POLITICS | Random notes on social media in Iran, its "Blogfather", and Tehran's shift from theocracy to dictatorship.

CULTURE | Having spent much of the last 15 years photographing the world's tattooing cultures, indigenous and otherwise, Chris Rainier long-hauls it to the Indonesian island of Siberut. There he finally meets the Mentawai, one of the planet's best preserved, most ancient body art cultures.

MUSIC | David Byrne on how his travels in Asia changed the way he thinks about performance.

CULTURE | A night of Boi Bumbá, the more psychedelic, Amazonian version of Carnaval.

MONEY | When Lenny Dykstra is being held up a as a financial genius and no one is questioning it, well, you’re probably in for a bumpy ride. Just one of the more dubious signs on the way to a financial crisis.

FOOD | Reflections on a life spent with the most recession proof meat.