screen printed on american apparel track jacket. a lil pricey but then again, so is american apparel in general. check it .

the shins sold almost 120,000 copies of their new album this week — and nearly 40,000 of those were digital sales. pretty unprecedented numbers.

simpsons fans get out your .

(more cool info on their )

Nine blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a marketing campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. At least one of the devices depicts a character giving the finger.

Highways, bridges and a section of the Charles River were shut down and bomb squads were sent in before authorities declared the devices were harmless.

“It’s a hoax – and it’s not funny,” said Gov. Deval Patrick.

Turner Broadcasting, parent company of Cartoon Network, said the devices were part of a promotion for the TV show “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.”

update: umm, by the way, these things do not look the slightest bit like bombs. also, they’d already been up around the city for a few weeks.

if you live in the bay area, you’ve probably seen the mini cooper billboard right before you get on the bay bridge eastbound. it’s a digital display with alternating catchphrases. a mildy interesting ad. then i saw , which explains that the display changes based on the proximity of certain mini drivers. apparently the mini driver has a sensor in the car which directs the billboard to display their message. that’s highly technical!

sneakmove buddies are performing again at on thursday, feb 1.
were you at their last show? if not, you missed a super fun time. this one promises to be similar except with more new songs and even more energy. and they’re handsome. check it out. they go on around 11pm.

for all you anthrax fans: kotaku has a great vid of at best buy. and sucking at it.

quick recap: we posted a challenge to mix the iphone ringtone into a fresh beat. winner gets a bundle of sneakmove goodies.

there were so many rad mp3s sent in, and picking a winner has not been easy. but a contest is a contest so lets get to it. the winner of sneakmove’s iphone ringtone beat challenge is…

zephyr sent in five (!) entries and sweetly thanked us for helping him break out of a bit of a writer’s block. get that myspace page done up zeph, people gotta hear more of your work. congrats, and thanks!

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we’re seriously addicted to getting these mixes (each one set off a flurry of emails between all us sneakmovers), so we’ll post them if you want to send more in, even with the contest wrapped up. check out all the goodness so far:

and the ineligible but fun ones by us sneakmove dudes

we’ve made many new friends who all have very cool stories and tons of talent. keep us filled in on all your projects so we can help get the word out.

so much in the world today to talk about, and when you are in washington dc, aka dodge city, and the nationals aren’t in town guess what the topic is? you got it, the presidential election. i’m not talking about two , nas and jay-z, i’m talking about hillary rodham “i’ve still got $12mil in the war chest from the senate race, and i just want to start a conversation with the people” clinton. despite the $$ and her attempt at launching a , it’s about the last name. i’m not sold on her blog and pod route, but at this point, she has a better awarness amongst the older black population, and arguably younger, as well, but senator obama is the great light hype, and there are 21 months until the big day in November. as for backhandedly launching a campaign, senator hagel this week , and that will stand as a much better buzz tool than hillary’s cheesy pleas. tucker carlson was literally spooging spasmodically on msnbc. so february will be interesting. shortest month of the year, it is dedicated to black history, and you wonder if obama’s camp has something up their sleeves. maybe blasting syl johnson’s “is it because i’m black.” johnson’s daughter shares many of the same letters in her name, syleena, and you know her from “all falls down”, by kanye, where she is heard belting out the hook. anyway, anyone want to make a bet on how november ’08 is going to pan out?

by syl johnson. amazing song. listen for the, “if you’re half-white, light brown skinned, or a high yellow, you’re still black!” the record was a 1970 movement towards black unity.

by the wu tang clan. also an amazing song, for all together different reasons.