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A Drum Lesson from Tits Dungbelly

By Scotter | Published: January 26, 2009
While I can in no way claim to have had anything to do with the content of the following infomercial, I also cannot deny some complicity in its making. Enjoy!
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STFU PB&J!

By Todd | Published: December 12, 2008
I just saw this over at the Pitchforks, and it’s pretty damn ingenious. And by “pretty damn ingenious” I mean I have no idea what the hell is going on but I can’t stop watching it. This may or may not be a new track off the new Peter Bjorn & John album, due sometime [...]
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Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “I Put a Spell on You”

By Todd | Published: October 31, 2008
From Wikipedia: Hawkins had originally intended to record “I Put a Spell on You” as a refined love song, a blues ballad. He reported, however, that the producer “brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version. I don’t even remember making the record. Before, I was [...]
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Johnny Cash doing Elvis (1959)

By Todd | Published: October 16, 2008
Just what the title says. This is great. Truly vicious. Well worth three minutes of your life (thanks, Mike): Historical sidenote: Is this one of the earliest examples we have on video of the emo comeover, or “emo-ver,” as the kids call it these days? (Sorry, I only know one person who might find that [...]
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I actually just wasted 3 minutes watching Christina Aguilera’s Performance at the MTV VMAs

By Scotter | Published: September 7, 2008
Todd emailed me on Friday proposing that we “liveblog” the MTV Video Music Awards. He was joking, but I couldn’t tell, and shot back a long email about why we shouldn’t. He responded to let me know that he was joking. But just now, my girlfriend was just flipping though stations and decided to take [...]
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Beach Boy Beards

By Todd | Published: July 14, 2008
Lately, I’ve been telling pretty much anyone who’ll listen that the Beach Boys’ 1971 album Surf’s Up is, without a doubt, the most terrific pop album I’ve heard all year. Maybe I’m overcompensating because I’m 37 years late to the party, so let me explain why I’m bringing it up now: it’s summertime, I’ve been [...]
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The Large Hadron Collider of the Heart

By Amy | Published: June 27, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Shins – “Gone for Good” (from Chutes Too Narrow) As with all these sorts of things, I saw it coming, but it still came out of nowhere. It was like a basketball to the face; of course you see it coming, but you can’t move out of [...]
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