This is What Happens When You Don't Dance at a Prince Concert
You get your ass kicked off the stage, Kim Kardashian! (Kardashian starts at :50, fun starts way before then.) Welcome to America, b-hole! [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleCapcom Makes It Official: Galactus Eats Planets In Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Thanks to info leaked at the tail end of last month, most people closely following the progress of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds already know who you have to face at the end of Capcom's...
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How Many Male Drummers Stand While Playing?
Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats Pardon the unapologetic music dorkery, but this is the sort of thing that the staff of End Hits obsesses over: How many male drummers stand while playing? We were...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: Soft Focus
I'm a young man suffering from erectile disfunction, and I'm kind of at the end of my tether. I've always been able to minimize the problem because I'm shy in general and have had relatively few...
View ArticleVirtual TriMet
This morning I made fun of virtual Twitter, but thanks to reader Martin we can bring you: Virtual Trimet! This animation of TriMet's trips over the course of one day was put together using all the...
View ArticleFour Days Worth of Crashes... And a Transportation Safety Summit.
Friday Morning: A 24-year-old biking on Highway 30 is struck by a driver who flees the scene. The victim suffered a collapsed lung, broken foot, and a concussion. Friday Afternoon: A formerly...
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The Best Theater Review You'll Ever Read
[Cue "Sad Hulk" song.]At long last, the New York Times has finally reviewed Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, a "national joke" of a show that critic Ben Brantley writes is "so grievously broken in every...
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Being Catholic: There's An App For That
Who says popes are old fashioned? The Catholic church just approved the "Confession" app (which at $1.99 is a bargain compared to the 10-percent-of-income tithe), in which you can "keep track of your...
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It's Happening Tonight!
TROMBONER—The high-energy, party-hearty live shows of Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue are something of legend—and not only in the musically rich Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. So clear your...
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The Rumble, Tonight at Holocene!
LA-based music blog Future Sounds has taken to organizing The Rumble, a slew of shows in major cities around the country, with the intention of stirring up the air for some up-and-coming bands....
View ArticleKiller Robot of Tomorrow Powered by Princess the Hamster
In preparation for tonight's nightmare, here is a prototype of a walking robot that will one day enslave the whole of humanity—BUT WAIT! There is a bright side: it's powered by "Princess the...
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Because Teabagger Monthly Was Already Taken
Wonkette points out that teabaggers are about to singlehandedly save America and publishing at the same time by putting out a new magazine, Tea Party Review. (Note to those visiting the TPR site:...
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Stupid Clothing Ideas of the Day
Below are three of the stupidest wearable items that the internet hath spit up into my attention this afternoon. Can you guess which one I hate the most? The Fuxedo: The DIY "deer with little antlers...
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Moment of Zen: 20 Pictures of Models Falling
It's not what you think; many of the shots rounded up here of models falling on the runway aren't that cringe-y. This one in particular is pretty awesome: This one is too, but mostly because I can't...
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Fashion Feud Portland
As part of an expansion of an event pioneered in San Francisco, tomorrow night Portland will bear witness to the first round of "Fashion Feud Portland," described as a cross between Iron Chef and...
View ArticleSuperman Classic!
Rob Pratt, a lifelong Superman fan, made this short using a mixture of hand-drawn and digital animation—and once the cartoon ends, he's nice enough to stick around and explain his process. Worth a...
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For Your Valentine's Day Consideration
Panty Roses, in which a pair of panties is rolled in a way that approximates a rose. Available at your finer gas station convenience stores. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleNew Akron/Family Video, and Flaming Hardware
Here's the new Akron/Family video, for "Silly Bears," the first track off their latest album, S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT, which—oh, hey!—came out today as well. The video is...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue with Los Amigos...
TROMBONE SHORTY AND ORLEANS AVENUE, LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES, DJ SANTO (Roseland, 8 NW 6th) The high-energy, party-hearty live shows of Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue are something of legend—and not...
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BREAKING: Powell's Lays Off 31 Workers.
UPDATE 3:12pm: After we published, Powell's sent out a press release about the layoffs. It doesn't delve into the specific numbers, but says that the market downturn forced the layoffs. “Consumer...
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