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XLR8R: Channeling the Cosmos with JK5

JK5 geeks out on the mundane to bring forth the spiritual.

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El Guincho's Tropic Thunder

High Places

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Using your iPhone to control Ableton and Max/MSP

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Santogold

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Santi White (a.k.a. Santogold) has had such a busy year, she's been reduced to talking about it in lacrosse analogies. Here, she addresses being called an MC when she isn't one, embarrassing stage moments with GZA, and the freedom that her latest work has given her.

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Love from Lisbon: Buraka Som Sistema

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Buraka Som Sistema has become a European sensation, thanks to their unique take on kuduro, a strain of dance music from Luanda, Angola. Most recently, the band has worked with M.I.A. to produce the song "Sound of Kuduro," currently making the rounds on YouTube and their newest album, Black Diamond. Kuduro originated with resourceful Angolan DJs—who managed to turn free computer sample sounds from outdated PCs into some of the most kick-ass and energetic dance music around.

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XLR8R: Glitch Mob Street Warfare

The Glitch Mob is notorious for its live shows— they remix on the fly and seamlessly finish each others' basslines. Here, the crew takes it up a notch by setting up speakers and a generator renegade-style in the crowded streets of San Francisco for full-scale guerilla beat warfare on the public. What they weren't expecting was that San Franciscans prove themselves up to the attack—in a way that only San Franciscans can.

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The Bug & Warrior Queen: Two-pronged attack

On his new album, London Zoo, Martin- (a.k.a. The Bug)- retooled dubstep and dancehall into something bleak, apocalyptic and jaw-dropping. His gritty, bass-heavy assault on the future is helmed by an all-star squad of MCs, from Flowdan and The Spaceape to his current touring partner, Warrior Queen. Here, The Bug and Warrior Queen talk about their flow both on and offstage—how she's a split personality while The Bug will always remain The Bug.

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The Totally Rad Show: Hamlet 2, Traitor, Castle Crashers, Mario Super Sluggers, Planetary, and Transmetropolitan

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This week in Movies:

The Steve Coogan comedy Hamlet 2.

The new thriller Traitor

This week in Video Games:

The Wii launch title, Wii Sports, offered a fun, if simplistic baseball minigame. Now, Nintendo has expanded the concept and thrown its trademark characters into the mix with Mario Super Sluggers. Alex, Dan, and Jeff grab their wiimotes to knock this game out of the park.

The string of excellent Summer '08 downloadedable titles continues this week with The Behemouth's Castle Crashers . The guys endure the broken online mode to enjoy some retro-arcade goodness.

This week in Comics:

Warren Ellis' prolific career includes some of the most imaginitive and challenging comic book work of the last decade. Alex, Dan, and Jeff check out a couple of his most popular series, Planetary and Transmetropolitan.

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