BG Speaks to the People . . . Quickly

They all look so beautiful....

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:02:06 -0600

They all look so beautiful. (via aewsome:brookehatfield:theminutewaltz)

Hey Tumblr!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:14:59 -0600

Guess what? While you’re having Thanksgiving dinner with your stupid families, i’ll be grubbing down with THE Man About the Internet, Tyler Coates. And in his honor, we’re serving a turkey stuffed with Bagel Bites. Suck it, nerds!

barthel: It occurs to me that the problem with determining whether or not an R. Kelly leak is a...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:34:25 -0600

barthel:

It occurs to me that the problem with determining whether or not an R. Kelly leak is a prank or not is that it is pretty much impossible to write a parody of an R. Kelly song that couldn’t plausibly also be a real R. Kelly song.

And therein lies the genius.

I think everyone who knows Mindy can imagine her giving a speech...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:27:00 -0600

I think everyone who knows Mindy can imagine her giving a speech just like this. (via pilnick)

Announcement: F2K, Wherein The 50 Worst Songs Of The Past Decade Are Listed And Thus Shamed, Is Now A Sound Of The City Enterprise

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:17:35 -0600

Announcement: F2K, Wherein The 50 Worst Songs Of The Past Decade Are Listed And Thus Shamed, Is Now A Sound Of The City Enterprise:

chainofknives:

Great news for all former Idolator readers. The Village Voice’s music blog, Sound of the City, says this morning:

Dewey eats Truman! SOTC is happy to announce that starting Monday, November 30, we’ll be running the remaining 30 entries in F2K: The 50 Worst Songs of the ’00s, a profoundly hostile symposium/firing squad presented by former Idolator overlord Maura Johnston and noted chicken-wing enthusiast Christopher R. Weingarten. (Follow Chris on Twitter at @1000timesyes, now in the homestretch of his 1,000 Records Reviewed in 2009 fugue.) Begun last month but rudely interrupted 20 terrible tunes in by Idolator’s rather unfortunate regime change, F2K rides again: If only to insure that Say Anything is not further impugned, we have commissioned Chris’ and Maura’s services. They will commence counting down (up?) from #30 to #1 starting Monday, one post a day, with, like, “Bonus Fridays” and whatnot to wrap this sucker up before Christmas.

Awesome news.

chainofknives: Iconic album covers rendered as IKEA catalog...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:14:54 -0600

chainofknives:

Iconic album covers rendered as IKEA catalog spreads. More here.

thedailywhat: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Neil Young performs...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:09:29 -0600

thedailywhat:

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Neil Young performs a haunting cover of the Fresh Prince theme song

It’s uncanny how much Fallon sounds like him. This is some Liam Lynch “Fake Bjork Song” type shit.

energyface: (via brevity) Just as tense as the original.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:22:07 -0600

energyface:

(via brevity)

Just as tense as the original.

the way we cope

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:03:47 -0600

non-blog:

me: what are you gonna do when i go see twilight in chicago?
g: i’m gonna go to a bar and get drunk.

He does know you can get drunk in the theater, right? Cause that’s what i’m planning on doing.

"It’s really quite strange: games of this kind, by which I mean peripheral games, typically..."

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:44 -0600

“It’s really quite strange: games of this kind, by which I mean peripheral games, typically allow ordinary people to engage in a kind of assisted fantasy. This is a game that actually punctures the fantasy, one that reinforces and almost codifies the user’s ineptitude. As a product strategy, it must certainly be called unique.”

- Tycho of Penny Arcade on Tony Hawk Ride. I didn’t really have any desire before to add another useless plastic controller to my living room, but now i certainly don’t.

11 Most Ridiculous DMX Moments

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:54:14 -0600

11 Most Ridiculous DMX Moments:

methodicechidna:

I knew that DMX was crazy, but some of these blew my mind.

Oh man, there are some fucking gems here.

jesseboy: Carousel, by Stink Digital. Made to show off the...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:12:47 -0600

jesseboy:

Carousel, by Stink Digital.

Made to show off the CINEMA 21:9 Display by Phillips.

This little film is creeptastic and amazing. Posted it a long time ago, but rediscovered it.

This is intense (via adeandabet)

Handsome Boy Modeling School - “Holy Calamity (Bear...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:54:55 -0600

Handsome Boy Modeling School - “Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)”

hahahaha... is that Passion Pit in the Palm Pixi commercial?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:03:00 -0600

themattsmith:

littletinyfish:

themattsmith:

afghanibanani:

It really takes these “indie” bands about 2 days to sell out these days.

Hipster culture is such a fucking sham.

A man’s gotta make a living.

What difference does it make if a band can make some scratch buy licensing their music to an ad? Does it make the song worse?

God forbid you make some money at this music thing.

Actually yes it does. I mean, not that Of Montreal was good to begin with, but the fact that they licensed their tune makes me unable to disassociate that band from the Outback Steakhouse. Now, I’m not criticizing them for making this business decision, and I’m glad they could make probably a lot of money off of their talents, I’m just sayin’…they’re the Outback Steakhouse band now.

Their music has also been used in ads for NASDAQ, Garmin, T-Mobile, Comcast, and in the shows Ugly Betty and Weeds. And fucking good for them. Critical acclaim doesn’t pay the rent.

What’s funny to me is that this is still even coming up. We’re like 5 years into the post “Modest Mouse in a MGD commercial” era and people are surprised that there’s a Passion Pit song in a cell phone commercial? More than that, Passion Pit isn’t exactly Fugazi. I don’t think licensing their music really betrays the ideals they put forth as a band.

I’m with Matt. We live in a world where you can install a Firefox plug-in to make it easier to torrent Pitchfork’s Best New Music selection. Bands have bills to pay too, and unless the have actively spoken out against corporate music licensing, then i don’t really see the problem.

themattsmith: lolcano For reals. If you had told me a few...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:28:34 -0600

themattsmith:

lolcano

For reals. If you had told me a few months ago that i would be laughing more at an episode of a show (ostensibly) about fantasy football than an episode of 30 Rock, i would’ve thought you were fucking crazy. But that’s what happened last night.

My Ten Favorite Movies of the Decade

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:46:00 -0600

It seems that one of the side effects of spending a lot of time on the internet is a propensity towards list making and i am certainly not immune to this. There are two things to keep in mind with this list: first off, it was originally supposed to be a list of 50, but my natural laziness got the best of me. Trying to remember all the movies i liked over the past ten years and ranking them in some way just seemed like a lot of work, a lot of work i didn’t feel like doing. Secondly, to me, a favorite movie is one you’ve not only seen a couple of times already, but one you’re down for watching again pretty much whenever. This should help explain the lack of a lot of the serious or important films of the decade from the list. I love There Will Be Blood, and i think it is really an amazing work of cinema, but if given the choice between watching an intense three hour character study of a fictional American oil tycoon and a comedy about a fake stuntman, the majority of the time i’m going to pick the latter. Anyway, without further ado, here they are in alphabetical order:

Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides
Brick
Hot Rod
Inglorious Basterds
The Royal Tenenbaums
Shaun of the Dead
Spirited Away
Spring Break Shark Attack
Wall-E
Wet Hot American Summer

Now let’s hear your’s.

(Sorry, had to repost this, Tumblr was being janky.)

A Brief Note About On-Line Wedding Proposals

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:52:00 -0600

A Brief Note About On-Line Wedding Proposals:

Gabe, killing it as usual. Also, this point is a good one that’s not made often enough:

Actually, there’s also a certain amount of cowardice in every public proposal, small- and large-bore, because you’re basically forcing the other person’s hand by making it (at least to some degree) harder for them to “cause a scene” or say no out of nervousness and embarrassment. I am just saying! Don’t you want to start your new life as a brave man? A hero?!

zombify: if you follow the rules you can survive Reblogged so...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:31:12 -0600

zombify:

if you follow the rules you can survive

Reblogged so i can print this out and post by the door later.

Cats4Gold.com

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:14:52 -0600

Cats4Gold.com:

Maura once referred to cats as nature’s clip art, and if there was ever a site that proved that, it’s this one.

A David Duchovny question:

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:47:47 -0600

Which is more embarrassing, having to publicly admit you’re a sex addict or being in a dog food commercial where you have to read the line “i’m a good pooper”?