3D Dodgeball

Freestyle Street Drummer

This guy is seriously impressive:

Carol of the Bed Intruder

Free (and good) Christmas Album

Target (of all people) is giving away a "Holiday Music" cd that has some surprisingly good and non-Barry Manilow songs. The highlights are:
Guster (a DJ favorite)
Blackalicious
Bishop Allen (a featured post long time ago)
Coconut Records

Worth a download and best of all it's free.

Sidesongs: Coldplay made a Christmas song this year:
Coldplay's "Christmas Lights"
Summer Camp's "Christmas Wrapping"

Ra-Ra Rasputin!

This might be the best thing you've ever experienced. The video alone is fantastic but then you add lyrics like "In all affairs of state he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze". Check out the video and the lyrics below:

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son

(Spoken:)
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder.

"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and he said "I feel fine"

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead

(Spoken:) Oh, those Russians...

(Sidenote: I'm slightly late on this and only discovered this the other night at my brothers house whilst playing Just Dance 2).

Sliding Cars/Buses in Seattle

It gets real good around 3:15 when the bus comes into frame:

Weekend At Bernie's Dance

I hope this is a joke...


(thanks Mike for the link)

Tarp Surfing

(big shout out to Kris for this one, thanks man)

VCR Collection

It's almost too painful to watch but it's too painful not to watch: Eastern Block likes his VCR's

"Beat It" & "Single Ladies" - Pomplamoose Style

Bonus: All the Single Ladies


(thanks Greg for the lead)

Antoine Dodson

Do You Love Guster? Free Music Video!

Guster's new album, Easy Wonderful, comes out next week. The video for "Do You Love Me" is the free Video of the Week over at iTunes. This makes me very happy. Enjoy!

Start Your Day Off Right - Sports Videos

Ten Videos that you'll enjoy, with a sports theme. The best one is below:

Sufjan Stevens "All Delighted People EP"

One of DJ's absolute favorite artists Sufjan Stevens has released and is streaming his new "All Delighted People EP". Give all 8 tracks a listen, it's definitely worth it. As a sidenote you can get this album for $5 right now.

Streaming of "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" Soundtrack

Spinner is streaming the soundtrack from the new movie "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World". If it's anything like the Juno soundtrack then you're in for a treat. Something tells me just based on the artists that it'll be very different (ie. Kimya Dawson, Buddy Holly, Cat Power vs. Beck and Black Lips) . Still, worth a shot.

Crap At My Parents House

I'm slightly late on this blog but it's fantastic if you haven't seen it yet. Crap At My Parents House.

The "About" section reads:

The goal of Crap At My Parents House is to pay homage to all of the weird crap that everyone's parents have. Please help in this project by submitting anything you deem funny, weird, odd, unique, strange, absurd, ridiculous or just plain terrifying.

Kabab's...and Kabab's?

A friend of mine sent me this place in Arlington, VA where there is a Kabab Palace and immediately next door is a...Kabab Palace. See markers A and B on the map below...

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Do you think if you're in one Kabab Palace and you complain about the food and threaten to go to the other Kabab Palace the owner will say (with much emotion and much accent): "If you go there they will spit on your food like she spit on my heart when she left me 5 years ago!!! I mean, please don't go, we make your lamb again...you sit, you sit."

There are so many great jokes and situations that could have brought this about but I'll let you guys go to town in the comments. (not that anyone ever comments...but I challenge you now)

Oregon Trail: The Movie

Now, before you get too excited this is a fake movie. But it's an awesome trailer for a fake movie:

New Artist Discovery: Local Natives

Very good band here. I originally discovered them back in January but never got around to posting them. I won't say much about them because I want them to capture you with their music. I've embedded their player below and recommend listening to "Airplanes" first. Give a full listen though as I believe they are a band worth purchasing (of course after you buy fun. and Mumford & Sons)

Similar to (but different enough): Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, Freelance Whales, Broken Bells.

Mucho New Bands - Part One

Typically I would post a semi-in-depth look at a personal newly discovered artist in my "New Artist Discovery" series but since I haven't posted in quite some time I'm backlogged. So I've been compiling a list of many new bands I've come across in the last 8 months. It's too much to have big separate "New Artist Discovery" posts on each artist like I do and I want to catch everyone up quickly because they won't be new bands much longer. Anywho, here is the list of bands you should check out with my quick blurb on them. (Writers Note: Most of them were undiscovered or not popular at the time I heard of them and may be popular now...my fault for not posting them when I originally heard them so you could have an edge over your friends for the "new band you've discovered"). I'll cover the "Mucho New Bands" series in a number of posts, so stay tuned or grab the RSS feed. Enjoy:

Derby -
Why Should You Listen? - Because you haven't heard a band like this in a while that effectively uses the clap as a rhythmic element and makes the song better because of it.
Listen Here to the whole player but if I was to pick a couple I'd say "If Ever There's a Reason" (great song), "Don't Feed the Bear", etc...

Style - Uhh, indie something but not really sure on this one.
Similar to: Tough one here because they are pretty unique. I could see elements of Weezer (however they don't sound like), Noah and the Whale and a few others I can't think of right now.
Free Song -

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Andy Shauf -
Why Should You Listen? - Because he has some fun indie folk rhythms. He takes indie folk to a slightly different level with some pep in most of his songs. If you liked Jeremy Fisher that I posted a while back then you'd like this guy. Slightly tamer than Fisher but still fun to listen to.
Listen Here to "Your Heart", "You Remind Me", etc...
Style - Indie folk rock, canadian folk, indie
Similar to: Denison Witmer, Joe Pug, Jeremy Fisher

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The Portland Cello Project -
Why Should You Listen? - How many cello bands are out there that are interesting and do indie works? Also, Portland puts out some of the best music in the country and they happen to hail out of there.
Listen Here to "Seeds May Fall" (great tune), "Tallymarks", etc...
Style - I have no idea. You can't classify them. I mean they are a bunch of cellists that cover songs like "Toxic", "What Goes Around" and then invite indie artists to sing their songs with their background...so yeah, I have no idea.
Similar to: No one. How can you be similar to a cello indie band?

The Turtleman

I have three comments:
Why has Mike Rowe and Dirty Jobs not filmed an episode with him yet?
I think the turtle man's Indian ancestors would be proud.
Some people are better off being dumb so they don't know how badly hurt they can get.

Alternate Movie Posters

Here's what some movie posters would look like if they had starred the originally-considered actors.

Old Spice Guy Custom Messages

Just found this article about how the Old Spice Guy is responding to people tweeting @oldspice by doing custom video messages. I will say they are fantastic. Here is one of my favorites:

Lego House - My Dream

Mario Violinist

Nitro Circus Live

If you've watched Nitro Circus on MTV you'll know what's coming in this video from their live tour. If you haven't then you need to DVR some episodes. Basically combine professional extreme sports athletes with stupidness and you have an entertaining half hour. Anyways, here is the highlight reel from their live tour (hang on to the end for a wheel chair stunt that may blow your mind):

Is that Animal on the Drums?

(thanks jason)

New Artist Discovery: Gregory Alan Isakov

Well, he isn't "new" but he is new to me. He's been around since 2005 but I've never paid him attention before. Now I am after listening to his latest album "This Empty Northern Hemisphere", which is fantastic and worth the buy. Gregory Alan Isakov is categorized as acoustic, folk, singer-songwriter but he stands out above the rest. Throwing in a light banjo on some songs, using hard strummed acoustic rhythms and sparse drums, he does it different than most and that's where I find my like for him. If I had to compare him I would say he has some of the good elements of Joe Purdy but with more drive, some of Joshua James but with more upbeat songs. Combine that with very good songwriting and you've got one of the hardest names to say in the business: Gregory Alan Isakov.

You can listen to him on his site. Listen to "That Moon Song", "Evelyn", "Big Black Car", "San Fransciso", etc... In fact just hit play on the player and let it go. It's completely worth it.

Lego Felt Tip Printer

Arrest Fail

Pool Jumpers: Catchers of the Ball

POOLJUMPERS trailer - watch more funny videos

(by the way, this is a sketch comedy group doing this...so it's obviously not a real trailer. But it is brilliant the way they did it)

The Best Thing You'll See All Day

Mumford & Sons Album "Sigh No More" $3.99

If you looked earlier this week I posted one a New Artist Discovery of the band Mumford & Sons. Trust me, they are awesome. My brother Jason found their album (they only have one) for $3.99 today (May 14th). What a ridiculous deal. Great find Jason.

News Anchor Criminal?

Homage or Stealing?

Reservoir Dogs


The Lion King


(thanks for this greg)

New Artist Discovery: Mumford & Sons

Really unique and cool band hailing out of the UK called "Mumford & Sons". They carry a style of indie folk rock but they have some really unique sounds. Some songs they combine fast rhythms and an old folk irish/english tune and others they carry a similar sound to The Avett Brothers but with more complete instrumentation. They use the acoustic really well for rhythm and their banjo playing adds a ton, but I think it's their harmonies and singing together on lines that really adds the force behind their music. And I think that's where they are very different from The Avett Brothers. I wouldn't put them in the same category as Avett but I would say they have some similar styles, but if you don't like Avett you could like these guys. Regardless they have a great sound.

If you are just hearing them now no worries, you're not behind. They just released their first official album back last October 2009.

You can listen to them at lala or they have a player on their website...sorry lala took away the embedding so I can't put the whole album on here. I highly recommend listening to:
The Cave, White Blank Page and heck, listen to everything. It's all so good.

(thanks Chad for the heads up on these guys)

Recognize this Pitcher? Billy Ray "Rojo" Johnson

Lt. Dan Band?

I found this little gem this morning. Had no idea Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump) had a band or that he called it Lt. Dan Band. Here's the sites explanation as to why he named it that:

"Lieutenant Dan" is the character Gary portrayed in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, a role for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. As Gary began visiting troops around the world, people (even little kids) who didn't know him as Gary Sinise, the actor, would recognize him as "Lt.Dan". Those in the miliary also seem to identify strongly with the character. And so the name for his group was an easy choice: Lt. Dan Band!

I think this is a case of the celebrity taking his status a bit far and paying someone $25 to make his band's website.

"Get Out of There"

Remember the "We've Got Company" compilation I posted last month? Here's a worthy follow up of the phrase "Get Out of There":

"Mousetrap Never Works"

Remember the OK Go video from a few weeks back with the Rube Goldberg machine? Well someone has a parody already...and it's a good one from our youth:

New Artist Discovery: Fun

The name of the band says it all. This is a downright fun band to listen to. The lead singer you might recognize from "The Format" who recently split and formed this new band. They only have one album and it's completely worth purchasing. (thanks aaron for gifting me this gem) The player below will cycle through all of their songs, but it is a must to listen to the second player below which is playing my favorite track: "Walking the Dog".

10 Indie Films for the Summer

Pastemagazine.com has their "10 Indie Films We're Looking Forward to this Summer". All of them have trailers. Some of them look pretty good.

I wish this one was spoken in American:

"George" Trailer

Someone recut some George scenes from Seinfeld and turned it into a dramatic trailer: (I thought it was pretty interesting being a big Seinfeld fan)

Better Marriage Blanket

New Artist Discovery: Freelance Whales

Well, they aren't quite "new" anymore but they are new enough that some have not heard them. Give them a listen sometime. They have a great sound with a lot of different musical elements going on that somehow works together for a pleasant sound. Take a listen to the whole album but specifically "Hannah" to get a feel for them.

Weathervanes - Freelance Whale...

MGMT's "Kids" cover by Seven Ukulele Band

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Lost Heroes: Rod Belding

Batman Vanishing

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

(thanks wes)

Infomercial Stupids

Drunk Guy vs. Flip Flop

We've Got Company

Winscape

80 Best Workout Songs by Paste

PasteMagazine.com posted their list of the 80 Best Workout Songs. I personally think that every Angels and Airwaves song should be on this list but then again I don't work for PasteMagazine.com. How did not even one of their songs make the list? Everytime I listen to their music working out I feel like I'm in a inspirational movie scene. Jazzes me right up to bench less than the guy next to me.

Good to see Phoenix got a mention. I think paste needed to take a second shot at this and dig deeper. There are plenty of songs from the 90's that need to grace this this. For instance, one of my favorites:

Now That We Found Love - Heavy...

Phoenix "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"

If you haven't listened to the most recent Phoenix album then you are two things: A) In a fallout shelter or B) Live on Fiji. If you fall under either of those two categories or another that I failed to mention then you need to listen/buy this Phoenix album:

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Pho...

Muse on SNES

The song "Uprising" by Muse is a fantastic song but I cannot get out of my head that it sounds like it could be a track on a Nintendo or Sega Genesis game. Something like Ninja Gaiden or Double Dragon when they see their girlfriend stolen and it goes to a cut scene of the main character running through the city jumping from rooftops to get her. Anyone else?

Resistance - Muse

Texas Stadium Implosion

The Cowboys recently said goodbye to their stadium. Check it out with the 360 view as well: (I love technology)

Language Barrier

ThereIFixedIt.com

Do not go to this website unless you want to waste 8 straight hours: thereifixedit.com

Canned Unicorn Meat

Canned unicorn meat, so delicious right now.

Mike Tyson, Pigeon Racer

If you were the most successful and feared boxer in history, then was knocked out by an underdog, then went through years of making it back to the top, then became a womanizer, got into trouble with the law, lost all of your money because you had a 100 person entourage, then tried to make another comeback, bit someone's ear off, lost all respect and became something of the past...what would you do next? Race pigeons? Yes, yes you would: Mike Tyson, Pigeon Racer, coming to Animal Planet soon. No joke.

Best National Anthem Ever

30 Best Fight Scenes in Movie History

Great list here from Paste. Without spoiling anything in the top five (which holds one of my favorites) here are my two favorites from that list: (actually I'd put the Ong Bak 2 fight in here as a favorite but they removed it from the internet machine)

Secret Menu Items

Coupon Sherpa had a post about 24 Restaurants secret menu items. Most of these I don't care about or eat at but the Starbucks, Chipotle and Jamba Juice ones are interesting.

Tracy Porter Interception...In Tecmo Bowl

Reminds me of this seriously impressive reenactment of the 1986 World Series Game Six 10th inning...in RBI Baseball:

This is nothing like OK Go's video...

I've never heard anything worse:

"Shine" by Final Placement from sharity world on Vimeo.

(thanks mike for the link)

OK Go - "This Too Shall Pass" video

Let's be honest, we like OK Go's videos more than their music. This is proof of that:

Carolina Chocolate Drops "Hit 'Em Up Style"

There are so many things to say about this band but I will just say this: they are a roots bluegrass band (jug, spoons, banjo, violin, etc...) that plays the classic bluegrass but also does modern songs like this (and blows it out of the water):


For their full song go to their myspace page.

Grossest Packaged Foods

The title says it all, check them out.

The Karate Kid

Reason #43 that Hollywood has run out of ideas for movies: They keep redoing movies that don't need redoing. I have so many other comments about this but it would take hours to write out.
Enjoy?:

Nickelback lose popularity contest to a pickle

Like the title says, justice has been serverd: Nickelback lose popularity contest to a pickle

Introducing...Your Idiot of the Day

EMBED-Convenience Store Ceiling Leak Surprise - Watch more free videos

Russian Music Video

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Regrets: Spoons

By the way, the rest of the "Regrets: " videos are hilarious and even more funny than this one (see "Regrets: Dave Matthews Band", "Regrets: Hobbies" or "Regrets: Boxes") but they can be heavy in the language department, so I won't link them. Traipse at your own risk.

The Man Your Man Could Smell Like

Comedic genius:

Ted Talks: Real Life Fable of a Humpback Whale's Web Stardom

Softball Guy Admits Use

An Exclusive, Emotional Interview with Softball Guy from JoeSportsFan.com on Vimeo.

The Screams of a Reporter

Real Pair Figure Skating

For all of those that are watching the Pair Figure Skating competitions on the Olympics, let me remind you what real Pair Figure Skating looks like:

Michaels & MacElroy:

Angel & Airwaves - "Love" For Free

My man, Aaron broke the news to me just minutes ago that the newest Angels and Airwaves album "Love" is downloadable free on their site.

If you haven't listened to Angels and Airwaves I recommend you listen to these songs first: (There "I-Empire" album is the greatest album to run to because it feels like a life soundtrack)

Call To Arms - Angels & Airwav...

True Love - Angels & Airwaves

Mr. Spriggs BBQ

You can conjur up your own thoughts on this: (I have a few thoughts of my own)

My Favorite Super Bowl Ad

This was funny but all in all I feel like most of the ads that made it to tv weren't even watched by someone in their company before being mailed to CBS.

Pajama Jeans

hitRECord.org

Check out Joseph Gordon-Levitt's (500 Days of Summer) project. Pretty interesting in my opinion:

Desert Classic

Your Friday Gem:

Broken Bells - The High Road

Cool new collaboration between James Mercer from The Shins and Danger Mouse from lots of stuff, particularly Gnarls Barkley:


The High Road

Broken Bells | MySpace Music Videos

The iPad (live coverage)

If you're interested in the iPad, which you should be, head over here for all the features.

David Gray - "Gutters Full of Rain"

Real old David Gray song here but my hands down favorite of his. Something about his Irish accent in the song mixed with the lyrics and style makes it great to me. Thought I'd share in case you haven't heard it for a while or haven't ever.

Gutters Full Of Rain - David G...

Daytrotter Sessions: Matisyahu

The always enjoyable Matisyahu stopped by Daytrotter and recorded a session the other day. As always you can download all of the songs he recorded.

AmieStreet Free Folk, Country and Acoustic Tracks

Head over to the ever giving AmieStreet for their FREE Folk, Country and Acoustic Tracks.

MacGruber Film

It has come and you are hearing it here first (or second):

Mashable's Free Music

Like the title said, 10 Free Songs (and two free albums!) from Mashable.

9 Lost and Found Planes

I don't know why, but this stuff fascinates me.

Christmas Tree Rocket

Tosh.0: David After the Dentist Web Redemption

For those of you who haven't seen Tosh.0 on Comedy Central, which I highly highly recommend, Daniel Tosh the host/comedian does a segment each show where he allows people who make fools of themselves on the internet to have a "web redemption" and try their foolishness again in a less foolish manner. This last week he let David from David After the Dentist do just so: (UPDATE IF YOU'VE ALREADY READ/WATCHED THIS: this one wasn't as funny as I thought it was going to be so skip to the next one to get a better feel of Tosh's show...or just go to his comedy central site and watch all the videos, it's worth it)


Btw, If you haven't committed the DVR to a series recording of Tosh.0 by now, consider this clip for more convincing:

Tosh.0
Web Redemption - Puke Guy
www.comedycentral.com
Web Redemption 2 Girls, 1 Cup Reaction Demi Moore Picture

Spoon's new album streaming live

Spoon's new album "Transference" is streaming live via npr. Or even better, streaming live here:

Best Announcer with Best Studio...Ever

Uhhhhhhhhhh? LT Electric Glide?

Just stop what you're doing and watch this. I have no idea if this is a joke or not, but it looks pretty real. "Wave Hi to your mom". (btw, I've tagged this post as "new music")

Tom Mabe and the Telemarketer

This is an old one but I never posted it. Definitely worth it:

Vampire Weekend "Contra" FREE At Midnight

AmieStreet.com is selling Vampire Weekend's new album for free at midnight tonight, the 11th. And this is just one of many reasons why I love AmieStreet.com.

Editors Note: Not sure exactly where to find it but I linked you above to new releases which it should show up on come midnight.

MacGruber - Sensitivity Training

He's Off Chain Gang Detail, Literally

Interactive Video Piano

Interesting concept but it turned out more frustrating than anything to me:

Best Fails of 2009

One more list to add to the "Best of 2009". This one trumps all others:

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Project Natal Coming End of the Year

Sweetness:

iTunes Browser

Looks like the iTunes Browser (basically iTunes on the web) actually let's you listen to tracks now. Bonus.

What is Paul? (video blog)

As seen in my previous post for the "trailer" for "Paul", Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are doing video blogs on set of their movie. If you like those two fellows, which you should (see Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz), then watch these videos, most of them are entertaining so I semi recommend this. I think it's just neat to see some of my favorite comedy stars behind the scenes on a movie that looks promising. (Also, this movie has a great cast who are also featured in the videos: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jason Bateman, Seth Rogen, etc...)

10 Comedies to Look Forward to in 2010

Paste Magazine has their 10 Comedies to Look Forward to in 2010 list. The first four movies even have trailers. Although, I wish they had the trailer for the Will Ferrell movie "The Other Guys" and some of the other movies. Anyway, enjoy the previews during your "lunch break".

(love the Ricky Gervais)

Muscle March for Wii

This could be the oddest and most intriguing game coming out for the Wii: