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News for Tuesday: The Merch Booth Edition

May 26th, 2009

* If you, like so many others, can’t get enough Kanye West, why not pick up his new book of Kanye-isms? It’s even designed for “people who are non-readers”. How considerate! * And since you’re out at the store anyway, can you pick me up a Weezer Snuggie, I mean a Wuggie? * Sure to [...]

Tags: beastie boys, Kanye West, Speidi, t.i., weezer
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture | Posted by Jessica M

Transforminators

May 26th, 2009

…I guess I’m not the only one who noticed eerie similarities between the new Transformers trailer and Terminator: Salvation. Best Part: “…and worst of all: eating all of our sand.”

Tags: fun, Movies, trailers
Posted in Just For Fun | Posted by Wendy

VPotW Double Whammy: Paper Route versus M83

May 26th, 2009

I knooooow you’re probably busy procrastinating doing that French assignment (you always are). But today I’m calling into question TWO of the videos from The Wedge Playlist in hopes to draw attention to a very important point: not everyone equally enjoys party times. Yes, you nod wisely, that is a very important point. So hear [...]

Tags: m83, paper route, vpotw
Posted in Blog, Just For Fun | Posted by Jessica M

MMVA09: Lady Gaga To Perform!

May 26th, 2009

Oh. My. God. We’ve finally got another MMVA guest to announce to you (it’s about TIME, huh?!): Lady Gaga will perform on June 21st!!

Tags: lady gaga, mmva09, performances
Posted in MMVA2009 | Posted by Wendy

Jury Duty in Kingston

May 26th, 2009

Hey Team! This is Darrin Rose from Video On Trial, alongside Eddie Della Siepe. We’re doing stand-up across the country on the Jury Duty Tour. This weekend we hit Kingston, Ontario! Kingston is known for two things – schools and prisons. And while I love that Asher Roth song as much as everyone else, Eddie [...]

Tags: darrin rose, eddie della siepe, jury duty, video on trial, vot
Posted in Just For Fun | Posted by Darrin and Eddie from VOT

disBAND: Stereos (Rob)

May 26th, 2009

Don’t you dare miss the season finale of disBAND this Wednesday at 8pm ET! To celebrate, we asked three members of Stereos to blog about their experience GETTING SIGNED TO A LABEL. We’ll post one a day til the air date! Then on Thursday, Stereos will perform on MOD! Disband was truly a life-changing excperience [...]

Tags: disband, stereos
Posted in We <3 TV | Posted by Wendy

News for Monday: New Friends, Fights, and Funky Ones

May 25th, 2009

* If you care: Robert Pattison and Kristen Stewart are capable of a) eating Italian food, b) sitting down in restaurants, c) talking to each other. Like regular people who work together on Twilight vampire movies, and not necessarily people who are dating (back off Stewart; he’s mine). * Spencer Pratt won’t fight you, because [...]

Tags: adam lambert, american idol, hillside festival, kristen stewart, lfo, queen, robert pattison, spencer pratt, trauma
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture | Posted by Jessica M

Glastonbury: Nice Rack!

May 25th, 2009

The line-up for the 32nd edition of Britain’s most coveted (and most drunken) summer music festival has been announced. This morning organizers for the always mud-soaked Glastonbury Festival revealed the massive roster of artists playing this year’s event. The three nights will feature the likes of Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band and [...]

Tags: across the pond, brit love, festivals, glastonbury
Posted in Concerts & Events | Posted by Cam

Something Grizzly and Disturbing

May 25th, 2009

Two Weeks If you were looking for a good psychological scare today, and who isn’t, why not check out this video that New York’s Grizzly Bear just released for their song “Two Weeks”. These guys opened up for Radiohead at a whole bunch of shows last year, and I’m thinking maybe something a little strange [...]

Tags: grizzly bear, patrick daughters, radiohead
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos | Posted by Jessica M

Keane (sort of) @ The Sound Academy

May 25th, 2009

If you are a big enough fan of British band Keane, then you probably trucked yourself aaalllll the way out to the Sound Academy on Saturday night and saw them practically burst the walls of the place with the crazy energy they were generating. Let me say, sincerely, that I would have liked to see [...]

Tags: keane, mat kearney, the helio sequence
Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events | Posted by Jessica M