Afflictor: The target of Mr. Banjo's ire since 2009. (Image by J.M. Garg.)
- Strange, Small & Forgotten Films: Two Lovers (2008).
- Old Print Articles: Tightrope walkers (1860-97) + Firebugs set blazes (1890s) + Huge, hog-eating lizard killed in Iowa (1885).
- Classic Photographs: Commodore Nutt with P.T. Barnum (1800s) + The Cardiff Giant arrives in NYC (1904).
- Featured Videos: Adorable children fail logic tests + Andy Kaufman and Freddie Blassie enjoy breakfast + Ray Bradbury profiled in the prime of his career (1963) + London punks got mocked by jackass documentarians (1983) + Rare footage of the Beatles visit to India (1968) + Horrible children in striped sweaters learn about the Internet + Advertising legend David Ogilvy shares trade secrets (1974) + Beatrice Wood was a Dada potter + John Nolan’s animatronic showreel + Dogbots cost $725 + New means of firefighting in Japan + Now we disco dance + Chinese performance artist makes himself “invisible” + Robots that get you drunk.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: I have absolutely no idea that my screenplays are insane + Sell me your crappy car so that I can spite my town + Need an agent for my charismatic dog + I think it’s a good idea to offer you $50 to let my friend hold your baby + Just sold some used chewing gum for $75.
- Hunter S. Thompson reports from Haight-Ashbury in 1967.
- The story behind the great Dog Day Afternoon.
- Happy 122nd birthday, Charlie Chaplin.
- David Byrne idealizes strip-mall culture.
- Jim MacLaren recovered from two devastating accidents during his life.
- Dutch artist Theo Jansen unleashes self-propelling “creatures.”
- Boston Corbett is the man who killed John Wilkes Booth.
- Jerry Lawson was a pioneer in the computer game industry.
- Guy responsible for the 1987 Harmonic Convergence craze passes away.
- The Commodore 64 returns from the dead.
- A new Ice Age is predicted in 1974.
- Contemporary mental-health care in the upside-down world that is Pakistan.
- A postmortem about Tiger Beat founder Charles Laufer.
- New Yorker baseball writer Roger Angell steps to the plate in SI.
- Security forces to use RoboCop glasses at the 2014 World Cup.
- Martin Kemp has the power to turn worthless art into treasures.
- Alcoholic parent receives a stern punishment in 1900.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.