Watch M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls” Video

M.I.A. released a music video for her song “Bad Girls,” and at first glance it appears to be a political statement about women drivers in Saudi Arabia. Then again, maybe the Sri Lankan rapper adopted a stylish Arabic aesthetic because it looks cool. It’s hard to tell with M.I.A. Either way, it’s a fun video [...]

Alex Ovechkin has made ice cool for area’s youth athletes

When Jeff Halpern conducted a skills clinic for 6-, 7- and 8-year-olds last month, the Washington Capitals center was surprised by the size of the crowd that had gathered at Ashburn Ice House on a Wednesday evening. Read full article >>

Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin has made ice hockey cool for Washington area’s youth athletes

Jeff Halpern showed up at the Ashburn Ice House to put on a hockey clinic one recent Wednesday evening. What he saw came as a bit of a shock: a crowd. Halpern, the Washington Capitals ’ center, grew up in Potomac and remembers when hockey was a sport for the relatively few young athletes who wanted to try something different from football or baseball. Not anymore. Read full article >>

Too hot for Cool Japan?

These are exports Japan is proud to declare “hot”. Last week, AKB48 was appointed by Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba as official sponsors of the upcoming Vibrant Japan campaign at the China Import and Export Fair. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes that the Vibrant Japan campaign is designed to counter “harmful rumours” of radioactive Japanese

Opinion: The dating gaming: Amazing tech mergers that will probably never happen

Some people enjoy speculating about celebrity romances, some people enjoy speculating about corporate mergers. Every once in a while, we sit down with a beer and talk about cool mergers that will never happen, but might be really interesting to watch. This week I figured I’d share some of the more interesting ones with you.Disney + Apple