Let's Play House

Although this episode wasn't hysterical, this web show has promise. Mindy Kaling is hilarious and I'm guessing there is high potential for cameos by other funny people from The Office.

Rubber Band Man

I've always thought that Chelsea was just as annoying as she was funny but this is pretty awesome. Sure, she talked up T.I.'s album and his chart topping songs but she pretty much made fun of him for 6 minutes straight, making him crack up the entire time. I'm glad that Clifford showed he has a sense of humor, unlike some people...

As You Can Now See

Ever since the Japan trip, I've been listening to m-flo. I'll tell you their deal later since I'll probably be posting a few of their videos in the coming weeks, just because. For now, I leave you with "Lotta Love - m&M Mix" because it's brilliant in the same way that "Sky's The Limit" is brilliant.

m-flo loves MINMI


The Notorious B.I.G. (feat. 112)

Booty Doo

Is SNL funny again, even when Tina Fey isn't making fun of Sarah Palin? I think so...

Even If It's Free It Ain't Cheap

Wow, I haven't heard Mos sound this good in a looooong time. Yes, the beat has a lot to do with it but mainly, I think he sounds fired up, and that's a good thing. No more of that "V-8 strong" nonsense...

So Good

How good is the Mad Men opening credits? It's good enough for me to bother posting an entry about it. It's good enough for me to watch (and listen) to it almost every episode even though I could easily fast forward the DVD. It's good enough to be one of the best TV intros I've ever seen.

First off, the visuals are dope, like a graphic design masterpiece. It perfectly compliments the aesthetics and themes of the show. It oozes cool while demonstrating a sort of helplessness that is evident in most of the show's characters. Secondly, the music is on point. It ties together the whole intro with an almost "neo-retro" vibe. I just found out the song was done by rjd2, which I should have known seeing as it has his signature sound. Anyway, this credit sequence is excellent and definitely does the show justice. So good.

In related news, Best Week Ever posted some pics of a similarly awesome Mad Men intro spoof that The Simpsons did for this year's Tree House of Horrors episode. I haven't watched that show in ages but I might have to in a couple Sundays. Check it out.

Been A While

I hadn't checked out pitchfork.tv in a while...

Been meaning to check out the Fleet Foxes.


Just watch. And listen. For real.


Still haven't heard a Cool Kids song I don't like.


Good stuff!

System Overload

Yesterday, several music sites/blogs posted this DJ Earworm mash up of Kanye and Radiohead. It's one of the better, straightforward "A + B = C" mash ups I've heard in a long time.


Also, the video for "Reckoner" (originally a fan vid) is really cool.

Out Of Control

Last night we watched the Angel Island fire for about 45 minutes. Thomas and Jamie tried to grab some pictures without a tripod. These were the best of the bunch.


It was kind of peaceful watching the blaze from our neighborhood. Luckily, no one got hurt.


You can see how fast the fire spread. When we headed home, the fire had been going for about an hour and a half.

No One On The Corner

... has swagger like us. This is what your shower curtain would look like if it was as cool as ours.

I Will Never Lose

Some awesome things to note from this montage of the pre-taped awards acceptance speeches by Flight of the Conchords:

- It's great how in New Zealand a folk parody album won "Best Album" of 2008. It's even more great that Jemaine doesn't accept the award.

- I'm glad they're filming season two of the show (which is why they needed to tape their acceptance speeches). Even after last season fizzled out near the end, it was a great first season. I think they just ran out of really good songs, so hopefully they come back with something fresh.

- "We finally broke through." and "Just, just off screen."

- I don't know if videogum is right in that these are funnier than all the new Fall tv shows but I wouldn't doubt it. I've seen some pretty horrendous commercials for shows so bad that I can't even remember their names.

- Watching these reminded me how awesome Murray the band manager is, which reminded me that NBC political analyst Chuck Todd (who I've seen on the recent debates) looks exactly like him. Apparently, other people think so too.

Even Share My Government Cheese

Live With Regrets

Read about Mail Goggles, gmail's new little feature. It's kind of funny that Google would even make an app like this and I have two opposing thoughts on the topic. First, I think people should be responsible for whatever the hell happens when they drink. If you get drunk and do something stupid, live with it and maybe be less of an idiot next time. And second, I think this security feature would made more sense on cell phones. I've found drunk emails funny and tame, whereas drunk dials and texts can just be disastrous.

The Vibe Is Wrong

This is one of Kanye's worst videos yet (but I still think the song is awesome). It's not terrible but it's just bizarre. It's got dancing tribesmen. It's got neon body-painted dancers. It's got Kanye brooding in a kitchen. It was premiered on Ellen. (But I guess with Rap City and TRL closing up shop, where else would a rapper go?)



As a side note, this video is an ideal candidate for a "this is what is happening" literal video remix a la the a-ha video I posted the other day.

Move Your Behind

The Neptunes should produce all of Commons songs. I guess Kanye can do some tracks too but Common is a lot more fun with Pharrell and Chad.



Is the robot effect going to catch on like autotune?

Band Montage!

Straight from videogum to TYS. This is pretty great.

Bounce That

Trailer mash ups are the new, um, song mash ups... only slightly less awesome.





Why? I don't know.

Help!

Please bring back The Wire. Pleeeease!!! Somebody, anybody, bring back The Wire. Or at least a Michael Lee spinoff show. Help the kid out.



And people, don't watch anything with Jessica Alba or the short girl from Heroes anymore.

I Put Ooooooonnnnn!!!

This is more weird than funny... Actually, it's not really funny at all. It's just weird. What would be funny is if I had an autotune microphone/speaker device that I could use to speak in autotune whenever I want. I would use it all the time and it would annoy the crap out of everyone. It would be awesome.