Photo by Arjun S RaviUnsurprisingly, the real story of what happened to the Black Lips in India is way less fun than previously thought. There were no high-speed chases, no gunfights, no arrests. And there wasn't even full-frontal nudity! Just mooning. Boo.Vice has just posted an interview with drummer Joe Bradley , in which he explains the who...

Last June, British police rounded up and arrested Alan Ellis, the founder of the once-popular torrent tracker OiNK, along with five of the site's British users, as part of the Cleveland Police's goofily named Operation Ark Royal operation. (British and Dutch police had already shut the site down in the fall of 2007.) Four of those users pleaded ...

If you follow internet memes, you've probably heard about a new computer application called Microsoft Songsmith, which, according to its maker, "generates musical accompaniment to match a singer's voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC's microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you." You present it with a vocal, and...

"Spectacle: Elvis Costello with The Police" Premieres Wednesday, January 7 on the Sundance Channel.

Photo by Ryan MuirOn our last day in the office before the holiday break, we received an early Christmas/Hanukkah present: A chat with Win Butler of the Arcade Fire. Butler and his band laid low for most of 2008 (give or take a few Obama rallies), taking a well-deserved break after years of nearly nonstop recording and touring. But expect to hea...