The Unfunded Video Game About Shooting Light Waves Through The Galaxy
Sometimes, Kickstarter campaigns don’t meet their funding goals—but it’s not the end of the world! In this series we explore what happens next. READ MORE
The Zombie Cookbook That Lacked Enough Live Backers
Sometimes, Kickstarter campaigns don’t meet their funding goals—but it’s not the end of the world! In this series we explore what happens next. READ MORE
The Unfunded Art Project Inspired By Victorian Human Skulls
Sometimes, Kickstarter campaigns don’t meet their funding goals—but it’s not the end of the world! In this series, we explore what happens next. READ MORE
The Connie Converse Double Album That Never Got Crowd-Funded
Sometimes, Kickstarter campaigns don’t meet their funding goals—but it’s not the end of the world! In this series we explore what happens next. Up first are Dan Dzula and David Herman, the founders of Squirrel Thing Recordings. The label's first album, How Sad, How Lovely, was a collection of songs by an obscure and enigmatic singer-songwriter named Connie Converse, who recorded in New York in the 1950s without ever finding an audience for her music. After giving up songwriting and working as an editor for several years, Connie packed up her belongings, said goodbye to her friends and family and disappeared. No one ever heard from her again, and her car and body were never found. READ MORE
21 Blasters, Ranked In Order Of Apparent Usefulness
21. Batter Blaster, ready-to-cook pancake and waffle batter READ MORE
How to Upstage Your Friends at Their Weddings, I Mean, How to Make a Wedding Cake
It's a fact: Everyone is getting married except for you. You are the proverbial always-bridesmaid-never-bride. It just doesn't happen for everyone, you know? Some people don't ever find true love. (You, I mean, in particular. You won't ever find true love.) READ MORE
The New Decemberists Album: It Contains 100% Less Raping
The Decemberists' new album, The King Is Dead, takes the band in a new direction: tamer, more pastoral lyrics and a pared-down, bluegrass-tinged sensibility (with guest vocals from the always-excellent Gillian Welch). Critics have taken note, and the reviews have been mostly positive—people seem relieved by the band's turn away from the melodramatic subject matter and overwrought musical stylings that have characterized their last couple albums. But the most notable difference from the band’s older music—and one I've yet to see a critic mention—is that there's not a single rape or abduction to be found on the entire album. READ MORE
