Category: Daily Distractions

Jesus Dancing, Rachel Maddow, Strongbad 200 and New Jealous Sound »

Jesus Dancing, Rachel Maddow, Strongbad 200! and Bad Radio 24/7!

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Dave Hill at New York Fashion Week »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xu44JnbDrs

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Details on New Season of “The Office” »

Televisionary chatted with the fine actors who play Toby and newbie Holly at Dunder-Mifflin and got them to fess up about the new season. It looks good… has to be better than the last go around.
Let’s hope the producers ditched those extra-long episodes from last season that did nothing but give us fizzling, meandering nonsense [...]

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Overrated Music, More Tim & Eric, Sad Alec Baldwin and Iron Man Fun in Philly »

Quite Possibly, The Greatest TV Show Ever: Tim & Eric, I mean “Jim and Derrick,” are all Turbo Fueled up and are X-tremely in your face with their tats, trucker hats and mad piercings… “Hey G4 and Fuse, you can suck it! There’s a new graphics-heavy, stoner-hip-hop-skater-slacker tech culture show in town!” View this: Awesome [...]

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Google Chrome, Tim & Eric, Greg Giraldo, Ghosticorn and Underwater Photos »

Sorry Firefox, There’s a New IE Hater in Town! Hey designers and developers, you thought checking your code for two browsers on two platforms was a pain? Let the CSS hacks begin!
Google Chrome hopes to be your new web browser and more importantly, the catchall utility to manage your web experience and your life. Do [...]

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Friday Distractions »

Photos: Stunning imagery of Rage Against The Machine and the Iraq Veterans Against the War at the DNC.
Punk: If I wasn’t so lame, I’d book a flight to Chicago in October to attend Riot Fest and enjoy some killer bands: Lawrence Arms, All, Bosstones, Big Drill Car, Paint It Black… very impressive.
Web: Sorry kid, [...]

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Orangutans Rule, The Office Goes German and Philly Gets More Classic Rock! »

“Right Turn, Clyde!” I usually forget everything I read at night by the time I wipe the morning sleepies from my eyes, but here’s a little tidbit on primate intelligence that stuck with me:
“There is a saying among primate keepers that if you give a screwdriver to a chimp, it will throw it at someone. [...]

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Legos, Glen Campbell, Philly Ghost Signs, Little Michael Jackson & More Olympics! »

“Move it son, I need your toys, I’m making serious stuff here!” - Sorry chubby-fingered little ones, Legos are not toys anymore. They are the premiere building material for robot nerds and conceptual artists alike. So you can stop building that stupid little house, junior. It’s crap compared to this stuff:

The Art of Brick: Nathan [...]

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Lucero at The North Star, Philly Radio Crimes & Great Conversation Tricks »

Lucero brings their distinctive blend of impassioned, whiskey-soaked, alt-country-punk goodness to the North Star Bar this Tuesday, August 12th. If you’re a fan of both Jawbreaker and Centro-matic like me, this show should knock yer socks off. Buy Tickets. Listen. Watch video below!

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