January 2009
Nine Crimes - Damien Rice
“When I drink I find that I just get kind of sleepy and a little nauseous. Which...”
– Michael Ian Black Blagojevich-based Corruption Game Coming to the... →
Some of the visual effects team for the Watchman movie just finished their first iPhone game, a title that has gamers selling off bits of Illinois government, Blagojevich-style, in Dope Wars-esque gameplay. Want.
New $3 Light Bulb is 12 Times More Efficient and... →
Cambridge University researchers have developed a $3 LED-based lightbulb that is 12 times more efficient than regular tungsten light bulbs, three times more than low energy ones. It lights up instantly, lasting for 100,000 hours, The cheap lightbulb could cost the energy bill in any house by as much as three quarters. In fact, if everyone replaced their current light bulbs, the proportion of...
The Gaslight Anthem - Two April Nights
Again this year I get to see my friends and absolute favorite band The Gaslight Anthem. I hung out with them two nights in November when they were in Denver and it looks like I’ll be doing it again in April. They were the first band I interviewed for Punknews when I got the gig last spring and are the most fun guys to talk to and hang out with. We talked a little bit backstage and outside...
Dear Guy Who Updates His Facebook Status Twelve...
Dear Guy Who Updates His Facebook Status Twelve Times in Five Minutes, Your vague statements and your crappy metaphors don’t let anyone into your boring life, if that’s what you’re trying to do. We don’t want to figure out what song that line came from the middle of and we don’t try to connect that to whatever is going on with you. Stop it.
Live Grenades - Let Me Run Let Me Run, one of my... 
Valkyrie: The Quest For Acceptance
Hitler called himself a misunderstood artist so he chose politics instead, rising quickly to the top and many years later, someone decided to make a movie about Tom Cruise trying to kill him. They blew the so-called Valkyrie conspiracy so far out of proportion that the facts have become all misconstrued. This is what really happened: In 1907 and 1908, a young artist named Addie Hitler applied and...
Obama's White House →
peterwknox: jeralyndwile:lanajoy:alcaniglia: Great article describing how Obama runs the White House in terms of dress code, hours, etc.
3D German Movies
I just watched an old German movie with 3D glasses, the simple kind that you cut out of a magazine, not the expensive kind from Brookstone, silly. It made everything that happened in the 1979 movie come “at me!” Like they were eating dinner, at me. The phone rang on the wall, at me. The black guy was naked kissing Maria, at me. Old German movies are so much better in 3D.
The Navesink Banks - The Gaslight Anthem ... 
The Wrestler - Bruce Springsteen (New) Classic... 
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I’ve wanted to do this for a few weeks now because Tumblr’s userbase is growing and I’m getting bored reading the same old things (I love the sites that I read but I’m eager for some new digs). Reblog with a link to your current favorite Tumblelog for me, would ya.
Bowl of Oranges - Bright Eyes 
AC Milan Wants David Beckham →
AC Milan are willing to pay a £4.5m transfer fee for David Beckham to remain at the San Siro but, according to chief executive Adriano Galliani, LA Galaxy are yet to agree to a deal.
Four Ways Barack Obama Can Change The Way We Eat →
With two young children in the White House, President Obama is expected to support legislation designed to improve the nutritional standards of foods provided through school breakfast and lunch programs. The current front runner for the position of Surgeon General, Sanjay Gupta, MD, is also known for his commitment to fighting the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic through his work with CNN’s Fit...
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom... Twitter.com/ZackShapiro →
In 2009 I’m going to embrace Twitter a little more even if I don’t understand it. Follow me if you’d like.
Take Pictures On Your iPhone? You Need Fast Tap...
Over at Tumblr iPhone App Reviews I reviewed an app called Fast Tap Camera, a missing piece of the iPhone. I really don’t know why we can’t take pictures with the regular camera app by just tapping on the screen but Fast Tap Camera adds that functionality. If you ever use your iPhone camera, you owe it to yourself to purchase Fast Tap Camera. The review is here
Italian Lightning - Brian Fallon The central boys... 
Think Fast! Records to Stop Producing CDs, Focus... →
Think Fast! Records is here to tell you, that the music technology that we know as CDs is, in 2009, borderline obsolete. Releases in mid-2009 and onward will be available on vinyl and digital download formats only, with an instant free digital download with all vinyl purchases. This is the future of music distribution. Aside from the pirating and everything…
Car Crash (Live) - Matt Nathanson