Know Your Meme

Behold the world as we know it deconstructed into a series of extremely palatable Excel documents and (distinctly non-viral) videos. Great loathsome science! Be sure to check out the Ninjas vs. Pirates popularity trend data that dates all the day back to 2004 (back when the argument was actually pirates vs. ninjas vs. robots)!

"Ambling Alp" by Yeasayer

Please take a moment to watch Yeasayer's latest video, taken from their (leaked) album Odd Blood. Even if you've watched it before, do it again and marvel. It's art like this that makes the thousands even worth living.

Coldest Beer in Town Compilation

Party Store Music's recently released comp gives me the old "Holy shit." feeling.

Big Lies and Confusion

Just found this blog. This brainy guy pulls from the most relevant intellectual property news and synthesizes it for us plebes. Unreal stuff; particularly today's article (December 3, 2009).

Little Dragon

Saw this Swedish trio at The Westcott on Friday night.
With a sound this contemporary and infectious, you might mistake Little Dragon for swine flu.

OWN

Oprah WInfrey is ending her show and heading up her own network, the Oprah Winfrey network (OWN).


Rikki Lake really let us down.

Axes & Alleys