includes a few fun surprises. for instance, every magician ever is jewish. also, connie chung converted!

these kids love to get down

my guess is that any barney jokes were out of style already over ten years ago, and tupac sadly just had his 9 year anniversary of being killed. but don’t dismiss this video just yet, watch the crafty work that has barney and some real sweet kids . if you don’t laugh, you’ll smirk at the least.

(thanks, af.)

everyone loves the beatles. click if you don’t.

but certain music from beatific souls like , some , early and seem to be inspired beyond just being an homage of the greatest band ever. the blog does a bang up job of paying tribute to my favorite beatle apostle ever elliott smith. includes great links to articles and a handful of beatles covers by the late, great singer/songwriter.

get it? the “right” brothers!!! as in right wing!

do you hate your ears and eyes? then be sure to check out , the new song and video by the the right brothers. what’s surprising: despite being staunch republicans, the right brothers apparently have little regard for copyright law (there’s some heavy-duty “we didn’t start the fire”-biting going on here). what’s not at all surprising: some big fat white guy with a modicum of musical talent loves george bush.

What makes The Right Brothers different?
While artists such as Toby Keith, Darrel Worley and Charlie Daniels have recorded great patriotic songs no artist has ever tackled the issues addressed by The Right Brothers. Topics on their albums include: the abortion debate, illegal immigration, taxation, Ronald Reagan, the melting-pot (or lack thereof), America’s right to defend herself regardless of what the rest of the world thinks, appreciation for our brave soldiers (past and present), political apathy, and more. The Right Brothers are in tune with today’s political issues and that is reflected in every word they write.

(“thanks,” pleasure.)

last month we wrote about the village voice writer who acted in the upcoming gondry-directed white stripes video. well guess what? it’s out now and it’s on google video. sadly, i have to say this is my least favorite of the gondry/white stripes videos. maybe if the video quality was a bit clearer, but from what i see the perspective distortion ended up looking like not much more than a circus funhouse mirror…

after you’re done watching that, check out the new vid by my third-favorite mexican rock band, plastilina mosh– .

and when THAT’S done, watch the video for by stephen malkmus. sounds soooo much like pavement!
(thanks, sizod.)
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aceyalone’s upcoming is entirely produced by rjd2. i tend to prefer hip-hop albums with only one producer, so i’m really interested to hear what this sounds like.

Having worked together on Aceyalone’s last album, “Love and Hate” the chemistry was undeniable and a full album together was only a matter of time. “To me, Acey and his crew were like the west coast Organized Konfusion in the mid 90′s,” notes RJ. “I always had a ton of respect for him, and of course, those are the kind of people you want to work with.”

it looks like smart cars do reasonably well in crashes. shows an impact test.

With so many fantastically stupid hairstyles floating around MySpace, I’ve found myself adding the best of the worst to my favorites list over the past few months, compiling a sort of “Hall Of Shame” which I knew, one day, needed to be presented to the masses.

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And if you haven’t gotten your fill of completely retarded haircuts, you can always revisit .

one year ago, fox announced an x-men spin off for both and .

year old news is hardly news except that i’m pretty sure they never told anyone, because no one was a bigger wolverine fan growing up than me. anyway, hugh jackman will reprise his role, but ian mcklellan won’t–the magneto flick is a prequel. x-men 3 debuts in may.

and, just to keep themselves at a below-average level, marvel studios is releasing (starring nick cage and eva mendes) in july. it’s guaranteed to suck worse than the hulk and fantastic four, but maybe not as bad as . and don’t skip this chance to check out nick’s sweet hairdo wig from the film!