Brent Knopf Leaves Menomena
Brent Knopf: currently toweling off Well, we can't say it's a surprise—Ezra's arching piece last year, "Damaged Goods", definitively explored the dysfunction of Menonona's three core members. The news...
View ArticleComedy This Weekend
UPDATE:It's with a heavy heart I've got to bump this one. It just came to my attention that headliner Mike Drucker, whose video I posted below, just bailed on the weekend's shows. No reason was...
View ArticleThe Six Most Important Words You'll Read Today: Haggar Joins Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
After years of speculation from gamers as to why Capcom seemingly forgot their own virtual Jesse Ventura-alike after appearances in a string of misleadingly titled Final Fights and a small handful of...
View ArticleArizona Congresswoman Shot in the Head
NYTScary and terrible news out of Arizona: A man shot Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the head at a campaign event this morning. As of noon today, she is in surgery and it's unclear...
View Article"Lock and Load" Rhetoric in Right-Wing Politics?
Sarah Palin put a bulls-eye on Gabrielle Giffords.I hate to cast the shooting and likely assassination of a Democratic Congresswoman as the latest—and most chilling—example that political discourse in...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Big Pooh, The Mean Jeans, RiverCity Music Fest, and more
BIG POOH, PHILLY'S PHUNKESTRA, DJ ZIMMIE (Crown Room, 205 NW 4th) You miss Little Brother? Me too. But as the respected North Carolina rap duo drifts into indefinite hiatus, Big Pooh is still making...
View ArticleThe Politics of Jared Loughner
If it turns out that this video was in fact posted by the same Jared Loughner who is suspected of shooting Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona, then we have some sense of his politics. As...
View ArticleGood Morning, News!
Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is responding to simple commands, even though she remains in critical condition, her doctors have said. Killed in the attack? A federal judge, a third-grader...
View ArticleA Premeditated Assassination
That's what the charges filed today against Jared Lee Loughner suggest. As for the weapon, it was allegedly a Glock pistol purchased at a place called Sportsman's Warehouse: And: Politico tracks down...
View ArticleBlazers vs. Heat - Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers welcome the Miami Heat. Depending on your level of sanity, tonight is either the lone visit of the season for the superstar-heavy Heat, or an...
View ArticleGood Morning, Telly Savalas
I don't know about you, but this panty-dropping ballad from uncle Telly is the only thing that is going to get me through the work week. Also, how bored and terrified does that poor woman look? I...
View ArticleDevonation Spring/Summer 2011
Let's start this week off right with some delicious eye candy, this time from the S/S '11 Devonation collection by Devon Yan-Berrong as shot by Wainwright Images: [ Subscribe to the comments on this...
View ArticleGood Morning, News!
In case you missed it, on Saturday Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head at a rally at a grocery store, by a nutjob identified as Jared L. Loughner, who has ties to...
View ArticleHear Another Song from the New AgesandAges Album
Remember when we told you all about Alright You Restless, the debut album from AgesandAges? Oh, we had such a good time that day. Let's make the magic happen again with yet another song from the...
View ArticleStay Classy, Palin Censors
As you may know, Sarah Palin's operation is famous for deleting even mildly critical comments from the liar's Facebook page. A blogger was tracking the removal of critical comments—and none lasted...
View ArticleIt's Happening Tonight!
FIRE BREATHER—Sweden continues to prove its prowess on the pop music front with Little Dragon, who spent the first part of 2010 collab-ing and touring with Gorillaz. Drink in their electro/dance/soul...
View ArticleThe Best Cee Lo Cover Yet!
On a day when the bullshit is running fast and deep, here's something that is GUARANTEED to turn your frown upside down! A fantastic sign language version of Cee Lo's "Fuck You" that is so goddamn...
View ArticleThe Best Cee Lo Cover Yet!
On a day when the bullshit is running fast and deep, here's something that is GUARANTEED to turn your frown upside down! A fantastic sign language version of Cee Lo's "Fuck You" that is so goddamn...
View ArticleToday in "Just Asking"
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View ArticleMixing Cake Batter With A Plastic Tip Cigar
I didn’t think this day would come. My biggest beef with covering the food/restaurant beat is that it hasn’t given me a lot of opportunity to post pictures of my Pavement quilting and decoupage...
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