June 2009 Archives
Conor Oberst spread his hipster seed alllllll over First Ave last night. So, he's a spitter. #
The best optical illusion you may ever see. Shit man, I perform this same trick every time muddy band press photos come across my desk that I need to run online. #
Russian album covers. I am so turned on right now. #
Vita.mn list of the day: best music for getting in the mood. #
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has a new side project. #
Incredible pix of the Hoover Dam bypass under construction. Scheduled to be completed next year. #
Get that marry-a-millionaire look! Scans from a 1964 Fredrick's of Hollywood catalog. Dirty. #
A light breakfast. Wiener balloons! #
10 of the coolest places to swim. Mmmm, swimming. #
Time-lapse video showing 'Resist Today' connoisseurs Dave and Josh in making-magic mode. I have a couple purses and bags from them, all unique and wonderful. Don't forget to buy their shit. #
Worst music vid of all time? Gyrating hips, synchronized choreographed head banging et. al. #
Your first look at the amazing artwork for the new 'Alice in Wonderland' movie. I have to say, I'm not on the Tim Burton train but this is stunningly beautiful. #
Kyle captured a nice panorama at Saturday's Rock the Garden. #
I hate you. Naughty dogs who escape on a 2-hour adventure must pay the price. #
Steve Jobs recently had a liver transplant. #
Lily Allen's new vid for "F**k You" has me smiling. #
Spores, molds, and fungus. Sorry, these macro shots are too cool to be reduced to my stupid Ghostbusters joke. #
I am a rockstar, give these things to me now. Spurred by the Walker's informative post about what band's are requesting for this year's Rock the Garden fest. #
Dance around the world. I have a secret dream to do a photo exhibition of dancer images. #
Self-portrait of a bike commuter by Aesthetic Apparatus. Sooperawesome. #
The Dead Weather played The Tonight Show last night. Ya'll are a bunch of haters, I loved it!! I also secretly think Jack White and I might be meant for each other, so there's that. #
Tornado-chasing in MN last night. That's some amazing footage. Too bad I was holed up in my cave with the blinds drawn. I had no idea all that excitement was going on! #
Zombies!, naked chics with guns in the shower!, gay love!, and rock bands with FIRE coming out of their microphones!?! I know what I'm renting and popping popcorn for this weekend. #
Slimed and the City. Best day ever, two Ghostbusters links in one afternoon! #
Who you gonna call? ME!, if you have this game. WANT PLZ!!! #
Strawberries and dumplings. Mmmmomnomm. #
Internet high-five for print! #
What would it look like if a gay pirate's acid trip puked on your t-shirt? A lot like this. #
"The intern starts today. We figured we'd start her off with a little prank." #
Have you seen the opening credits for 'Superbad?' Kickass, oldschooltacular. #
Google asks 50 random New Yorkers, "What's a browser?" -- only about 8% knew, most thought it was a search engine. Christ! #
Lenny Kravitz gives an interview. Would love to give you a summary but still just trying to wrap my head around 4 years of celibacy. #
Old the phone. Typing this to you, wiff muh fingerz!! #
Poor Brent Favre. Er, you know, close enough. #
Iran officially bans picture-taking. #
The Outlet Wall. Yeah, but no. Good try tho. #
"Dear Tallulah Willis, you're 15 and working at Bazaar. Cool! At least it's not W, where you'd have to see these fetish-y shots of your dad and his new wife... including one where she's topless." #
Laugh with your fingers. I double dog dare you not to, at the very least, smile. #
Addiction. This will so be my friend Leslie texting me from her iPhone when she's in the backwoods of Northern Minnesota in a few weeks. #
Which sci-fi movie should I watch? I mean, you know, IF I actually were watching sci-fi movies. #
Tip jars designed to make you tip. Om nom. #
19th century bike tricks. Turns out the only thing that's changed over time is the costume. #
Here's the vid for the Gossip's single "Heavy Cross". On my list for Song-of-the-Summer. #love #
This is stupid. I love you. Ooh, on my list of "want". #
The new crown-taker for Best Wedding Invite Evah. Fucking rockstar, love. #
The Daily Show visits the New York Times. Ooooh, hitting a little close to home. Painful, but hilarious. #
This Boston Globe editorial toon is 23% off, just like their wages. Hahaha, oh man. #
Last.fm founders leaving after making piles of money off CBS. Yeah, totally didn't see that one coming. I'll bet you a Juicy Lucy how this all turns out for CBS... #
Moby - Shot in the Back of the Head. New vid for new song off the new album by Moby, out later this month. He's sounding like himself again. Muy muy bueno. #
The Raveonettes want you to try out their new tunez. Me likey. Does anyone else hear Mates of State when the listen to this or is it just me? #
Natalie Portman's rap. I'm posting this just cuz. Yesterday I stumbled across Adam Sandberg's album with this song on it, made me all nostalgic 'n shit. #
Prince is in need of a hip replacement? Make that a double. #
Zack Attack on the Jimmy Fallon last night. Haha, it's amazing. He hasn't aged a bit!! Also, in other random news I dreamt last night I choreographed an Aerosmith video and the 'Saved By the Bell' girls were the dancers. Coincidence? #
Billboard magazine trying to charge users $2/wk for an email newsletter. Douchetastic. #
Pixar's caught a severe case of Sequelitis. I hope they have a cream for that. In other news, upcoming Pixar flick 'The Bear and The Bow' has a female lead. /faintz #
Unemployed architect turns 77 sq. ft. closet into home for $150 a month. Wow, my tiny apartment is like The Plaza! #
Sopheava de Lumiere is falling off the list of best blogs! So, can we like, do something about that? #
The largest bankruptcies in history. Illustrated, for her pleasure. #
7 ridiculously over the top modifications to deadly weapons. Chainsaw bayonets are kind of hot. #
New Zero 7: 'Everything Up.' Yay! I'd pretty much given up any hope of them releasing another album. #
Photos of an old Russian sub. It would take more than a million bucks to get me to crawl inside that thing. #
The recipe for Brasa's secret dry rub is no longer a secret. Mmm, sweet serendipity. I just had dinner there last night! #
The #1 song on the day I was born was: 'You Light Up My Life.' What was yours? #
In case you hadn't heard Senuti went payware. "This pisses me off, yes - but it's not even really anything to do with Senuti. It's the fact that I can't copy songs off MY FUCKING IPOD that I OWN." #
Cirque du Soleil founder, and brazillionaire, headed to space in September. For a mere $25m big'uns. #
Le Grande Summer Guide de 2009. Vita.mn plans your summer. #
5000 wikipedia pages printed, and bound. Well there you have it, the fountain of all knowledge. #
Adolf Hitler: Up close. And in color. #
Dudes everywhere are wondering if women are born this way. God somebody shoot me if I have to listen to that. #
God would text you the commandments in 2009, OF COURSE #
Beautiful marbles you definitely weren't knocking around as a kid. BTW, collecting beautiful marbles (and rocks) is the perfect pastime for a budding designer. #
Su casa es mi casa. A creative collective have taken over a Barcelona apartment and created installations in each room, re-imagining a private living space as a public gallery. #
Game footage from the long awaited spy MMO The Agency. Hard to tell if it's gonna be any good or not, I'm gonna need some hands-on with it ofc. #
Nintendo unveils piles of games at E3. Super Mario Bros. Wii, bitches!! I need to start putting money in the piggy bank for some of these now. #
Grain Edit interviews illustrator Kevin Dart. I'm having such a designercrush on his work. #
What Heather eats. In which one woman photographs her every meal each day for a year (and is suddenly making me guilty about that Chipotle I had for lunch yesterday). #
Improve Everywhere showed up and surprise Wedding Reception'd a random couple at City Hall. The couple totally rolled with it, of course!! Cake and dancing!! #
Heartless. We all should have seen this coming. He doesn't have a heart, after all. #
The Decemberists covered 'Crazy On You' at a recent show. *Heart #
Here's the trailer for the new Star Wars Old Republic MMO. Thx E3! #
Anthropologie's music themed catalog. Ok yeah, now that looks like something fun as hell to work on. #
Orba Scquara presents The Trouble with Flying. 'To celebrate the release of the new album we decided to get on a bus and take a 10 day journey cross-country to play some new music, meet some new people and, along the way, see what we've been missing.' #
Mean Ol' Mr. Sauron. I have to post this cuz I'm still playing loads of LOTRO, plus it cracks my shit up. #
Beautiful scenic drives. Bookmarked, for when I have piles of money and free time on my hands. #
The Wall Street Journal's new culture blog: Speakeasy. I can't believe I'm reading the WSJ. #
Twitcaps, for when you feel like spying on what people are uploading to Twitter. #
Never before seen photos of Marilyn Monroe. Taken for Time Magazine, but they never actually ran. #
E3 blogging gear. Nerdinating the countryside! #
Twilight troll slayer. Hahaha, I'm falling off my chair here. #