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We don’t patronize Abercrombie & Fitch…do you?

We don’t patronize Abercrombie & Fitch…do you?

Dear Mr. Jeffries, DIFFERENT IS COOL. PLEASE READ & SHARE. Clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries [pictured above] has been outed as having a VERY limited definition of […]

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I Carry Your Heart With Me: An Ode To Art & e.e. cummings

I Carry Your Heart With Me: An Ode To Art & e.e. cummings

At Different Is Cool we are passionate about art – art is a tangible representation of the human soul – it tells the story of our collective human history, of […]

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Happy Pi Day! BYU’s rap makes Mathletes cooler than athletes-WE LOVE THIS!

Happy Pi Day! BYU’s rap makes Mathletes cooler than athletes-WE LOVE THIS!

Brigham Young University believes that its star Mathletes should receive the same kind of adulation and school spirit as its star athletes.  And so they created this totally awesome BYU […]

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Force For Good: Lady Gaga’s anti-bullying movement “Born This Way Foundation”

Force For Good: Lady Gaga’s anti-bullying movement “Born This Way Foundation”

In honour of Lady Gaga’s birthday [March 28], instead of waxing on about her meteoric rise to the top of the world of pop music and performance art, we think […]

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In Which Nikki Sixx Waxes Wise on Lyrics, Love & Legalization

In Which Nikki Sixx Waxes Wise on Lyrics, Love & Legalization

The Good Book. Recently, I sat down with my wise, dear friend, and Different Is Cool “Patron of Cool”, the dark prince of rock, Nikki Sixx. We talked about a […]

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In Which Science And Body Art Intersect: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed

In Which Science And Body Art Intersect: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed

Awesome geek tatttoo. If you’re a frequent visitor to this site, you know we love nerds.  Science nerds, math nerds, computer nerds – all variety of thoughtful humans committed to […]

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Video: Alien Spacecraft Flying Over Moon? You Decide…

Video: Alien Spacecraft Flying Over Moon? You Decide…

Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan and many other notable contemporary thinkers have posited that we are not alone in the universe, that aliens are a mathematical probability, but so far we […]

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Sonic Soul Treat: Daniel Lanois Live In Session at West 54th

Sonic Soul Treat: Daniel Lanois Live In Session at West 54th

Daniel Lanois performs at DISC’s 2011 Gateway to Bohemia event. There is a reason U2′s Bono calls Daniel Lanois the best musician he’s ever come across…his unique strumming style, fuzz […]

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Video Of The Day: The Piano Guys play One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’

Video Of The Day: The Piano Guys play One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’

Thought you’d never see British pop sensation boy band One Direction on Different Is Cool? [Neither did we]. But, when one of their hit songs “What Makes You Beautiful” is […]

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A look back at the most popular music of 2012 from DJEarworm

As we enter into 2013, we take a look back at the most popular music of 2012, via one of our favorite mashup artists,DJ Earworm – with his brilliant, layered […]

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