im on a boat, grammy?

did you know the andy samberg, lonely island youtube sensation i'm on a boat is nominated for a grammy for best rap/sung collaboration? even the satirists aren't sure why... anyway, the grammys are on sunday.



personally, i prefer shy ronnie.

keekerz speakerz

you're going to want to get an earful of the new beach house album, teen dream. it's the best one i've heard in all of 2010. here are some examples of what makes me think that.

beach house - norway

beach house - lover of mine

beach house - zebra

you can stream the whole thing at npr.

UPDATE: pitchfork agrees with 2pz...

what did you do this weekend?

i did this around 4:30am saturday night.

thx liz!

for your pleasure

i want

these puppies are handmade in istanbul of all places. there is a retailer in austin, tx, and it just so happens that im traveling to a wedding there in march. so now i finally have a reason to save my pennies so i can spend them on something important.

the runaways

i saw a single man last night, and was so happy to see bella swan and dakota fanning in the runaways trailer. looks like its going to be fun. are you going to see it?

she's like the wind

hungry eyes

internet mystery

now people are saying that its maybe xxxtina, maybe goldfrapp, maybe the knife. maybe nothing. not ke$ha though.

injustice

a man in florida was feeding bears. a lady bear didnt like what he was doing, so she walked up to him and slapped the shit out of him when he came outside. the guy woke up and called the doctor, and they ended up killing that lady bear. then the guy was fined for feeding the bears, which is the point that lady bear was trying to make in the first place.

stoopid.

the new PS-1.

SO-IL PS1 Pole Dance from SO-IL on Vimeo.

but where are the chickens?

kewl.

Phineas Gage is legendary for two reasons: surviving a tamping iron through the head before the age of modern medicine (There wasn't even anesthetic in 1848 when he suffered the accident while laying train track.); and sustaining a drastic change in personality as a result of the brain injury. Despite all the medical and psychological studies inspired by this marvel, Gage, himself, has remained an elusive historical figure. All that remains is the spike and his skull, displayed in the Warren Anatomical Museum at Harvard Medical School.



That is, until recently, when Jack and Beverly Wilgus posted a photo, titled "One Eyed Man with Harpoon" to their Flickr page. The image, which they discovered in 1968, was posted roughly a year ago, at which point the story began to slowly unfold online. Commenters, and whaling experts, pointed out that the metal instrument was not a harpoon. Eventually, one commenter named Michael Spurlock wondered, "maybe you found a photo of Phineas Gage?" (via)

dj pauly d

bein' awesome in vegas.

this is going to be good.

congratulations to the new orleans saints and the indiana ponies on making it to the super bowl. as g.animalz astutley pointed out, it will be good because it's 2 southern teams. gulp.

this year, i'm going to pull for the saints for a number of reasons. for one, they've never even been to the super bowl before! and you know how they got h8-e'd a while back, so they could use all the city pride they can get.

secondly, i know that the colts have the ultimate former volunteer for a quarterback, but i was happy to see some of my favorite vols, jabari greer and robert meachem (look how cute!) making some great plays and representing the university of tennessee admirably.

all of this being said, there is one saint that won my heart above all the others, and his name is gumbo. he's the saints' puppy mascot, and he is a saint bernard (like the parish!). keep an eye out for him during the super bowl, though i'm sure you won't have to look very hard. he's a show-stealer. here are some stats:

Name: GUMBO
Breed: St. Bernard
Number: #00
Age: 42 (that's 294 in dog years)
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Height: 9 Paws (that's 7 feet)
Weight: "How Rude!"

see you in miami, gumbo!

that'll teach him.

As the Derek Dooley era begins at the University of Tennessee, one Volunteer fan is offering up a lasting parting shot to Coach Lane Kiffin.

Knoxville attorney Drew McElroy has filed paperwork with the Knoxville City Council's Public Properties and Facilities Naming Committee to rename a waste water treatment plant the "Lane Kiffin Sewage Center." (via)

thx g!