Listen: Fool’s Gold ‘Street Clothes’ is Super Funky
This is why large group collaborations are better than DJ mash-ups: music is best created by humans rather than laptops.
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Watch: Justice Video For ‘Civilization’
It’s like a animated Biblical tale on acid.
Glenn Beck is a Better Consumer Than You
And what this guy can’t make up for in idea originality with this little Groupon copycatting, he can definitely compensate for with his messianic passion for salesmanship. Have you seen Beck at the Chalk Board? This guy can seriously sell shit.
Live Review: Kimya Dawson And Aesop Rock
These two vocalists have incredibly distinctive vocal styles, which made their show with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz at The Bowery Ballroom on May 14 so incredibly cool—and also bizarre.
Kentucky’s Support for Creationist Theme Park Is Short-Sighted And Greedy
Best described as a “theme park devoted to intellectually molesting children.”
The Day After Tomorrow is International Watch-Movies-About-The-Apocalypse Day
What better activity for the day after the end of the world than watching movies about the end of the world? Here are a few for your list.
Glenn Beck Announces ‘Restoring Courage’ Rally in Jerusalem, Makes Crazy, Internet-Ready Quotes
Prepare for some of the best Beck quotes, ever.
Chromeo and Telephoned Prove Museum Parties Are Fun
Telephoned and Dave1 from Chromeo played a show last night at the American Museum of Natural History, and It was like a dance party in a space ship. I imagined the miniature shrimp dancing in their spherical aquarium beside the stage, while in another part of the museum, a T-Rex was grinding with a pterodactyl skeleton, the entire museum transforming into a dance party. I was completely sober, honestly.
Slug From Atmosphere Wants to Write Children’s Books [Interview]
A few thoughts on life philosophy, children’s books, and storytelling from the vocalist behind the Minnesota indie rap group that is out to write the perfect song.
tUnE-yArDs: “Bizness” Video
In a pseudo-bamboo forest, adults move robotically and mouth the lyrics and strike ghoulish faces. It’s sort of like Lord of The Flies through interpretive dance, only no one is murdered.
Slainte: Irish For ‘Your Body Hates You’
Does this Irish phrase really mean good health? Yes and no. It also signifies an impending hangover—one so severe that it may border on spiritual transcendence. Are you willing to enter the pain?
Come Party With Us in Austin
Are you going to be in Austin for SxSW next week? Come party with us.
Eric Clapton Has Way Too Many Guitars
Clapton can melt the front row’s face off with a guitar solo, but apparently he can’t show a bit of restraint. Doesn’t 70 guitars seem excessive?
Dalai Lama: The Clothes Make The Man
I say the Dalai Lama is for real. Just look at the way he dresses.
Atmosphere: ‘Just For Show’ Video
The “Just For Show” video is the simple, strange, and tragic story about the love between a dog and its owners. The sentiment is so universal that it can be portrayed in the video through the journey of a Golden Retriever, successfully bridging the emotional gap between man and dog…At last!
Brandon Davies Should’ve Known Better
A Bringham Young University student is suspended from the basketball team for premarital sex with his girlfriend. He should’ve known better: who would ever willingly decide to go to school in Salt Lake City?
Heidi Jones: Assange Accusers Beware
While Interpol chooses to imprison Julian Assange on some rickety rape allegations based on suspicious stories from his accusers, the NYPD are upholding justice and calling out ‘bullshit’ on faulty rape accusations.
2010 in Six Minutes
Here’s a nice mash-up of 270 American movies from the last year. I never even figured this many movies were made a year, and I think most American film makers should get some real damn jobs and should quit flooding the market. Anyway…
School Board Shooting Video: Worst Public Shooter, Ever
A note on sorting out tax issues: if Clay duke wished to get a reform issue sorted out, he should have played it like the best. He should have cried uncontrollably, hitting on the old sentimental strings of the Bay City School Board. He should’ve pulled a John Boehner—because whenever the incoming speaker of the house cries, he seems to get his way via tax reform.
Jenifer Ringer: the Less Anorexic Version of Natalie Portman
“Black Swan” is twisted and subjective—on the other hand, Portman’s adolescent-sized skeletor ballerina with multiple eating disorders has proven to be dead-on accurate, especially especially in light of a New York Times reviewer criticizing a real New York Ballerina for being a fat ass.
