rituals
Do Anthropologists Consider the Ice Bucket Challenge an 'Extreme Ritual'?
According to anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas, pouring ice water on our heads isn't all that different from Kavadi, a Hindu ritual that involves skewering your cheeks.
The Goat-Sacrificing App That Tweets Out Your Sins
This Yom Kippur, atone for your sins by sacrificing a goat and sharing your sins on Twitter.
I Had the Leader of ISIS Cursed by a Hong Kong Sorceress, and It Almost Worked
"Villain hitting" is a uniquely Hong Kong combination of political defiance and local superstition. I'm not invested in local politics, so the villain I put a curse on was Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, possibly the most vile man alive. When I woke up the next...
Summer Reading List: Zombie Hordes, Snuff Films, Haunted Computers
The hot flesh of summer is here, and the last thing I want to do when I’m living in the thick of it is read about it. If you feel the same, here are three short books that will make you feel strange in the sun.
Ritual
Falling asleep, I often find a convincing, semiconscious simulacrum of cozy peace by imagining a nonscientific, crayon-drawn version of a light field, and then focusing tighter and tighter on the black empty places in between the things.
Ritual Vices: Rolling Your Own Joints and Making Toasts Probably Enhances Your Enjoyment
A new study says that routines and rituals not only make food you prepare taste better, but impact your engagement with vices, too.
Team Ghost on New Album Rituals, Louis C.K., and Why French Rock Never Took Off
This Franco quintet skillfully integrates noise rock with ambient music, house, and techno.
Listen to Exwife's "Rituals"
Kurt Cobain gets the 'Clockwork Orange' treatment as Nirvana influences are filtered through the past 20 years of music.
Premiere: Rituals - Mesmerized
Rituals, a fantastic and fuzzy band from Toronto, have a brand new video for you. We also sat down with them to chat about casinos, nearly broken video cameras, and stolen effects pedals.
David Icke and the Lizard Apocalypse
We travel to the Isle of Wight to meet the most iconic conspiracy theorist on Earth, David Icke. Icke discovered that a race of shape-shifting lizards has been masquerading as presidents and monarchs for centuries while planning to crush the planet.