The Posies? Sugar? Why these two videos you may ask? Because this lucky boy is going to see Mr. Mould & Jon Auer (The Posies, Big Star) in NYC tomorrow night at some fancy place called The City Winery.

Handy Site for Screw-It-Yourselfers: There, I Fixed It

Santastic: Very cool customizable “From Santa” video for the kiddies.

“It’s Funny Because It’s True”: Eight ways to kill an idea

Do They Know It’s Christmas? The Award-winning Canadian hardcore band Fucked Up has just released their star-studded remake of the Band Aid holiday classic. It features Andrew W.K., Bob [...]

Big Phoot: Wildlife photographer Todd Marrone took a  Polaroid of a phanatic in its unnatural habitat.

Perspective: infoMania’s Ben Hoffman chimes in on the new Facebook:  F*ck My Facebook!

Top-notch Time Waster: “The 10 Best Aqua Teen Hunger Force Episodes” selected by the show’s creators.

This American Life – Live! Our pal Dave Hill will be performing with [...]

Remember Friday Night Videos? You’d watch it back in the 80s after a six-hour D & D marathon waiting all night for “Subdivisions” by Rush? Sweet. Well since I don’t go out much on Friday nights, I figured I’d bring the show back, but will a lot less crap. Actually no crap. This will be [...]

The average life span of a song on my Nano’s “Heavy Rotation” playlist is about a week, then I clean house and load up some more goodness. (Gotta keep my cardio-funk-tae-bo workouts fresh, am I right, ladies?) A few fantastic tunes did manage to avoid the old heave-ho due to their brilliance and I’d like [...]

30 Rock is a great show, fabulous! But it seems to be on the trajectory that has doomed many a fine comedy: “Let’s jam pack it with Big Name Guest Stars every week! Seinfeld! Oprah! Aniston! Jonas Brothers! The Pope! Awesome!” No, not awesome.

Just press “Play” button on cassette to enjoy some Obama-loving goodness.

Featuring: Sufjan Stevens, Onelinedrawing, Nada Surf, Earth Wind And Fire, Ed Harcourt, Aquabats, The Jealous Sound, Bob Mould, The Postal Service, The New Pornographers, Naughty By Nature, Gomez, Johnny Nash, The Clash, The Frames, Operation Ivy and Fishbone.

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Topics: Epcot, Dark Sky Parks, The Smurfs Movie, Scandinavia, Puppet Comedians, Daytrotter, Perfect Whopper Construction, Album Covers. Playlist: Bob Mould, Wolfkin, Vampire Weekend (Daytrotter Session), Say Hi, Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band and Ferraby Lionheart.
Preview: “That sounds like the worst trip anyone could ever go on.”
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