Video: "Stress" Justice

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Guitar Hero: On Tour for DS looks cool....

...but only if the crazy dude does not come with the game. I love that you actually have to shout "Rock Out!" to activate star power.

How Guitar Hero Works on the DS

There is no way you will see anything cuter than this today.

Dog born with no legs gets prosthetic front wheels.

RIP George Carlin

Six Words You Cannot Say on Television

 

A verbatim transcript of "Filthy Words" (the George Carlin monologue at issue in the Supreme Court case of FCC v. Pacifica Foundation) prepared by the Federal Communications Commission

RIP George.  You will be missed.

MBV Reunite: P4K Covers the story.

Awesome review of the My Bloody Valentine reunion show at The Roundhouse in London, June 20, 2008.  Gotta catch this band live.

 

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Tour dates courtesy Pitchfork:

 

06-20 London, England - The Roundhouse
06-21 London, England - The Roundhouse
06-22 London, England - The Roundhouse
06-23 London, England - The Roundhouse
06-24 London, England - The Roundhouse
06-28 Manchester, England - Apollo
06-29 Manchester, England - Apollo
07-02 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland
07-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland
07-03-06 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-09 Paris, France - Zenith
07-17-20 Benicàssim, Spain - Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
07-25 Naeba, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
08-08 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
09-05 Isle of Wight, England - Bestival
09-19-21 Monticello, NY - Kutshers Country Club (ATP New York)
09-22 New York, NY - Roseland
09-23 New York, NY - Roseland
09-25 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh
09-27 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
09-30 San Francisco, CA - The Concourse
10-01 Los Angeles, CA - Santa Monica Civic
10-02 Los Angeles, CA - Santa Monica Civic

The Slippery Slope To Big Brother - Congress Passes Telecom Immunity Bill.

Thoughtful summary article by Ars Technica about the debate in Congress over telecom immunity for conducting domestic warrentless wiretaps.

Favorite quotes:

"Third, it contains specific provisions barring the use of
authorizations targeting parties abroad as a pretext for targeting U.S.
persons, presumably to be enforced by a board of psychics."

and:

"Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) invoked the specter of past intelligence
abuses, such as the wiretapping of Martin Luther King and the FBI's
controversial COINTELPRO operation—an argument Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
dismissed by conceding the political abuse of surveillance powers in
the past but asserting that "those days are behind us." (The latter
development coinciding, as chance would have it, with the passage of
legislation prohibiting warrantless wiretaps.)"

Big Brother 1: Due Process 0.

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Welcome to Summer Babe!

I got a lot of things I wanna sell but
Not here babe!

Video: Tokyo by The Books

A treat for you! Sumo! Tokyo!

(Thanks Pitchfork.tv!)

Retro Sabotage: Cold War Missile Command Docudrama

Retro Sabotage has been creating thought provoking remixes of classic video games. This newest edition turns Missile Command into a Docudrama about the creation of the game. Check it out here. Kind of awesome.

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"I'm Voting Republican"

I'm Voting Republican

BBC Coverage of Beijing Olympics to Include Gorillaz!

Well not exactly. More like a monkey fighing demons, but close enough. Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, the Ravenous original score) and Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl, Gorillaz) are teaming up for the BBC intro to the Olympics 2008 with a story based on Journey to the West, a famous Chinese novel. The character models are kind of bad ass, no?

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Firefox World Download Day - June 17

Head on over to the Spread Firefox site to pledge to download the new release of Firefox 3 on June 17. Firefox has served me well over the years, with tons of customization via extensions. Safer than IE, and quite a bit quicker (as I've seen since my job blocked Firefox last week). Fight the good fight and help Firefox dethrone IE with its latest version.

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Moleskine modded as iPhone book reader

I'm a sucker for projects like these (see Make Magazine), which I always like to look at but rarely make (see also Make Magazine). This looks like a pretty cool solution for folks who say e-book readers don't seem book-y enough. Cool.

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As If You Didn't Know That It Would Sting....

Hey ya'll. The new Wolf Parade album, At Mount Zoomer is now live for your enjoyment on their Myspace page. Take a listen and let me know what you think in the comments.

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This is a test post

Testing a new blog publishing extension. This should make it easier to blog from my laptop.

OS: Ubuntu 8.04
Browser: Firefox 3 Beta 5

Here's a link for you:

Pledge to download Firefox 3 (to help Mozilla break the Guinness Download Record here:
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Carry on.

Young Hillary Clinton

Sexism is ugly

Do Want: A Skin, A Night DVD

The incomparable Vincent Moon (www.takeawayshows.com) followed The National during the making of Boxer, my most favorite album of last year. This is the end result. Also apparently comes with an EP.

Frontier Psych's Early Riverfest Picks

To answer the burning question on all my readers' minds:  These are the Arkansas Bands that I'd recommend for Riverfest.  I know all of ya'll will be out there for Huey and Merle and Shooter and ZZ, but these are the bands I'm going to be checking out.  This lineup is totally worth ya'll's 10 bucks for pre-ordered tickets.  Links to Myspace pages below for samples.

Arkansas Rivervest Homepage

Friday, May 23
6:30 AR Music Tent Grand Serenade

7:30 Triple S: 607

9:30 AR Music Tent:  The Moving Front

Saturday, May 24
1:30 Budwieser Tent:  Smoke Up Johnny

3:00 Budweiser Tent:  The Easys

6:00 Acxiom :  Chris Denny and the Old Soles

Sunday, May 25
2:15 Triple S:  The Munks

3:30 Triple S:  Damn Bullets

5:00 AR Music Tent: Salty Dogs

6:30 AR Music Tent:  Boondogs

All AT&T Phones $0.01

I don't even know, man.  But if you need a new phone and are close to contract renewal, might be time to pull the trigger for that wifi enabled Blackberry or Samsung Blackjack II.  No iPhones, obvs.

ATT Amazon Sale Today April 23 only.

Ladies and Gentlemen If I Say I Am A Weed Man, You Will Agree That I Am A Weed Man

"My boyfriend is a vessel for the god Shiva."