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The Flaming Lips - “Halloween On The Barbary Coast” I know this doesn’t...
Oct 31st
Flickr: Malört Face
Oct 31st
skeetonmischa: Has this been posted yet? Red Pandas and...
Oct 31st
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Dream Syndicate - “Halloween” I think this may be the last one, unless there are any...
Oct 31st
dangermania: Nothing makes me angrier than opening a fun-size Starburst and getting 2 yellows. ...
Oct 31st
shorterexcerpts: And now something really frightening… What...
Oct 31st
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Siouxsee and the Banshees - “Halloween” The number of decent options is getting smaller...
Oct 31st
interweber: fourfour’s Rich dresses his cat as ET (post...
Oct 31st
Vote On Election Day And You Get To Eat Mor...
Oct 31st
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Sonic Youth - “Halloween” Let’s see how long i can keep this up.
Oct 31st
These Marvel/Peanuts mashups are from a couple of years ago,...
Oct 31st
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Helloween - “Halloween” To continue the theme i started earlier. (via imperialist)
Oct 31st
Halloween Candy Code
Oct 31st
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The Misfits - “Halloween” To balance out the last one.
Oct 31st
imperialist: happy halloween, wanna get high? You’re...
Oct 31st
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Dead Kennedys - “Halloween” I hope posting this doesn’t make me seem like a...
Oct 31st
8 ways to access Gmail when it's down
Oct 30th
(via Hey Jenny Slater)
Oct 30th
PopMatters Commemorates the 40th Anniversary...
Oct 30th
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Here’s The Jam doing Curtis’ “Move On Up” live. There are certainly worse...
Oct 30th
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Prefuse 73 - “The End Of Biters - International” And that’s a wrap for the day.
Oct 29th
20 Adjectives to Replace "Retarded"
Oct 29th
isbsh: Treasured Trash at Design Tide (via naoyafujii) I...
Oct 29th
Wikipedia - Atari Lynx
Oct 29th
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Megaman 9, recreated with paper.
Oct 29th

Year 2, Day 2

I completely forgot about it, but yesterday was officially the day i started this thing, though i...
Oct 29th
Oh, and i got to act as his lovely nerd assistant during the...
Oct 29th
Let’s just get it out of the way, John Hodgman is awesome. No matter how you might feel about...
Oct 29th
soupsoup: Ryan Adams, intern. Apparently i looked like Ryan...
Oct 28th
szymon: inflation in Zimbabwe Not to make light of a pretty...
Oct 28th

This was all before Death Row, of course

Mindy: little known fact?
suge knight was born on my birthday
me: shut up!
Mindy: i swear!
makes total sense...hitler was born the day after
they are like the SAME person!
me: more or less, yeah
Mindy: TIM CURRY WAS BORN ON MY BDAY TOO
sorry, not a yelling fact
but him and suge knight r like the same person too!
me: with the cross dressing and all
and both being in Clue.
Oct 28th
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This is a tech demo for a game called The Unfinished Swan. The premise is that you are stuck in an...
Oct 28th
Metacritic faces credibility blow as...
Oct 28th
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Get Your War On: Bailout?! This is an old one, but it’s still got a lot of great lines.
Oct 28th
Sonic Youth Live at Battery Park - July 4,...
Oct 28th
non-blog: this one’s for adam. doy-ee! Yeah, this is for...
Oct 28th
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K-Nock & 24K - “Where Dey At Yo!” This is off the 1996 compilation Quad...
Oct 28th
Yeti Knight Adventures
Oct 28th
esandberg: I am so fucking excited for this. So am i.
Oct 28th
eatsleepdraw: Lunch Bag Art I wish someone was making Mr....
Oct 28th
Tracy Jordan—er, Morgan
Oct 27th
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skeetonmischa: Andy Samberg’s look of semi disgust at the end of it sells it. Brills.
Oct 27th
The 5 Reasons Luke Skywalker Is a Complete...
Oct 27th
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madeinthedark: Broken Social Scene - 7/4 Shoreline I don’t think i’ve ever seen this...
Oct 26th

Everything You Need To Know About The...

mister peace gives the low-down on the Misfits: There are two separate and distinct Misfits eras:...
Oct 26th
Geaux you fucking Silver Britches! How about one last look...
Oct 26th

Today's Retro Flashback: BurgerTime

googlebot: This is helping too. (Not visable on the dashboard)
Oct 24th
The Rub's History of Hip Hop - 1998 mix is...
Oct 24th
“[Obama] has charisma, he’s got the looks and he’s a cool...”
— Tracy Morgan in Complex. He...
Oct 24th
Ghostpatrol’s “pencils as canvas” pieces...
Oct 24th
Jeff Daniels: Live in Concert
Oct 23rd
The Simpsons do Mad Men. Click here to see the rest. (via...
Oct 23rd
Man In Leno Suit Commits Suicide
Oct 23rd
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danhacker: The ’30 Rock’ season 3 premiere! Link here God i missed this show. And just so you...
Oct 23rd
bellatoris: via 30 Reasons 30 graphic design artists come...
Oct 23rd
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Massive Attack - “Protection” This was quite the mixtape staple back in the day.
Oct 23rd
Easy there, Archie. (via BuzzFeed)
Oct 23rd
Movie Trailers - JCVD
Oct 23rd
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themattsmith: John McCain commissions John Woo, Kevin Smith, and Wes Anderson to shoot campaign...
Oct 22nd

Train in vain

So i just learned i’ll be training a new temp at work for a couple of hours a day the next few...
Oct 22nd
Obama confirms: Celebration In Grant Park
Oct 22nd
Over the past few years, Diana Nock has been collecting...
Oct 22nd
zachrose: At Disney World’s Epcot, the pavement is a certain hue of pink that was designed to...
Oct 22nd
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Seriously, it’s a damn shame. There will never be another one like him.
Oct 21st
Dead Set
Oct 21st
Los Heroes Building, Santiago, Chile (via hunsonisgroovy)
Oct 21st
Candy Bar Identification Quiz
Oct 21st
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Dolemite in “The Human Tornado” Watch this good shit.
Oct 21st
Rudy Ray Moore 1937-2008
Oct 21st

Does anyone else think this could be...

Marnie Stern covers the entire Mega Man 2 soundtrack. Anybody?
Oct 20th
Daily Show & Colbert's 10 Best Between Show...
Oct 20th
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Viral Video Film School: Local Commercials This is in the same vein as this post on Idolator.
Oct 20th
“Oh, I just destroyed my rental car. I drove this thing so...”
— Clark Duke
Oct 20th
Jeremy Dickinson - “Football League Wall Map of...
Oct 20th
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The Misfits - “Die, Die My Darling” Of course, this is a pretty great Friday song, too.
Oct 17th
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sardonicme: Beck - Tropicalia Great Friday song, even if the weather outside doesn’t fit so...
Oct 17th
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I don’t know which is better: the fact that Belgium has book fair commercials or that those...
Oct 17th
From the new tumblr, I Hate Guy Fieri: Guy has some buddies that hang out on his set during his...
Oct 17th
I can see that. (via beautyzealot)
Oct 17th
Man Attacks Paramedic At Okla. Wreck
Oct 17th
“You can’t judge me on this because it’s a reflection of my...”
— Kanye West, directly after the...
Oct 16th
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Tears for Fears - “Head Over Heals” Literal Video It’s not as good as “Take...
Oct 16th
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mills: “Little Banana,” from Bottle Rocket. I always thought Anderson really captured the...
Oct 16th
The TV characters you can (or can't) trust...
Oct 16th
Got Mega Man 9 last night. I’m way out of practice on...
Oct 16th
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dloosely: The Soft Boys - “I Wanna Destroy You” I think this should become the temporary national...
Oct 16th
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tylercoates: When asked, the answer is Squirtle. There are a lot of Pokemon that i love, but my...
Oct 15th
Here’s an idea, how about we change the Y in GPOYW to...
Oct 15th
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Outkast - “Return of the ‘G’” Dre’s verse in this may be my favorite...
Oct 15th
Made by Bandi, the same company that brought us the...
Oct 15th
How Snap’s “The Power” Can Cure the United...
Oct 15th
butterflyeffect: iStylophone - turn your iPhone into a...
Oct 15th

Nicknames for our cat, Carl Weathers

I’ve been meaning to put this list together for a while, since Whit and i come up with new...
Oct 15th
From the Japanese site Vintage Vanguard, which has a ton of...
Oct 14th
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chubbyjones: This is so utterly enjoyable. BG I think you might love this the most. And you’d...
Oct 14th
New Endangered Species List: Which Ones Are...
Oct 14th
W is for Wampa This set of Star Wars ABC cards is all kinds...
Oct 13th
Eminem wins Vibe's "Best Rapper Alive"...
Oct 13th
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skeetonmischa: Bonus Trailer Of The Day: The Black Hole Directed by Gary Nelson I had almost...
Oct 13th
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Chicago - “25 or 6 to 4” This came on the radio yesterday while Whit and i were driving...
Oct 13th
A collection of more than 80 variations of...
Oct 13th
danhacker: I would love a cartoon bomb vase for my...
Oct 13th
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postpunk: LCD Soundsystem - No Love Lost (Warsaw/Joy Division cover) Good stuff.
Oct 13th
This is either the best or the worst can...
Oct 13th
The Watchsons
Oct 13th
We’re watching this too. (via yumwatch)
Oct 12th
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soxiam: Beached on Vimeo (via Vimeo) this is the first time i’ve seen the tilt shift effect in...
Oct 11th

Tumblr - The Best Travel Guide on the...

I just wanted to say thanks to everybody who’s contributed input on visiting Costa Rica. I got...
Oct 11th
catbus: Happy Halloween from the staff of Catbus. The...
Oct 10th

Who's been to Costa Rica?

Originally, Whit and I had planned on taking our official honeymoon to Buenos Aires in January, to...
Oct 10th
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insidethebox: Super Mario World, the animated cartoon! Yoshi talks the same way I talk to my dog....
Oct 10th
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De La Soul feat. MF DOOM - “Rock Co. Kane Flow” Grant tipped me off to this jam, which...
Oct 10th
Check out these incredible prefab treehouses. I wish i had a...
Oct 10th
I could reblog almost every picture onThe...
Oct 10th
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I don’t know why i resisted watching this for so long. It’s pure genius. Ace, this has...
Oct 9th
NYT: At Home With Wayne Coyne - Not Exactly...
Oct 9th
esandberg: Baby Sloth via a flickr search inspired by...
Oct 9th
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imperialist: the misfits  ‘horror business’ so, i’m in a punk band now and i just can’t help but...
Oct 9th
“Idea from the future: Instead of TV product placements,...”
— Rex. The Simpsons has been...
Oct 8th
I’ve seen a lot of these in the past week but i think...
Oct 8th
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The last thing i need right now is more video games to play, since i kinda behind on the ones i...
Oct 8th
Members Of Twisted Sister Now Willing To Take...
Oct 8th
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Gang Starr - “Mass Appeal” Just cause.
Oct 8th
hrrrthrrr: The Brunch The Brunch is a series of consumer...
Oct 8th

This, that, and the other.

alexbalk: Why McCain called Obama “that one” last night. When the whole thing went down I...
Oct 8th
7 Quick Facts About G.E. Smith
Oct 8th
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skeetonmischa: Operation Ivy - “Take Warning” (Live - 1989) (via BlankTV) Until the reunion...
Oct 8th
Well, i don’t see why a slutty halloween costume...
Oct 7th
The Eyeballing Game
Oct 7th
The internet has been pretty barren today, as far as...
Oct 7th
“The Tennessee starting tailback, a senior on the verge of...”
— UT back’s silence mirrors team...
Oct 7th
Fox News - 'Power Rangers' Actor Set to Stand...
Oct 7th
mollylambert: Wow my first thought was “MAN I WANT TO BUY...
Oct 7th

Speaking of reunions

Looks like Hum is playing a New Year’s Eve show this year in Chicago. I’d love to see...
Oct 6th
Five Reasons Operation Ivy Should Reunite...
Oct 6th
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Electric Six - “We Were Witchy Witchy White Women” About a month ago, Matt of Fluxblog...
Oct 6th
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Miles and Galifianakis Explosion This is the opening shot from a TV pilot that Zach and I just...
Oct 6th
This American Life #365: Another Frightening...
Oct 6th
skeetonmischa: The greatest rib place on earth? You bet. ...
Oct 6th
Bears Eat For Free At Subway
Oct 5th
Survive The Outbreak
Oct 4th
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caitlinmarie: watch in high quality with really good bass. ive fallen obsessed with michna. Good...
Oct 4th
Lunchtime Quiz: Failed TV Pilot or Totally...
Oct 3rd
windycity: The First Chicago International Poster Biennial...
Oct 3rd
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It’s about time they released Punch-Out for the Wii. Looks pretty good, so far, though i hope...
Oct 3rd
Last Palin related post for the day, i promise. This was...
Oct 3rd
“Hawaii is the real, real, real bomb. It’s the macadamia nut....”
— Ol’ Dirty Bastard, in...
Oct 3rd
barthel: lastbutnotleast: Thoughts from last night: I...
Oct 3rd
Yeah, that about sums it up. (via sarahchristine via jss...
Oct 3rd
dloosely: Sarah Palin’s Debate Word Cloud I really...
Oct 3rd
“She rolled her eyes and sighed like every bitchy girl in the...”
— britticisms: Palin definitely...
Oct 3rd
dangermania: This is a page from the Sesame Street ABC...
Oct 3rd
tylercoates: I’m watching the debate tonight with Adam and Alissa, which means I can’t live-blog it...
Oct 3rd
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Annie - “Two of Hearts” (Stacey Q Cover) This is for you, Mindy. Jam times. (via...
Oct 2nd
tylercoates: Upon registering with my tenth staffing agency in three years, I had to watch an...
Oct 2nd
No one is above using negative campaign ads, apparently....
Oct 2nd
Zach Snyder Appears To Have Nailed Watchmen
Oct 2nd
“Anyway, the most important part of the episode was this: the...”
— Project Runway : And...
Oct 2nd
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Apparently Ace is going to be the new drummer for these guys, which is fucking awesome for a lot of...
Oct 2nd
Debate Training - Biden learns what makes...
Oct 2nd
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Dead Milkmen - “If You Love Someone, Set Them On Fire”
Oct 2nd
This is from Guido Castagnoli amazing photography exhibit...
Oct 2nd

Despire

mollylambert: de·spire (noun, verb) 1. to desire something you despise 2. how a lot of dudes...
Oct 2nd
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skeetonmischa: Extra Special Trailer Of The Day: The Road Warrior Directed by George Miller In...
Oct 1st
How many countries can you name in 5 minutes?
Oct 1st
This “navigation watch” from the 1920s, called...
Oct 1st