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Burning Man, in addition to its stated goal of being a utopian bacchanalia of drugs and missed connections, is also a playground for the obscenely wealthy. From the first-ever Google doodle, (Larry and Sergey put a Burning Man doodle as an out-of-office message to the world) to the Winklevoss twins traipsing around shirtless in the dust, Burning Man and the newly rich of Silicon Valley have always gone hand in hand.

This year is no different, as a venture capitalist Jonathan Teo has teamed up with some large-scale artists to bring you the most absurdly large roving party Burning Man has ever seen: A 747 jumbo jet.

Engineer Ken Feldman tells SFist, “This will be the largest moving structure to date at Burning Man.”

And lest you think the this thing will just be motoring around Burning Man at five miles per hour with its massive jet engines, fuel by the boatload and sucking people into its spinning rotors like that scene in the beginning of “Lost,” Feldman assures SFist, “We will not have four big jet engines blasting us around.” He’s looking into having some kind of towing device move it around. “We’re definitely into the reuse, we’ve very focused on ‘leave no trace’,” he continued. “We’re investigating a variety of ways to minimize our carbon footprint.”

This also isn’t going to be some kind of exclusive VIP event—SFist describes it as a “300-seat egalitarian ‘venue on wheels’” open to all.

So why does this headline refer to Teo as a dick? Do we have any evidence that these guys are actually dicks? No more than the fact that they’re bringing a 747 jumbo jet to Burning Man just because they can—no more or less than you need.

The group thinks they’ll have to cut the wings off the jet to clear all the telephone poles and obstacles on the way into the playa. The picture above is a rendering of what the final party boat might look like. Below is a photo of the team acquiring the jet:

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You may recall I was pretty impressed (and surprised) by Episode 1 of 6: Iron From Ice from Telltale. Well, the trailer for Episode 2 leads me to believe I’m in for more excruciating fun. I’m already wincing at the decisions I’ll have to make.

Based on the award-winning HBO television drama series, Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series tells the story of House Forrester. Caught up in the events of The War of the Five Kings, they are placed in a precarious position where members of the household must do everything they can to prevent the house from meeting its doom.

“The Lost Lords,” the second episode in the critically-acclaimed game series, will be available Tuesday, February 3rd on PC and Mac from the Telltale Online Store, Steam, and other digital distribution services, and on the PlayStation®Network for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. The episode will be available on Wednesday, February 4th on the Xbox Games Store for Xbox One® and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The series will also be coming to compatible iOS devices via the App Store on Thursday, February 5th and to compatible Android-based devices.

I can’t wait! Have you played the first episode?

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Sony is having a flash sale this weekend on more than 50 games for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, with some titles up to 80 percent off their normal price on the PlayStation Store. That means you can get games like Resogun, Costume Quest 2, Guacamelee, Fez, OlliOlli and more for just $3 each.

The flash sale also applies to a few dozen movie rentals and purchases of titles like Snowpiercer, The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Raid 2.

The indie game-focused sale runs today through 9 a.m. PT on Monday, Jan. 26. Here's what's on offer:

PlayStation 4

• #KILLALLZOMBIES - $3.50
• Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender DX - $3.06
• Contrast - $3.75
• Costume Quest 2 - $3.00
• Fez - $2.99
• Futuridium EP Deluxe - $5.00
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When it comes to heavy, crushing music, few bands have eclipsed the impact and importance of Slayer. As one of the earliest and greatest thrash metal bands, they have been the target of countless conservative groups over the decades, and have seen their share of internal fighting and tragedy. But now the band is giving fans a chance to stomp the Slayer name all across the globe, releasing a new line of branded shoes in conjunction with a California store.

Revealing eighteen different styles of customized Chuck Taylor and Vans, the shoes run a choke-worthy $99 per pair, and are being sold exclusively through the Venice-based store, The Ave. The reason for the high cost is likely due to the fact that each pair is adorned with the Slayer visualizations by hand, and these markings are a wide variety of interpretations of the band’s iconic logo. Due to this handmade process, every shoe will be slightly unique, and this is also why returns are not allowed.

The past few years have been rough on Slayer, with the passing of guitar great Jeff Hanneman and another falling out with drummer Dave Lombardo. Along with this, their most recent single was met with lukewarm reviews, and their yet-to-be-titled album does not have a firm release date. However, if history has proven anything, it’s that Slayer cannot be stopped from bringing their high-octane brand of metal to the world.

These new shoes are far from Slayer’s first adventure into the world of clothing, as they had a limited run of shoes with Vans in 2012, as well as their utterly awesome Christmas sweaters. The current crop of shoes are the most widely available, and as of yet, there is no indication that it will be a limited run or low stock items. Those in need of some ass kicking footware can hop to The Ave website now and order up.

Joel Freimark hosts a daily music-related webseries HERE and you can follow his daily music musings and suggestions HERE as well.

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After a decade of virtual Aphex Twin radio silence Richard James has been on a musical onslaught over the last six months, releasing a new album “Syro,” and then dumping a trove of over 30 unreleased songs in November.

On Friday he released still more material—a new EP called “Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2.” You can pick it up now via Warp Records, or listen below in full.

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The Best Things SkyMall Ever Sold

Hide your Insta Slim Compression Shirts, hide your Kitty Washroom Cabinets – SkyMall has filed for bankruptcy.

The Wall Street Journal claims the bankruptcy of the in-flight magazine best known for things like Bigfoot Tree Yeti Sculptures and Circulation Improving Leg Wraps you probably should have purchased before you got on the plane, is “a victim of evolving rules and technology that now lets airline passengers keep their smartphones and tablets powered up during flight.”

And SkyMall claimed as much in their filing:

In court papers, acting Chief Executive Scott Wiley cited a “crowded, rapidly evolving and intensely competitive” retail environment as the reason for the quarterly publication’s recent nosedive.

“With the increased use of electronic devices on planes, fewer people browsed the SkyMall in-flight catalog,” Mr. Wiley said.

The increase in the number of airlines providing Internet access “resulted in additional competition from e-commerce retailers and additional competition for the attention of passengers, all of which further negatively impacted SkyMall’s catalog sales,” he added.

They’re hoping to sell the business at auction in March and WSJ writes, “In its bankruptcy petition, the company listed assets between $1 million and $10 million and liabilities ranging from $10 million to $50 million.” You know, if you were at all interested. I don’t have the funds but if they start selling individual product at a discount thought, I’d be all over this Pod Bed:

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"Things are going to be fine. This isn't ISIS."

That's how New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady responded during a Thursday press conference regarding the allegations that he deliberately deflated footballs during the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, when the Patriots defeated the Indiana Colts by a crushing 45-7.

Now the world is going crazy, even though sports commentators are pretty sure that the whole issue is overblown. Grantland's Andrew Sharp called it "the dumbest sports scandal of my lifetime."



While the world of sports goes into a full-on meltdown, complete with insufferable press conferences, "Deflategate"-themed cookies and strange appearances by Rick Santorum, the rest of the world was pretty busy worrying about things other than Tom Brady's balls this week. 

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the brainchild of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project and produced the first atomic bombs used during World War II, has moved its iconic Doomsday Clock two minutes closer to midnight. It now stands at three minutes before midnight — midnight signifying complete global catastrophe.

Following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the scientists developed the Doomsday Clock in 1947 to keep the public up to speed on the dangers of nuclear proliferation. But the latest change was prompted by dangers posed by "unchecked climate change, global nuclear weapons modernizations and outsized nuclear weapons arsenals," according to a press release. Read More

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Behind the making of every film is a powerful clash of egos; what makes the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie something of an anomaly is that those egos belong to women.

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No one wanted this. No one. Not even the people making the film based on the book that features this inexplicably awful scene. The scene in Fifty Shades of Grey where Christian Grey pulls a tampon out of Anastasia Steele will not be seen in the upcoming film adaption.

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