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21 Jul 2009 14:59

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Culture: Hall and Oates – and Oates’ stache – are back, in cartoon form

  • Well, this is much better than it has any right to be. “J-Stache” is a cartoon featuring Hall and Oates, with Oates’ stache as one of the main characters. We heard about it when it was first being discussed, and held our breath hoping it would be great, and this video sure provides a lot of ammunition in its favor.source
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07 Jul 2009 00:49

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Music: Amazing! Japanese band Sour perfects the YouTube viral video

  • This is our Babe Ruth pointing at the the outfield moment: In one week, Sour’s music video will be everywhere. In one year, this video will be seen as a defining moment for YouTube. In fifty years, sociologists will point to this video as a leading example of viral video. It’s just that amazing.source
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03 Jul 2009 17:13

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U.S.: We declare this Declaration of Independence to have killer timing

British-discovered Declaration of Independence
  • This early version of the Declaration of Independence was discovered a few months ago and verified conveniently just before the 4th of July. Great job on that whole timing thing, National Archives! source
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24 Jun 2009 21:05

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Sports: FINALLY. The U.S. has a reason to care about soccer.

That’s right, the U.S. pulled off an improbable win today, kicking long-undefeated Spain’s butt in international action. Wow. source
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06 Jun 2009 18:54

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Culture: And the infinite loop of Conan/Mario is complete

  • We have now reached a point where Conan’s awesomeness is now equal with the awesomeness of Super Mario World. Woot.source
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04 Jun 2009 22:25

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Biz, Tech: GameStop takes a huge chunk of the pie. Game companies want it.

  • 48% GameStop’s profit margin on used games. WHOA! source
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01 Jun 2009 22:40

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Offbeat: Turning trash into highly-zoomable photorealistic art

Chris Jordan likes taking data about our how we waste, scaling it up as large as possible, zooming out and creating works of art. He rules. source
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29 May 2009 14:07

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Culture: Must-see: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, live-action, this Sunday

  • The super-niche experiment in comedy surrealism may hit its most surreal point on Sunday, For its season finale, the show will go live-action this Sunday, nearly didn’t run, and may run with a disclaimer. Ooh. source
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22 May 2009 12:56

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Culture: Will Ferrell’s coulda-been performance on the “Idol” finale

  • You know when I first read this song I asked ‘Did Dylan, Taupin and Angelou really write this.’ And they said sort of. And I said what does that mean? And then they ran away. But after five bottles of wine I knew who the real writer of this song was….. the big man himself, God Almighty.
  • The spoken part from a rejected draft of a song Will Ferrell would’ve sung at the “Idol” finale • The song would have been suitably epic, and producers initally agreed to do it, but then they apparently read what Ferrell wanted to do with the song. Our favorite chestnut: “THIS SONG COST NINE POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS/BUT WE COULD NOT FIND A WORD THAT/RYHMES WITH MOUTH” • source
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21 May 2009 23:59

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Culture: Go for the BBQ, stay for the foot massages. LOL.

  • If Jones’ Good Ass BBQ & Foot Massage were a real business, we’d go every week. Did someone say fried Snickers and pedicure?source
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