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Walkscore

squashed: The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has a walk score of 95. My house, a couple...
Apr 1st
Warch Watch
maniacalrage: Mr. Show: US Customs You can’t shampoo a shampooer.
Mar 31st
This was made to be reblogged. So best. Reblogged...
Mar 31st
Mo 3/31: Cupcake Week begins
Mar 31st

That's broke

Me: what about burgs tonight? you too good for that, too?
Jackie: i can't.. i'm broke and owe rent this week
Me: when you say broke, what you mean is "too good", right?
Jackie: broke like when you was little and you ask yo momma for a quarter to put in the pin ball machine and she says she aint' got it and you know damn well she just got paid.. and you tell God you hope he kills her .. that's how broke i am.
Me: wow
Mar 31st
Usually i’m not a big fan of Threadless’...
Mar 31st
Organic Compound
Mar 31st
yourmonkeycalled: 家でやろう. “Do it at home.” Great new Tokyo...
Mar 31st
Listen Listen
Crime Mob vs The Dodos - “Stilettos in the Park” New jam from The Hood Internet....
Mar 31st
imperialist: pro-fruit rally I would totally attend that...
Mar 31st
Fold-Ins, Past and Present
Mar 31st
Warch Watch
The light cycle scene frm Tron, animated with cardboard. Pretty awesome.
Mar 30th
Very creepy
Mar 30th
imperialist: one ds pouch, totally freakin’. the other,...
Mar 30th
I’m not sure if Whit would want a pixel couch like...
Mar 29th
Warch Watch
Ace, this is for you.
Mar 28th

More Pfork Bands

Another round of bands for Pitchfork was announced today. The lineup now looks like this (new bands...
Mar 28th
I want a poster of this.  Reblogged from: soupsoup / Post...
Mar 28th
Top Ten Artists Suffering The Lindsey...
Mar 28th

Top Chef

Mindy: Some of these people are just hacks.
Me: Man, tell me about it.
Mindy: I mean, how do you not know shit's gonna get jacked in a hot box? How did you think it was going to get in there?
Me: It's not called a "taste awesome" box.
Mindy: What would a "taste awesome" box be? And can we have them tomorrow?
Me: The boxes Popeye's chicken comes in, maybe?
Mindy: Not the last time i had one.
Mar 28th
I present to you Glowfur. Just wanted to let everyone know...
Mar 28th
Listen Listen
skeetonmischa: NEW NO AGE! NEW NO AGE! NEW NO AGE! NEW NO AGE! NEW NO AGE! NEW NO AGE! It shreds...
Mar 28th
Warch Watch
Thank you Arther, indeed.  Reblogged from: jeffbaum / Post was created by: elspethjane
Mar 27th
This Mega Man 2 scarf is so fucking awesome. Good thing...
Mar 27th
RickRoll your friends' phone!
Mar 27th
Warch Watch
This is the trailer for one of my favorite documentaries, Rivers and Tides. It’s about nature...
Mar 27th
Rob Thomas gets yet another pilot pickup
Mar 27th
8 days!
Mar 27th
Sex and flirting in Japan
Mar 27th
sarahcroberts: Hottest Student Bodies: The 50 Best...
Mar 26th
“Cereal Mascot Last Supper”  I found at Popper...
Mar 26th
“Why am I being forced to read all these things from...”
— MCP. No one has ever...
Mar 26th
Warch Watch
This is the video for “Freight Train Comin;” by 80s Glam Metal band Nitro. You might...
Mar 26th

Users may not upload songs... they do...

soupsoup: katieschenk: Excuse me while I play Debbie Downer. I may get blacklisted from tumblr...
Mar 26th
The Evolution of Websites: How 10 Popular...
Mar 26th
bittentongue: If the Apatow backlash is going to be viral...
Mar 26th
travors: IKEA’s Dave laptop table. Geeksugar sings its...
Mar 25th
Getting to Europe Is About to Get Easier
Mar 25th
Warch Watch
A blast from the past especially for Rawb.
Mar 25th
Side A, Track One
Mar 25th
Dinner with Obama
Mar 25th
jstn: I’m proud to introduce Muxtape, a new way to share,...
Mar 25th
Scarlett Johansson's Tom Waits Covers Album...
Mar 25th
imperialist: a better way to start the day. japanese food...
Mar 25th
Warch Watch
kayfabe: “How to Seduce Women” with Paul RuddCan you think of a better way to start the day? Doubt...
Mar 25th

NCAA Bracket Stats

Here are some stats pulled from the 3.65 million bracket entries in ESPN.com’s Turnement Challenge: ...
Mar 25th
vhudy6tx4dik9ol: Wall of RamenThese are the kinds of...
Mar 24th

For a minute there, I lost myself

I just heard “Karma Police” while on hold with my dentist’s office just now....
Mar 24th
T.U.B.E. - The Ultimate Bootleg Experience
Mar 24th
The trailer for Errol Morris' new documentary...
Mar 24th
Warch Watch
I don’t think i’ve ever seen this video. Where the hell have i been?
Mar 24th
Japan Appoints Cartoon Ambassador This is usually...
Mar 24th

Will I see it in my lifetime?

I’ve come to the realization that The Avalanches 2nd album is the DJ equivalent of Chinese...
Mar 24th
kenngo: Talking about creativity…This is awesome.
Mar 24th

Tumblr snobbery.

soupsoup: I find myself clicking links in tumblr posts to other blogs, frustrated to find they’re...
Mar 24th
Warch Watch
A Tribe Called Quest - “Electric Relaxation” What a great way to close out a Saturday.
Mar 23rd
uglyyeti: I’ve been running into Steven from Project...
Mar 21st

Brackets Busted

Thanks a lot San Diego, Western Kentucky and Kansas State. Now my brackets are shot. Hope...
Mar 21st
Listen Listen
Big Boi, 3 Stacks (Andre 3000) & Raekwon - “Royal Flush” First single off Big...
Mar 21st
Good Friday, my ass. Fuck snow and fuck Chicago weather.
Mar 21st
Stupid Celebrity Child Names
Mar 21st
peterwknox: It’s going to be a Good Friday, I can tell.I...
Mar 21st
Warch Watch
Fight Club kinetic typography from Great Scenes from TV and Film, Told Using Only Typography (and...
Mar 21st
peterwknox: Well, I downloaded and installed iConcertCal...
Mar 21st

NCAA math (or, Nerd Alert)

So while Justin and i were watching Georgia lose to Xavier (you fought a good fight, men, maybe next...
Mar 20th
This is from the new exhibit at the Field Museum, Mythic...
Mar 20th

Complaining about free things is awesome

Why is it that CBS’s March Madness On Demand has been dropping in quality every year since...
Mar 20th
The Torture Playlist
Mar 20th
Warch Watch
ashleystar: david lynch’s anti-littering PSA (via)I think David Lynch should make all PSAs from...
Mar 20th

Math is nuts

malty: UNBELIEVABLE MATH PROBLEM Here is a math trick so unbelievable that it will stump...
Mar 20th
szymon: Doggie Car Sack from the Jun 1936 issue of Popular...
Mar 20th
“Mario Afterlife” by Bill Mudron. I like how the...
Mar 19th
Warch Watch
Now you can enjoy The Big Lebowski anytime you want. Ain’t the internet great? (via...
Mar 19th
Listen Listen
Luniz - “I Got 5 On It” Before today, the last time i heard this was last September in...
Mar 19th
The Rub's History of Hip Hop Mixes
Mar 19th
I never thought it was possible to make a panda look...
Mar 19th
Build your own kaleidescape
Mar 19th
uglyyeti: Their dogs died, but they are with them...
Mar 19th
The Ten Greatest Albums Made by Actors
Mar 19th
“Opinions are like assholes: 99% of them are boring.”
— your monkey called
Mar 19th
Warch Watch
She’s getting off on Jarvis, baby. Red line, you’re the best. (ht Tyler Town)
Mar 18th
Listen Listen
The Thermals - “A Pillar of Salt” If this song doesn’t get you amped...
Mar 18th
The perfect way to take the Mixtape Coalition into the 21st...
Mar 18th
New Spoon video - "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb"
Mar 18th
Warch Watch
Tokyo Police Club - “Citizens of Tomorrow” 2009 is just around the corner. 
Mar 18th
Clinton dismisses Sinbad's recollection of a...
Mar 17th
Combine gas at $4 a gallon with an ad campaign like this and...
Mar 17th
Tumblr NCAA Bracket Competition
Mar 17th
I suffer from this constantly. It’s what keeps me from...
Mar 17th
“Hey Raoul, Sully here once killed a homeless dude. So i...”
— Will Arnett in Hot Rod....
Mar 17th
yumwatch: Did I mention I am in love with this game? Holy...
Mar 17th
20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All...
Mar 17th
Warch Watch
Actually, this is the next cool thing Mindy showed me: the trailer for The Foot Fist Way, with her...
Mar 17th
Ever since it came out last year, Mindy has been hounding me...
Mar 17th
“Bitch may be the new black, but Black is the new president,...”
— Tracy Morgan on SNL....
Mar 16th
bittentongue: “The Watchpeanuts” (via /Film)I...
Mar 16th
I really like this.  Reblogged from: yumwatch / Post was...
Mar 16th

XXL Talks to DMX (or, How DMX never...

XXLMag: Are you following the presidential race?
DMX: Not at all.
XXLMag: You’re not? You know there’s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there’s Hillary Clinton.
DMX: His name is Barack?!
XXLMag: Barack Obama, yeah.
DMX: Barack?!
XXLMag: Barack.
DMX: What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?
XXLMag: Yeah, his dad is from Kenya.
DMX: Barack Obama?
XXLMag: Yeah.
DMX: What the fuck?! That ain’t no fuckin’ name, yo. That ain’t that nigga’s name. You can’t be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.
XXLMag: You’re telling me you haven’t heard about him before.
DMX: I ain’t really paying much attention.
(via peterwknox)
Mar 15th
Warch Watch
With each new election cycle, this sketch becomes more and more relevent. (ht Waxy)
Mar 15th

For the good of everyone

Can someone please help Ryan Adams out and set up comments for his Tumblr? Seeing every post of his...
Mar 15th
Bob and David
Mar 15th
“I didn’t know Television Without Pity’s writers freelanced...”
— one of the many hilarious...
Mar 14th
Listen Listen
Man Man - “Mister Jung Stuffed” This is the first song of their new album Rabbit...
Mar 14th
This one’s for you, beeb.
Mar 14th
Warch Watch
Sorry, it’s a slow day for posts. Blame the internet.
Mar 14th
Awareness Test
Mar 14th
Listen Listen
Joy Division - “Digital” I don’t know why but this song has been in my head all...
Mar 13th
katydid: Yoshimi battles the red states! Great caption. I...
Mar 13th
Six-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW Mp3s
Mar 13th
Warch Watch
All this recent talk about prostitution reminded me of this sketch.
Mar 13th
Current Sexual Teachings of Religious Groups
Mar 13th

To tide you over

It’s taken me longer than i thought to get my Airwolf fanfic site off the ground, so until...
Mar 13th
This reminds me of this Threedless t-shirt. This one is a...
Mar 13th
“You wouldn’t DVR the Super Bowl and get angry at someone the...”
— Spoilers: In Defense of the...
Mar 13th
Warch Watch
This has given me the inspiration i need to start learning to ride an egg beater again. (via...
Mar 13th
Rich kids are back: CW plots '90210' spinoff
Mar 13th
This is really as much backstory as we need.  Reblogged...
Mar 13th

ThanDog

What happened, man? You used to be a force in the comments. Now, nothing. Where’d you go? Word...
Mar 12th
“I suspect that what makes a prostitute worth $5,500 an hour...”
— Harold Meyerson. This is a...
Mar 12th
Warch Watch
peterwknox: A Vodka Movie by Zach Galifianakis, Tim and Eric Zach Galifianakis, Tim Heidecker and...
Mar 12th

A shame we already booked the DJ for our...

me: how's (your brother's) wedding coming?
Rawb: he really has not shared much of the planning stuff with any of us
they got engaged in October and are getting married in April, so it must have been pretty rushed
I think they just want simple, though
lots of KC and the Sunshine band at the reception
predictable
me: kool and the kang
Rawb: for reals
me: or kool and the krang
a ninja turtle-themed kool and the gang cover band
Rawb: HA!
I would hire that band
me: no shit
Mar 12th

Just a reminder

Pitchfork Music Festival tix go on sale today at Noon CST. Get while the gettin’s good.
Mar 12th
Listen Listen
Dead Kennedys - “Goverment Flu” My favorite surf band with a Muppet front man. 
Mar 12th
This is by artist Joel Carroll, who’s got a lot of...
Mar 12th
Tommy Westphall's Mind - A Multiverse...
Mar 12th
No One Cares - Featured on BuzzFeed
Mar 12th
Warch Watch
Pretty Girls Make Graves - “Speakers Push the Air” I love the shit out of this song. 
Mar 12th
Pitching the Inevitable ‘Wire’ Spinoffs on...
Mar 11th
From Truck Spills: The website of odd, strange,...
Mar 11th
“Last night I decided I was going to watch an episode of...”
— Ugly Yeti:Fantasy Island. I...
Mar 11th
Listen Listen
Deltron 3030 -  “Memory Loss” Shit, this was a great album. All three of these guys at...
Mar 11th
“Mushroom Land” by Takashi Iwasaki This guy...
Mar 11th
Get your tumblelog stats here!!
Mar 11th
Warch Watch
I love this video. I wish they did more like this one.
Mar 11th

The Wire Recap

So as i’m sure you’ve heard, The Wire ended on Sunday. I won’t dwell on it, partly...
Mar 11th
This is amazing. I like how they got all the details...
Mar 11th
Area Codes In Which Ludacris Claims to Have Hoes I really...
Mar 10th

Well, Finally

After weeks of e-bitching, Pitchfork finally announced the initial lineup for the festival, this...
Mar 10th
Stephanie: not gonna do it again, not getting kicked out, not going to cagedbird places ever again
and esp not in stupid beach towns with throw up bars
and mean bartenders
and ugly boys
and security guards who don't have a negotiation room
and dumb cops
and clean sidewalks
Mar 10th
Stephanie: dude, i got kicked out of built tos pill by the 2nd song
well, got harassed by security during 2nd song, kicked out by the 3rd, talked to cops by the 5 or 6 & was handcuffed by 8. released out of the car right in time for the last 3 songs--which i could sing & dance to perfectly.
fuck "free bird live" its really "caged bird live"
me: (no reaction cause i didn't see she had said anything)
Stephanie: and apparently, you dont give a fuck!
fine, ill get kicked out of your wedding too, maybe ill wait till the 6th song tho...
Mar 10th
Warch Watch
“A 1982 look behind-the-scenes at making a model city for HBO’s original promo.” Enjoy,...
Mar 10th
Sucks that it’s 85 bucks, cause i really want this....
Mar 10th
“Dear Vampire Weekend: You are a ska band. Saying you...”
— People Paula. Zing! (via...
Mar 10th
Listen Listen
El Guincho - “Palmitos Park” I’ve been listening to this album a lot recently in...
Mar 10th
Warch Watch
Oh Internet, what would i do without you? (via soupsoup)
Mar 10th
peterwknox: That was the best and most fullfilling hour and half of television ever aired. I...
Mar 10th
What I learned from watching Boarding Gate: Asia Argento...
Mar 9th
yourmonkeycalled: More people my imagination has cast to help remember Japanese kanji: the prison...
Mar 9th
Warch Watch
Man, I had told totally forgotten about this video. Still hysterical The Street Fighter sound...
Mar 8th
Using Photo Book on my new MacBook Pro for the first time....
Mar 8th
From the CHUD post “The Two Performances of Two-Face”: Basically, Nolan shot...
Mar 8th
This is from The Desktop Wallpaper Project, which is being...
Mar 7th
Debating the Legacy of ‘The Wire’
Mar 7th
Warch Watch
This guy put together a song using only the sound effects from Windows. It has sort of a Four Tet...
Mar 7th
Listen Listen
The Mountain Goats - “The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton” I just saw a song by a...
Mar 7th

Is the Pitchfork Music Festival even...

Seiously, what the ass? I don’t give a shit about your internet tv station. I don’t give...
Mar 7th
I don’t want to get in the habbit of posting things...
Mar 7th
The Wire's War on the Drug War
Mar 6th
Indie Rock Baseball
Mar 6th
That whole Red State / Blue State thing is so 2004. These...
Mar 6th
7 Insane Conspiracies That Actually Happened
Mar 6th
“Ugh. Can’t believe they gave it to Azrael Ryan Adams. He was...”
— Goldenfiddle, on last...
Mar 6th
Poor guy.  Reblogged from: peterwknox / Post was created...
Mar 6th
Subprime Primer
Mar 6th
Warch Watch
I agree with Tyler, this is the best way to describe my feelings about Christian and his win last...
Mar 6th

It happens to everyone

I think tonight is the night i not only realized that i’m getting older but what that actually...
Mar 6th
Listen Listen
perpetua: Andrew WK covers the McLaughlin Group. If it happens, Pat / may he rest in peace /...
Mar 6th
Must Watch: I Am Legend's Original Ending
Mar 6th
Manatone: “A reproduction of Édouard Manet’s ...
Mar 5th
John McCain Is Your Jalopy
Mar 5th
Warch Watch
uglyyeti: Neon Neon’s new video for ‘I Lust You’ .  Neon Neon is Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals...
Mar 5th
Painting by Souther Salazar. Love this guy.
Mar 5th

Who knew?

In keeping with that last video, from the Synopsis section of the Airwolf Wikipedia: The...
Mar 5th
Warch Watch
Just to whet your appetite.
Mar 5th
Listen Listen
Cut Copy - “Lights & Music (Radio Edit)” Ok, everybody, time to get to...
Mar 4th

Self Improvement

uglyyeti: In the movie Fight Club, Brad Pitt’s character says “Self-improvement is masturbation…”  ...
Mar 4th
Kells takes down Ne-Yo in his new song
Mar 4th
Sunday evening, Whit and i watched the documentary The King...
Mar 4th
“One of the rumors I just heard about was that I spent...”
— Mariah Carey, using my new...
Mar 4th
Seriously, What is the deal with 3am?
Mar 4th
Warch Watch
Andy Warhol. Eating a Whopper. Not freaking out. (via The Apartment)
Mar 4th
Why Is the ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast So...
Mar 4th
Globulis: congrats (on the new mac). what will become of the pc?
Me: not sure, this thing is so bogged down i'd feel bad trying to sell it to anyone
Globulis: i figured you would delegate it to some menial task such as, i don't know, bitmapping
Me: Now there's an idea
Maybe i'll turn it into a server that hosts my new Airwolf fanfic site
Globulis: hehe
Please forget the blog and focus on that from now on
Mar 4th
Warch Watch
If Saul Bass did the titles for Star Wars This has been popping al over the place, which is only...
Mar 3rd
I don’t know about you, but i find this comforting....
Mar 3rd
“People will then often say, ‘But surely it’s better to...”
— Douglas Adams, from 101...
Mar 3rd
I’ve got one, do you?
Mar 3rd
Warch Watch
jessicalindsey: These 2 men raised this lion as a cub and when it got big they gave it to an animal...
Mar 3rd

I just bought a Macbook Pro

I’m still a little in shock.
Mar 3rd
Listen Listen
Patton Oswalt - “America Has Spoken” Keeping with the patriotic spirit of the last...
Mar 3rd
Fuck yeah, America.  Reblogged from: johnbrissenden / Post...
Mar 3rd
“These Noridge motherfuckers are getting on my last damn...”
— Me, yesterday. Seriously, go...
Mar 3rd
kayfabe: Yes, the same zoo with the tiger. (via Adam Riff) ...
Mar 1st
Warch Watch
50 Years of Leap Year Billboard #1s Yeah, i know i should’ve put this up yesterday, but i got...
Mar 1st