NPR is currently streaming the entire latest Hot Chip record, In Our Heads. Below are the videos for their two singles already released, Flutes and Night and Day:

BoxOfficeMojo has a full list of releases scheduled for the rest of the year. Below is a selection of films currently scheduled for release this year that I am most looking forward to: Moonrise Kingdom (expanding) Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Prometheus Safety Not Guaranteed Brave Dark Knight Rises Hit & Run Premium Rush Lawless [...]

Next week is Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). The Dev Team behind the jailbreak of the iPhone and other Apple related devices released a number of updates today. The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has gathered all the latest rumors for what may be announced at WWDC this year, including Apple HDTV, new Mac Pro, standalone [...]

Once a nation parts with the control of its currency and credit, it matters not who makes the laws. Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of the sovereignty of Parliament and of Democracy is idle and [...]

In an article titled, History, How Soon We Forget, Hank Foresman writes, Despite what Paul Wolfowitz and other might think democracy did not spring forth from the James River in 1619; in fact what passed as representative government in 1619 in Jamestown probably would not pass muster of the Supreme Court. Nor did parliamentary democracy [...]

As Ze Frank pointed out in the latest episode of A Show, Be yourself is often terrible advice. One reader suggested that is should be: make yours a good self.

BBC reports, Venezuela has brought a new gun law into effect which bans the commercial sale of firearms and ammunition. Until now, anyone with a gun permit could buy arms from a private company. Under the new law, only the army, police and certain groups like security companies will be able to buy arms from [...]

Life of a Book Junkie is a pretty fantastic tumblr full of book/reading-related images.

Over at The Verge, Dante D'Orazio broke the story on Verizon FIOS's price change plans, It might seem odd that Verizon is increasing the prices of its lowest-speed plans while leaving the cost of many of its other plans unchanged, but it's a familiar tactic. For many users the increased speeds are likely more than [...]