece to Glen Duncan's novel The Last Werewolf, animators George Fort and Monica Smith (Superjail!, Venture Bros.) teamed up with cabaret band The Real Tuesday Weld — who you may know from the video game L.A. Noire — for "Me and Mr. Wolf," a gleefully violent music video that harkens back to the animation of the 1940s. Witness a werewolf and a little red femme fatale wander through a hellish (albeit bouncy) cartoon world. More »
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As if the 1996 time travel flick Dinosaur Valley Girls weren't weird enough, the "randomly topless chicks meet allosaurus" movie takes a break in the middle to share this bizarro dance sequence. Called "Jurassic Punk," the song is about the mighty allosaurus and all the biting and hunting that he does. Also, he chases a lot of topless cave women. And ALSO, the topless cave women like to dance in caves full of purple lights and dry ice. You know, just the way they used to do during the Cretaceous. More »
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This is the lab of legendary analog circuit designer Barrie Gilbert, a fellow with Analog Devices who tinkers with circuits in Beaverton, Oregon. To say "tinkers" is an understatement. Gilbert revolutionized many aspects of the technology required to record, broadcast, and manipulate signals. More »
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