yeah, there's a spice girls reunion tour

all five girls (who now have seven kids) reuniting ten years later to play eleven shows in six continents.

it's still weird that eddie murphy got mel b. preggers.

michael jackson's perilous health situation

fox news posts an interesting piece that michael jackson's family is putting out a concerned request for help regarding jacko's drinking and heavy use of prescription meds, plus his two year family distancing. further in the article, it talks about how jesse jackson was brought in by michael's manager to run his businesses.

It was Jesse Jackson who two years ago caused an avalanche in Michael’s finances. Jesse Jackson, sources say, interfered in Michael’s business by attempting to call Bank of America president Ken Lewis to complain that Michael was being “ripped off” in some way over his $270 million.

Lewis refused to speak with Jesse Jackson. He was so annoyed by Jackson’s interference that he ordered the banker in charge of the account to sell the loans to Fortress Investments.

the tidbits continue in the article.

memory lane: the sm paper iphone

congrats to all those who got the first iphones today. and to those who are still iphone-less, lets not forget the trickery we can play on our friends, loved ones, and casual carpoolers with the sneakmove paper iphone... it's free and it's the best way to spend the last couple hours at work before the weekend starts. cut, fold, tape and voila, instant iphone style. enjoy.

diy paper iphone template (pdf)

all aboard!

yes its official. vince neil has teamed up with carnival cruise to bring you the motley cruise. A "4-day rock & roll vacation filled with music, fun and sun - and of course plenty of girls girls girls!" vince neil, skid row and slaughter will be playing. the uss motely sets sail january 24th -28th 2008 with stops in miami, key west and playa del carmen. don't forget your cod piece, hairspray and jagermeister.

google search for mp3 & wma

copy this string into google search:

|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “artist or song”

replace the "artist or song" with the artist or song you are looking for and download the music.

innovative new resource for pitching your business plan

combine online video and venture capitalists and you get vator.tv - a hot idea that lets you and post your "elevator pitch" video, and networks you with the financiers that can make it happen. funded by some heavy hitters in the silicon valley scene, it'll lead to some big things for sure.

online album art finder

like having album art for your itunes? this site lets you search and find the images you need.

make your own thing in a jar, freak out your coworkers

this guy has a great project to really freak people out. diy thing in a jar.

rolling stone on the decline of the record sales industry

part one of a two-part piece about how record sales have steadily dropped since 2000, and how the future outlook remains grim.

eddie vedder & tim robbins

pearljam front man eddie vedder and hollywood actor/activist tim robbins singing the state of george w. in los angeles around this time last year.

how to: make your own lego rubiks-cube solver

detailed information about an automatic, automated and amazingrubik's cube solver made with legos.

video–crazy dude makes art with html tables

web coders typically advise against using tables. tell that to this guy!

music that'll make you stronger

our good friend sepehr, has recently co-created a health and fitness website in order to promote healthy living. he wanted to let us know that he is putting out a weekly workout music mix, some of which he creates and others are from djs/popular artists. so click on over and see for yourself, i hear he is open to suggestions.

awesome new european dance craze

if you're a 17 year old boy in belgium, i imagine you're overcome with excitement about "jump style" dancing. here are two videos with evidence of this (courtesy our pal pleasure)...






click the youtube logo to view the counter on that second one. currently 4,034,187, and not a one from u.s.a...

things to do: see bomarr and quarterbar at madrone!

you probably have plans for the weekend. but what about next weekend? here's something fun and then some, courtesy of our pal bomarr:

I'm DJ'ing 3 times next week......................

Wed the 27th @ Laszlo in the Mission from 9 to close

Thurs the 28th @ The Missouri Lounge in Berkeley (2600 San Pablo) with Newageynofriends

and

Saturday the 30th @ Madrone (a little one off night with myself and Noah/Quarterbar)

I know some of you can't make it out to Madrone next Saturday, so you should come out and have a hump day drink next Wednesday.

see y'all there.

captain beefheart's ten commandments for guitarists

great list, at first it seems like a joke but then you realize he knows what he's talking about: captain beefheart's ten commandments for guitar players.

2. YOUR GUITAR IS NOT REALLY A GUITAR: Your guitar is a divining rod. Use it to find spirits in the other world and bring them over.

(thanks, petenicely.)

av club's 13 great moments in hip-hop co-option

the av club brings us 13 points in hip-hop history (many with video evidence) that make our noses wrinkle. one new fact i didn't know before: crazy legs from the breakin' movies dressed in a wig and pantyhose to provide some bodydouble dancing footage for jennifer beals' final dance scene in flashdance.
(thanks, petenicely.)

favourite movies recreated in lego: 1969's the italian job

one of my all time favourite movies is the italian job, the 1969 version not the marky mark one. one of my favourite toys is lego, combine the two together and its heaven.

the italian job part two.

check out the other movies such as african queen and the magnificant seven

mega-rare beatles white album #0000006 on ebay

mr. koshak alerts us to a hot ebay auction. ending in 9 hours and currently at $18,400, check out the #6 pressing of the beatles white album...

ten lame superheroes list

chuckle-inducing list of ten of the lamest superheroes ever.

mf doom dunks

nike is making some mf doom dunks. fresh.
(via, hypebeast.)

here're a bunch of songs featuring doom:

moka only feat. mf doom "more soup"
ghostface & doom "angels"
vast aire feat. mf doom "super friendz (edan remix)"
mf doom "doomsday"
mf doom, beatnuts, gang starr "nettle leaves/off the books/just to get a rep"

sage francis and jolie holland

providence based hip-hop artist sage francis with texas/la singer jolie holland for the track, got up this morning.

congrats to jolie and chris d. on their wedding.

nasa methane rocket test

nasa has been developing methane as a possible fuel for space travel. one of the main advantages to using methane is that it could be harvested in space for refueling since methane naturally exists on remote planets. there's a vid of a recent test too. impressive.

avatar vs. real-life comparison

the new york times recently posted an hilarious look at the avatars people use for online role playing games. unsurprisingly, they don't always look quite like the real people behind them.

fmrm

so there is a television marketing convention that happens once a year. it can be quite dry. this year myself and 25 of my closest dearest friends tried to spice it up a bit by curating some of the most creative minds in the industry for a short film festival. the work was amazing and it was free of any financial or sponsored support, just the big idea of supporting creativity. one is here, but you can see them all at twenty120.com.

there were all sorts of reasons not to do it, so this was the soundtrack to keep things moving:
can't tell me nothin, by kanye.

nobody's grandmother should be this radical, nobody's!

this woman is incredible. she's got more street cred than the zulu nation and the hillside stranglaz combined. actually she probably has more in common with hipsters from williamsburg. watch her sip on some mountain dew and handle her business on the decks.

new coen bros movie

i love coen bros movies. there's a new one on the way. this is a trailer made by a fan using clips released at cannes. looks good.

new guitar pickup technology

another submitted link: q-tuners, the first pickups to use those neodymium magnets (those freaky tiny ones that will hold to each other on opposite sides of your hand).

listen to their demo. if i can play like this with these, i'm sold.

how to write a press release

so much creativity is going on these days, the real art is quickly becoming how to sell your work. here's a start: how to write a press release.

azeda booth, new ep, and it's good

calgary-based acoustic/electro group azeda booth has a new 5 song ep mysterious body .

check out landscape (with grass) (mp3)

last of the independent sf record stores

couple months ago, our pal sizod sent me a cool article listing the remaining few indie record stores in sf. i meant to post it. here it is.

david bowie and frank black

david bowie & frank black singing fashion. recorded at bowie's 50th birthday concert 1997.

ten car train shows us "the way"

ten car train is a new site brought to you by the good people of dosmasks. the site features "stories, thoughts and BART-accessible events for you to enjoy."

do yourself a favor and check out today's offering, a story called "the way" by jason sattler, with accompanying art by jeff hurlow. it's part of a series of what is being termed "star wars apocrypha." brilliant.

cello and beatboxing flutist jamming in nyc subway station

indie and b-movies torrent source

looking to download some obscure flicks? cinemageddon is a good place to check first.

a sneakmove favor request: anyone know of bollywood torrent sources? thanks!

to do this friday: bomarr djing at laszlo in san francisco

sneakmove's own bomarr will be generously providing us with free entertainment this friday... here are the details from the man himself:

I'm DJ'ing at Laszlo (2526 Mission) on Friday night from 9pm-2am

There's absolutely no cover, so you have no excuse not to come out and drink your asses off...

gmaps + gps on finnish public transport = live bus tracking

i suspect u.s. paranoia will mean i'll never know how far the sf muni bus 21 is from my apartment, but at least i can see if the hkl 58b is approaching sörnäinen...

de la soul skateboard deck

looks like it's sold out, but signature skateboards (their website is not worth going to) put together a skateboard deck featuring some classic de la soul imagery. have a look-see:

and let's enjoy some rare de la soul jams:

de la soul "de la soul's poster" from the de la soul is dead sessions and their impossible mission mixtape

de la soul "sh.fe.mc's feat. a tribe called quest", a b-side from around 1994

friday recap

quarterbar has been kind enough to provide us with some of the songs he played friday. it was a fun night. synthface absotively killed it.
thanks to stephanie for the pics and vid.



mirage "lake of dreams (demo)"
crazy penis "bumcop"
om84 "harmlessness"
junior boys vs. larry levan and taana gardner "fm"
air vs. antibalas "hypocrite love"
paul mccartney "temporary secretary"
lindstrom "music in my mind"
leroy hanghofer "das pi"
yaz "don't go (quarterbar rum mix)"
the human league "the sound of the crowd"
bauhaus "kick in the eye"
new order "your silent face"
goldfrapp "number 1"
gramme "like you"
the emperor machine "labocatocs (vincent markowski's polski re-rub)"
moderne "switch on bach"
japan "gentlemen take polaroids"
supersystem "miracle (rapture remix)"
think about life feat. subtitle "what the future might be"
ruth "roman photo"
the incredible moses leroy "we don't dance"
icicle works "birds fly (whisper to a scream)"
baby dayliner "at least"

find flickr photos "by color"

know you need a pic that fits a certain shade of yellow? use this tool to find it. the pics are all cc licensed, too!

vintage pixies live on dennis miller show

many years ago the pixies played on dennis miller's talkshow to promote trompe le monde. they played two songs and kicked ass. it was 1991 and the world was almost perfect. watch and enjoy.



(thanks, glenn.)

fmrm

there is just a lot about this that is so right. check it out:
1:19 steroid gay guy
142 hot pants
2:19 oiled muscle man
3:21 dance off to ward off the evil pimp
4:04 evil grimace of intrigue by pimp...dance back!!
4:24 hookers win by dancing into the morning sun!! hug it out.
4:58 team point and look.

i really love it and this song is really on my brain. listen to

pat benatar's love is a battlefield
and
papoose's rendition of the same jam

top ten worst/best athlete-rappers

newagey forwarded the king cringer link of the week, the top ten list of athlete rappers with embedded mp3 examples... we've all tried to forget kobe, but this brings back a few that might be even worse -- gary payton, chris webber, andre rison...

then i found a similar article from xxl mag last year, with a few additional tracks including one particularly bad one by jason kidd from 1994. why???