First it was a couple taking a trip to the boneyard during the Decemberists, and now this? Glad to see indie rock is finally coming to terms with it’s sexual exhibitionism. On second thought, after watching this very un-sexy display of vigorous dry-humping, I change my mind. Link: Buzzfeed
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Relief, Restraint: Sam Adams Talks with the Merc on Video
Adams was calm and restrained as he met with Matt Davis and myself this afternoon to talk about the Attorney General’s findings. There were no tears and no pathos, but also no champagne. “I welcome the report, the investigation was thorough, tough, but objective,” Adams summed up. There were three questions Adams did not answer […]
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Portland Cello Project “Tallymarks” Video
The Portland Cello Project has just released this lovely and sparse video for “Tallymarks.” Featuring the enigmatic Thao on vocals, the song is the highlight of their brand new The Thao And Justin Power Sessions recording. It’s also not embedded. So you’ll have to hoof it over to the Kill Rock Stars site to view […]
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Perez Hilton Would Like You to Watch the New Gossip Video. Okay?
While trolling for Heidi and Spencer gossip—I’m a sad and lonely man—I discovered that record label mogul Perez Hilton offered up the “world premiere!!!!!” of the new video from the Gossip. I wonder if there is a Perez Hilton quote I could use to describe this video? It’s fashion. It’s glam. It’s simple. It’s moody. […]
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The Gossip Feel the Burn for Music For Men
With a new record on the way The Gossip have created this hot and sweaty infomercial to tell you all about Music For Men. Personally, I’m hoping that years of rampant filesharing have convinced Columbia Records to utilize an alternative distribution method for this album: each copy will be delivered via a pair of bulging […]
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Time to Get a Wii
I’ve put off a Nintendo Wii purchase up to this point, but looks like that might change now that the system is about to release an updated version of Punch-Out!!, also known as the single greatest video game of all time*. Granted, this new version won’t have its former namesake—this guy—but it looks like all […]
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Tara Jane O’Neil and the Joys of Animal Dissection
Tara Jane O’Neil‘s video for “A Vertiginous One,” is quite spectacular. The haunting animated clip—which sort of reminds me of this well-received, and absolutely freakish, short—features a character that sort of resembles O’Neil, plenty of dead woodland creatures, diamonds skillfully plucked from an ear canal, and some mild eye bleeding. I did mention that it […]
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Job Opening
There are a few open positions at this warehouse… let’s just say the previous employees didn’t pay enough attention to the Safety Awareness Video: Will You Be Here Tomorrow? – Watch more Funny Videos (This video is 100% real, and available to employers for a scant $149.00.)
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Starfucker Take Their “Medicine”
Fresh from their brand new sorta-LP Jupiter, Starfucker has released the video for their lead single, “Medicine.” From the press release: “The concept behind Starfucker’s new video ‘Medicine’ was to extract and canonize the best and most recurrent elements from a typical hip hop video scenario; flashy dancers, big cars, intense focus on the artist, […]
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Hockey Stay Up Late with a Man Named Jools
The Gossip aren’t the only Stumptown dwellers big on the other side of the pond, as the local Hockey gents just performed a pair of tunes on the BBC’s Later… with Jools Holland program. Other guests included Oumou Sangare, Bat for Lashes, and Yusuf Islam. Wait, the band that was playing Portland basement shows a […]
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Joss Whedon Wins Bradbury Award For Reasons Known Only To Me
I met Ray Bradbury in 1991 at the San Juan Capistrano Library where he was doing a small book signing for The Halloween Tree. My mom drove me to the signing and as I stood behind her, holding my ripped and taped up Bradbury book, I heard her say “I thought the characters’ names were […]
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London: Two Amazing Things I Missed
So, I spent last week in London. And apparently I need to keep my eyes out of the gutter and start paying more attention to the world around me because I missed two things that would have been very high on my To Do list. (1) Walk-in cocktail opens in LondonIt’s a bar filled with […]