A show built around awkward prevarication and David Cross? I’m in!

“This show follows the awkward misadventures of an American office temp and convenient liar named Todd Margaret (David Cross).  Margaret bluffs his way into a senior sales position heading up the London office for the new energy drink Thunder Muscle.  This six-episode half hour original comedy series, co-written by Shaun Pye (Extras), premieres on IFC Friday, October 1 at 10:00 PM/ET. Cross’ out-of-control farce reaches epic proportions when his character’s gaffes and misfortunes wreak havoc on the city of London.”

More Previews: www.ifc.com/todd-margaret/

Topics: Lou Diamond Phillips, Blood Diamonds, Unique Baby Names, Bad Inventions, Hair in a Can, Segway, Wiping Sticks, Failed Video Game Gadgets, Plumbing Stories, David Cross and Hockey Talk!

Playlist: The Joy Formidable, Dr. Dog, David Cross, The Nightcrawlers, Beach House

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Photo: Lego my Steven Hawking!

I Laugh at Your Commute. I work in a coconut on my front lawn.

Giant Sad People: The hyperrealist sculptures of Ron Mueck haunt my dreams, but I can’t stop peeking at them.

Hippies with AuotCAD: Hmmmm… seems like a lot of work went into this extremely stupid, never-gonna-happen bike lane idea.

New David Cross Show: “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret”. It’s on British telly, so you’ll have to wait or steal a British TV set to watch. View Video clip.

Download: Minutes – Seven​-​Inch. It’s good for your body and Jon Solomon approved, what else do you need to know?

We Love Sports (for 3 Weeks Every 2 Years): Awesome Olympic photos

Old-Timey Video: Dick Button 1948 Olympic Freeskate. Pretty rad, except for the weird Nazi-looking outfit. (thx @pfilbert)

Food Lover’s Video: Soup Boots brought to you by one of Todd’s old students, Dave Metter.

Speaking of Todd… The artist/skate rat will debut some spiffy new art you can ride. I’m so gonna front side grind at this show. Where are my Vans?

Waste of Good Ink: House Industries Design for John Mayer Tour Poster

Looks Like a Duggar Escaped Years Ago… and was raised by some real show business people:

This kid never had a chance. Thanks Everything is Terrible.

Nice Try: Ad agency stages lame “walk into door, spill stuff” video, hoping for viral.

It’s Coming People… Better Hide or Turn Off Twitter! SXSW will be here soon and every designer, web pro, social media nerd, bearded band guy, label flunky and alt-celeb will be inundating your Twitter with on-the-minute updates on what they are doing, where they are currently drinking coffee, TwitPics of their airplane seats, are most importantly, kissing the asses of other people in their biz who they desperately want the attention of. Expect lots of RTs.

Twitter’s pipes will be clogged like Paul Deens’s butter-battered arteries during a family BBQ. Fucking Four Square just bought a new server the size of a Costco to handle all the traffic! “Mike is the now the Mayor of Austin’s Kinko’s on Main Street! http://4sq.com/imana$s” Awesome! “Marci is eating an organic grape @ Augie’s Produce with @pixelbaybee http://4sq.com/imana$s2.” Thanks for that!

Good lord, I wish Twitter had a hide feature. SXSWers, please behave.

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 Mould, David Cross, Ezra Koenig, GZA, Kevin Drew, Kyp Malone, Tegan & Sara & Yo La Tengo. It’s quite good. Grab it on iTunes.

Behold Our Domain! Russia unveils new Sochi 2014 Olympic logo, the first to include a URL.

Jawbox! J Robbins and Co. performed live for the first time since the 90s. Thanks to Hulu you do not have to watch the entire Mr. Giggles Show, just the good parts.  View Jawbox performance plus two bonus songs!

Your Positivity Positively Blows: Why Fake Optimism Is the Worst Way to Deal with Life’s Problems

Never Disappoints: National Geographic’s International Photography Contest 2009

See The Photos That Inspired The Art: Norman Rockwell’s use of Models and Photos

Mystery Science Theater 3000 is Back! Win Tickets to MST3K Cinematic Titanic Dec. 31! (compliments of Geekadelphia)

Cinematic Titanic, the new feature-length movie riffing show from the creator and original cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000, continues the tradition of riffing on the unfathomable, the horribly great, and the just plain ‘cheesy’ movies of the past.

Living on The Edge: Clifftop Communities

When You’re About to Lose Your Marbles and Tell Entire Sales Team How Your Really Feel About Their Input: Don’t. Calm down, take a breath and think of this:

“Now, for the first time, Cross is weaving his media mockery, celebrity denunciation, religious commentary and sheer madness into book form, revealing the true story behind his almost existential distaste of Jim Belushi (The Belush), disclosing the up-to-now unpublished minutes to a meeting of Fox television network executives, and offering up a brutally grotesque run-in with Bill O’Reilly.” – Publishers Weekly

Price: $16.31

Buy: Amazon

Meconium Free and Loving It! Hi kids, I’m back in action after welcoming our second daughter into the world. She is a sweet little beauty. I must thank my lovely wife for her exceptional genetic makeup that dominated my weak-ass, recessives genes. Hooray!

Okay enough talk about cuteness and happiness and the like. Let’s get back to the nonsense that pervades our online and offline lives.

That’s Michele with One “l”: Illustrator Michele Melcher was kind enough to join our latest Podcast recording session last night (available next week) and chat about important topics like art, motorcycles, old amusement parks, Iron Maiden, twittering, Ghost Hunters and her award-winning illustration work which you should check out right now.

David’s Situation: Mr. Show’s Bob Odenkirk and David Cross returning to HBO with “David’s Situation,” a new comedy pilot starring Cross. “Cross plays himself. He leaves Hollywood to move into a suburban, gated community where he has two roommates, a right-wing conservative and a liberal hippie.”

Sounds fun to me! Looking for dated Bob and Dave news? Check out this ancient interview I did with them back in the day.

I’m The Man? No, Joe’s The Man: McG is always on top of our favorite musicians playing in the Philly Area. He’s just informed me the legendary Joe Jackson will perform a Free at Noon Concert at World Cafe Live on Friday, April 4th. Doors Open at 11:30 a.m. They also serve beer, which is quite awesome.

Mr. Jackson is touring in support of his brand-new RAIN release. Joe will be banging on the ol’ piano with the rhythm section of the original Joe Jackson Band (Graham Maby on bass and Dave Houghton on drums & vocals). He will also be playing at The Keswick that night, but it costs money.

I hope I don’t need to tell you just how fabulous Joe Jackson is. Possessing one of the most distinctive and powerful voices in popular music, his early records Look Sharp, I’m The Man and Night and Day are three near-perfect albums which melded punk rage and poignant melodies in a genre-free package. After a couple musicals diversions over the years, it seems Joe is back in vintage form.

Screw that overrated wino Billy Joel, Joe Jackson is the only true “Piano Man”. Here’s a little reminder:

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