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Weekend Roundup: 4th of July

I’m so in love with Scranto. Having him come up this weekend has settled everything in my head; all the fears and worries have shot out the window… John is the guy I’ve been waiting for.

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We did so much this weekend, in such a lazy fashion; it felt like the weekend was a whole week:

• Headed to Cathode’s for Big Ass Drinks Thursday night, learned that Mama still loves me enough to overpour my (and John’s) Margaritas.
• Rednecks in Bradford know how to cook, and two whole halfs of Chiavetta’s chicken equals a whole halved chicken.
• My dad smokes ribs better than anyone… still.
• I’m going to look like my Grandpa when I get older.
• Skylar John, and I can miraculously fit on a single (the size) bed.
• I love my bear.

Check out the photoset on Scranto’s flickr page to see all we that we did.

Monday, er Tuesday Tuneday: Classixx “Cold Act Ill”

Tubes were fail yesterday so I’m bring you your videyo today. And its totally worth it.

Classixx just released a video for one of my favorite party songs “Cold Act Ill,”  but the footage is anything but new. Check out the old school skateboarding and let the summertimes roll.

Via IHEARTCOMIX

Monday Tunesday: BPA - Toe Jam

This funky upbeat video from UK group BPA (The Brighton Port Authority) features Dizzee Rascal and David Byrne, and a very clever use of censor bars. Kinda not worksafe, eh?

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Fallen

If you ever read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (or the movie, FTL), there is a certain section about a whale that just happens to be, and describes its journey to the end. In Douglas Adam’s novel, the whale’s journey is innocent and play-by-play; he’s so busy taxonomizing his surroundings to notice his demise is the green ground that he’s so eager to name.

But what if, what if you knew the end of your life, and could see it? What if you knew you only had a short time to live? How would you live it? This struggle has been told over and over, but this time, as a sentient meteor in the digital short Fallen.

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1. Directed by Wolfram Kampffmeyer and Sascha Geddert
2. Animation: Wolfram Kampffmeyer
3. Shading, Rendering: Sascha Geddert
4. Compositing: Sebastian Nozon
5. Music and Sounddesign: David Christiansen
6. Produced by Stina McNicholas
7. Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

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Yelle: Tristesse Joie (Rolf Honey Remix)

Face deep in a work project this week and next, but I didn’t forget to post. Here’s some new Yelle, featuring the teckonik dancers again.

Monday Tunesday: Ratatat - Mirando

Eli turned me on to Ratatat during one of his self important rants where i was inclined to pay attention; I’m glad I did. The NYC Electronic duo has been turning up beats since around 2004, and they’ve been on tour with Bjork, Daft Punk, Interpol, and CSS among others. Their sound is upbeat and purely instrumental, a type suited for walking down a sunny street, or as soundtrack for a mellow indie house party, involving Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Their Latest release, “LP3,” is slated for July, with the single “shiller” released on 7″ vinyl. Here’s the latest release, the unofficial video for “Mirando”, an video mashup of Predator, created by band member Evan Mast.

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Get to the Choppa!

Usher the Bear: Love in this Club (Showbiz Style)

What do you do when you have a decommissioned Showbiz Pizza Place Animatronics setup lying around? You program it to play Usher and scare a lot of kids…

Via GorillaVsBear

Weezer: Pork and Beans

Weezer is coming out with a new album and their first new single, “Pork and Beans” features a video filled with youtube stars of various talents and happenstances. Its pretty Awesome.. Chris Crocker, mouthing the lyrics… FTW.

Best Buy Dance Dance Humiliation

These three young girls were merely grooving along to the hi fideilty of the Best Buy satellite radio display when the white man had to show up and ruin the party. Please note, it appears he was a Geek Squad employee.

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• Via Orbit Cast

Alice: Trippy Song/Video from the rabbit Hole

“Alice” is an electronic song created 90% of audio pieces taken from the movie “Alice in Wonderland.” The accompanying video features clever editing from the movie and takes you on an adventure true to the original. Music/video remixes are all well and good, but the impressive part is that the composer is a 19 year old from Australia.

Stream/download the song here, watch the video on youtube.

• Pogo (or as he calls himself on last.fm) put together a few other songs into an EP called “Wonderland.” They are all equally good, just no video for them… yet.
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