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"The idea generally is to tell the best story as simply as possible," says Jeff Emtman. "I struggle with that."

Emtman is sitting with his back to the front window of Cafe Racer, talking to me about Here Be Monsters, the ingeniously dark, audaciously constructed podcast he has been producing since 2012. Emtman, who learned the radio ropes at Western Washington University's station KUGS, originally conceived the show as a series of "documentaries about things I'm afraid of" and produced them in a style that deliberately confounded the rigid norms of traditional broadcasting. What has emerged in the two years since is a fascinating hybrid of reportage, sound collage, confession, intellect, emotion, and psychological inquiry across 40 episodes about such diverse subjects as photophobia, the therapeutic value of drugs, white supremacy, scuba diving, the Juggalo nation, and the grieving process of crows, to name a few...

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FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK 
Azuma Makoto (JPN) 

This week’s featured project is called Iced Flowers, and this was an amazing exhibition by Azuma Makoto. 

As he says: - This exhibition presents “ICED FLOWERS”, a work to observe the changing life of flowers that are locked in ice. Flowers will show unique expressions that they do not display in everyday life, by placed under such a different environment. Please enjoy how flowers and ice change themselves over time in the ruins far from human’s existence – it is an inorganic space that makes a vivid contrast with flowers. - 

Photos been made by Shiinoki Shunsuke.

So we give Azuma Makoto the FEATURED ARTIST title and our header gallery, and we will exhibit these brilliant works in our header gallery for the coming week, plus we will post them on our Facebook and Instagram as well. 

Follow Azuma Makoto via the links:

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Go Azuma, go!!!

Does my fluffy suit make you laugh? Do you think I’m funny?

Well, maybe you won’t laugh so loud after I give you a taste of my moth-fu skills! Prepare for poofy pastel pain, punk!

Via It’s Okay To Be Smart, it’s the Rosy Maple Moth, courtesy sender-inner Jessica L.

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Rejoice, dear starfriends! Björk's proud sound collection Vulnicura has made a glorious birth! Hacker-fans made a special trip to the world wide web to release Vulnicura into the wilderness, and now Björk herself has given the visionsongs to iTunes; they'll be coming in one happy dance of Earth upon its ... More »

What we have here is…a puppeh, WITH SMALLER PUPPEHS IN SADDLEBAGS. GAAAAAAAAAA. “Hi guys my name is Daniel P. and I work in a veterinary practice in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. This video I shot is of the receptionist Suzi and her dog Tilly helping out with the two Foster Puppies Suzi is looking after :) -it would be great if you could use it on Cute Overload.”

[*Note: “XL” in this case is ’40,’ not ‘Extra Large.’ Mom Taxi format uses roman numerals.- Ed.]

[*Note: Yes, this is the second Mom Taxi of the day. There is no rule against this. -Ed.]

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Caps Lock Theater’s immersive, site-specific “Mrs. Mayfield’s Fifth-Grade Class of ’93 20-Year Reunion” enlists its audience members as classmates.

One of the first indications in "Serial" that something was not quite right with the murder case against Maryland teen Adnan Syed came with the so-called Asia Letters: In 1999, Asia McClain wrote Adnan an affidavit swearing that she was with him in a library at the time his ex-girlfriend ... More »

Danish photographer Ken Hermann couldn't help but be instantly inspired by the sellers of Calcutta's Malik Ghat flower market, one of the oldest and the...

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Old-school ASCII art gets a colorful update by rapper and artist Yung Jake, who created these celebrity portraits using emojis. He uses emoji.ink, a website in which people can create images using emojis. Extra creativity is packed into every inch, as the emoji not only has a color and shape, but a meaning; a context that can be put to use as well. 

See more of Yung Jake's portraits here, and look for future works on his Tumblr and Twitter.


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Father and husband Roman Atwood evidently wanted to liven up the day while his wife was away. By the time she returned home, the first floor of their home was transformed into a ball pit, and Roman and the kids were loving every minute. Luckily she had a good sense of fun and humor. Via Viral Viral Videos

You can't really help who you're attracted to, but what if the person you're the most attracted to ever happens to be a blood relative? Like your father? Such was the case for an 18-year-old woman who dropped some real talk about her now two-year relationship with daddio in a recent interview. BUCKLE UP, somebody's getting their deepest assumptions challenged!

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Before Broad City was on Comedy Central, it was on YouTube. For 25 episodes (and one spinoff) in 2010 and 2011, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer smoked weed, scammed on dudes, and generally treated the harsh, unforgiving streets of New York City as their own magical playground, all scored by ... More »

Björk’s ninth studio album coincides with a retrospective of her work to open at MoMA in March.

With dozens of titles hitting the print (and digital) stands each month, deciding which comics to read isn't always easy. So we'll keep it simple: If you're only going to pick up a couple of comics or graphic novels right now, here are a handful that are worth your time and money, from a North Korea travelogue to Bitch Planet.

The post 5 Comics You Should Be Reading Right Now appeared first on WIRED.

The uncle of redditor Dookalignmike made this cake covered with Reese’s Pieces. Keep in mind the old rhyme to distinguish between a king snake and a coral snake:

Red and yellow, kill a fellow.
Red and black, venom lack.

This one is yellow and orange. But, as redditor PainMatrix points out, if you have a peanut allergy, it’s a poisonous snake.

-via Daily of the Day

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, the stars of “Broad City,” are not relentless careerists, but are still getting used to their cult fame.

13 week-old French Bulldog puppy Brody Brixton is way too tired to get up this morning. How adorable is this little fella in his dog bone tie?

The post French Bulldog Puppy Doesn’t Want To Get Up | Video appeared first on A Place to Love Dogs.

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Being a model can make you feel like a mannequin- everybody stares at you while you pose in clothes, then people dress you up, telling you how to stand and what look you should have on your face. It’s enough to make a model feel like they’re losing touch with their humanity, like a plastic doll set out on display for a night then put away in a box until the next fashion show.

Photographer Giampaolo Sgura decided to take this plastic doll theme and put a fun spin on it by shooting supermodels posing as Barbie type plastic dolls in their packages for the December/January 2015 issue of Vogue Paris.

Giampaolo’s series approaches the plastic posing people theme with a sense of whimsy, and yet the underlying idea of models being seen as little more than visual objects challenges viewers to think about how the world looks through a model's eyes.

-Via Beautiful/Decay

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One of these adorable Bernese Mountain Dog puppies is way more spunky than the others. Can you guess which one?

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Perhaps it’s best not to publicize your lawbreaking on your clothing.

A Pasco County sheriff was initially attracted to Balmer’s t-shirt when he saw the 50-year-old at a Kmart store in Hudson. In full, Balmer’s shirt read: “Who needs drugs. No, seriously, I have drugs.”

After spotting the sheriff, Balmer reportedly attempted to hand the bag of drugs to a man behind him while waiting in line. As Balmer paid for his items and the man declined to take the bag, Balmer dropped the bag containing marijuana and methamphetamine on the floor.

Balmer was charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of marijuana less than 20 grams. Following his arrest, Balmer reportedly declined to speak, since his t-shirt probably said enough.

The Intercept has done what Sarah Koenig and "Serial" couldn't: get Jay Wilds to talk on the record about the murder of Hae Min Lee, which Jay swore in court was the work of Hae's ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed. As fans of "Serial" might expect, Jay reiterates the same basic story ... More »

She's done it again!!

Sinead O'Connor's cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U put her on the map many years ago. And, now, she's done another one of his classics!

The Irish singer has tackled the purple one's I Would Die For You, turning it into a reggae throwdown!

Checkout the hotsauce above!

Then CLICK HERE to listen to more music from Sinead O'Connor!