Tupakazakhistan
Three guys traveling through Central Asia decided to bring the joy of Tupac to the masses. Rumors of an Uzbeki Biggie Smalls version have yet to be confirmed.
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September 17, 2009CommentHorror Remake Watch: Mario Bava’s Black Sunday
It really doesn’t matter what you think of all these horror remakes, ’cause they’re here to stay, and there will be more – many, many more. Here’s the latest “reimagined” scarefest…
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September 17, 2009Breakthrough Band: Washed Out
Hot on the heels of artists like Animal Collective, Neon Indian, and Memory Tapes comes Washed Out, who has already left his footprints in the sands nearby half a dozen tastemakers…
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September 17, 2009Star Trek Sequel: Topical!
Hey, Star Trek made a lot of money! How could it not, with cinematic alchemist J.J. Abrams at the helm? So, naturally, we’re talking sequel. But some comments from the power behind…
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September 16, 2009Unknown Pleasures Visualized
Yes, we know, if you see one more hipster wearing the Unknown Pleasures T-shirt you’ll take a brick to them. Joy Division is played out.
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September 16, 2009Chris Brown Doin’ His Community Service
This is nothing but schadenfreude, baby. Hit a woman as hot as Rihanna? You’re going to be a punchline for life. So let’s point and laugh at Chris Brown as he does his community se…
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September 16, 2009You Sank My Battleship
Okay, real talk: the Clue movie was pretty great. Multiple endings, Tim Curry, murder – a pretty good flick. But that doesn’t mean we need to see more movies based on board games. …
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September 15, 2009Full Release: Music
It’s new CD day – and I guess new iTunes download day and new Zune Marketplace day and whatever other demented mechanism you use to get your music day. It’s a good day! Let’s have …
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September 14, 2009A Youtube Symphony In B Flat
Amazing thing of the day: in Bb, that rare online music project that is not only awesome in concept, but cool to listen to. 20 YouTube videos, 20 different instruments, a bazillion…
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September 14, 2009Sumosonic Spotlight: Major Lazer
So you’ve had a chance to check out Sumosonic, right? You – you haven’t? What more impetus do you need to peep the latest tracks from some of today’s hottest breaking bands? Do I h…
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September 14, 2009Miles Of Pixels
Kind Of Bloop is one of those projects that’s so bizarre that I’m amazed it didn’t happen earlier – video game musicians covering Miles Davis songs.
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September 14, 2009Barbarella Beatdown
Okay, this is some Terminator 2 shiot right here. We’ve got the original model in the form of Angelina Jolie, and then we have the new liquid metal hotness of Megan Fox. Both have …
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September 14, 2009Behind The Music That Sucks: Kanye West
I figured that with Kanye running his mouth again at the VMAs (check out our compendium of his douchiest moves here), it would be a good time to remind everybody that we’ve been sa…
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September 14, 2009Top 10 Most Over-the-Top Brag Rhymes in Hip-Hop History
“He can’t satisfy you with his little worm / but I can bust you out with my super-sperm!” Big Bank Hank, “Rapper’s Delight” In what was arguably the song that started hip-hop.
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September 13, 2009Yellow Submarine Dives Into The Uncanny Valley
I’m kind of torn on Robert Zemeckis’ “performance capture” techniques – if you’re not familiar, it’s the process of filming real actors, digitizing them, and then creating CGI anim…
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