January 2009
33 posts
So my professor didn’t actually give away the ending of Slumdog Millionare. He lied.
He is now an enigma to me.
Your favourite bands playing in the back of a cab. →
Yeah. The Black Cab Sessions get everyone from Brian Wilson and Bon Iver to Spoon and, uhhh, “Seasick Steve” jamming out in the back of a cab while it scoots around town.
"Black Lips Chased out of India by Police" →
Admittedly I’ve never given the band a listen, but the fact that they had to escape from India makes them so cool.
Condo Fucks - What'cha Gonna Do About It?
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I find this kind of awesome
Yo La Tengo’s next album will be under the pseudonym the Condo Fucks, and will be called “Fuckbook.” It’ll be out in march.
This Jeremy Fish fellow... →
is strange/awesome/has a thing for cool skulls.
Adorable.
thedailywhat:
Gavin McInnes Doing Something Humorous of the Day: McInnes demonstrates various fighting techniques on his 2-year-old daughter Sophie.
[via.]
Earlier: McInnes: 0, Ghost Pepper: 1.
I don't know how to feel about this man
My writing professor spoiled the ending of slumdog millionare tonight. For the entire class. Then when someone gave him an ‘I can’t believe you did that,’ he said, “yeah, well…” and said the ending again.
Then later he made us think about how yoda would rewrite a sentence from our book.
Give Me These Covers →
“16: TV on the Radio: “‘Heroes’” (David Bowie cover)”
I can’t even begin to explain how awesome I think this is.
lisaahh:
War Child compilation featuring some of the best bands covering the best songs.
YES
jandebiography:
Episode 1: Phantom Menace
Jaydiohead →
It’s like the Grey Album all over again: Jay-Z’s rhymes set flowin’ over all your favourite Radiohead tracks.
Take that, BC:
Just won a dance off against a rival paper. What? What?
Re: Saskatoon
>Is cold. Is so cold.
>The roads here are really…wide.
>WATERSLIDES.
>Partial conference summary: the format of journalism is changing, with established mediums begrudgingly giving up some ground to the blogs and the twitter-tweets that A) are far faster than newspapering ever could be, and B) turn news into a conversation that everybody can get in on by commenting,...
Theatresports Mix
Awesome list. If there’s room, I might add:
“Hercules’ Theme” by Hercules and Love Affair
“Standing Next to Me” by The Last Shadow Puppets
“It’s a Drug” by Hawksley Workman
“Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order
“Off the Record” by My Morning Jacket
“Neon Theme” by Neon Neon
lisaahh:
The same music...
In memorium: 2008 (2008-2008)
“Three more years!”