The pilot of Beardo, a series of shorts hatched by Les Savy Fav frontman, LVHRD member and all-around silly goose Tim Harrington, has premiered on Pitchfork.tv. We won’t give away the episode’s plot, but suffice to say it makes us long for vampire paramours and more reruns of Blind Date. And yes, more episodes of Beardo.
Pitchfork and Harrington started work on the show after the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival, when the publication unleashed him onto the crowds. The uber-outgoing Harrington offered (and personally gave) haircuts and deep tissue massages.
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With just boxes and wires, Telecult Powers produce some amazing ambiance that’s blowing up big time in the local noise scene. Although they catalog themselves as a surf, acoustic and classic rock band, the Brooklyn-based dronesters are anything but.
Now why is this pertinent? Telecult Powers is one of the few bands in a very niched scene who is starting to get some attention from people outside Brooklyn’s tiny experimental music scene… and we always like to say you heard it here first.
You can hear what we mean at…
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Walking down the street the other day eating street-halal, we noticed the following box on the corner of Lafayette and Prince.
Who is that sexy lady? God Damn that’s a big image, that can’t be the cover of the magazine can it? Do I have $2 in change?
Those were the three questions that popped into my head as soon as I saw it. The answers: who cares, it is, and no.
Two days later however, I did have $2 in change and I bought one. It is awesome. It…
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King Cobra Malt Liquor. A beverage as cheap and effective does not exist in this country, and is certainly illegal in most other parts of the world.
Ice Cube would have you believe that St Ides Malt Liquor can “make your Jimmy thicker,” but it costs at least $0.75 more than one perfect, perfect 40oz KC.
The reason we bring KC to your attention (although its always on our mind) is that they have recently completed what I assume to be a 4 year, re-branding, strategic marketing, and new advertising, design…
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It could just be our love for duct tape, bright colors and NYC speaking, but we think we just might have a crush on Aakash Nihalani. He’s the fella who’s been sticking some very rad shapes around town since the summer. And if his recent Flickr updates are any indication, the cold isn’t slowing him down.
Nihalani’s all about “highlighting the unexpected contours” that the city’s had all along. This means you’ll find his work serving as platforms for subway musicians or emphasizing the brickwork we’d otherwise overlook.
Now, seeing Nihalani’s…
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Back in high school, when I was but a wee Beowulf, I ran for student body president. My running mate and I gave what I thought was a quality speech, with deadpan asides only complementing serious discussion of issues. But the popular dudes came on next, dancing out from behind a curtain to “U Can’t Touch This.” And I put my hands over my eyes to say: There’s no stopping those dufuses now.
They didn’t win. (Neither did we.) Unfortunately, a few people remembered my body language more than what I…
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And by “awesome,” we mean “accessible to those with internet access, a functioning web browser, and the desire to encourage voter participation and discussion within their workplace.” But all that couldn’t fit into the given headline space.
As you might remember, a few weeks back, our buds at thehappycorp global created a landing page for the initiative, which asks employers help bring up voter turnout by giving their workers a mulligan for the day — with the understanding that they’ll be spending their time off weighing the issues one last time…
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It’s not just the foliage and the times that are a-changin’ these days — it’s also the interior design. Enter the Fall Colors Contest, now in its fourth year.
Sponsored by Apartment Therapy and CB2, the competition calls on color lovers worldwide to find “the most colorful, most beautiful home on the planet.” And just to clarify, the contest actually accepts ALL colors, not just reds, oranges and yellows.
Sad to say, the window for submissions closed a few weeks back. But you can still cast a vote for your faves…
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I had no idea it could be this bad.
Here I was, living my little Beowulf-y life, ignoring the political and socioeconomical trends of late and, apparently, I completely missed the election. And now, according to this video a friend just sent me, my non-participation has cost Obama the presidency.
The report claims there are Facebook groups like “10 Million Strong Against Beowulf Jones.” (I think I might’ve joined that one! I don’t really pay much attention to what I’m clicking on, either.) And I see little old ladies denouncing me…
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According to NY1, an L line positioning system is scheduled to be installed at the Myrtle-Wyckoff station in Brooklyn next month. Passengers will be able to tell where trains are, which direction they’re headed, how soon they’ll arrive (and much, much more!) on a set of screens that update every 15 seconds.
But New Yorkers who don’t take the L needn’t feel left out: if this cheap ($15K) pilot program succeeds, there’s a good chance the system will expand to more stations throughout the city.
Sounding like a mad scientist, L…
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Today’s a freakishly sunny day here, and as a pair of friends dressed in matching canary yellow shirts passed by a window and caused this severely enveloping blast of color, I realized I’d just missed a holiday that’s just as obnoxious and endearing: CAPS LOCK DAY!
The 364 days I’ll have to wait to party really hit home when I visited the self-proclaimed offical website, caplocksday.com: their countdown clock lists the days until CLD ‘09 as “TOO FUCKING MANY.” Ugh. I don’t WANT to wait until next October 22nd to “PUSHA…
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Do you like “artist t-shirts”? Does the phrase “limited edition artist tee” make you whip out your wallet and start typing all of your credit card numbers at once? What about “limited edition, hand-screenprinted, Obama poster”? Just kidding! Stop typing your billing address and calm down. We have no Obama posters here.
Back to t-shirts. They are awesome! They are even more awesome when they don’t say “keep staring and I might do a trick,” or “I don’t hear voices, I talk to ghosts”. Seriously Hot Topic, you are ruining the…
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