Poster Boy

I like this:

Brain Power

Every "TED Talks" I've watched has been amazingly inspirational, but this one takes the cake.

Update 20:41 later...
This one is pretty incredible too.

My Vampire Weekend review (as promised)...

It was awesome. Most fun I've had at a show in a while. There was no crowd - maybe 30-40 people, tops. (Which is one of the things I love about Austin - everyone's so busy keeping austin wierd and supporting local, that touring gems like this get overlooked by the masses. ) Every person in the room was "feelin' it". Even the emo's dreadlock white guy next to me at the bar, who was skeptacle or their oy oy oy ska-ish shouts at first, gave in and leaned over "your're right they're really good." Girls up front were doing this strange chasing each other in a circle / mosh pit type of thing. (Maybe this is a new ritual among the young ones that I just don't know about? ) The singer has got the uniform down perfectly - barefoot, messy hair, lacoste type shirt -capturing the "yuppie new england 80's weekend college party" to a T.
They sounded great. They make you smile. They make you feel like you're on vacation. They make you want to move. They make me wish I was going to be in brooklyn in September for the West Indian Day Parade. (second favorite event in NYC).
They make me want to dance like I did with the old man chef I worked with in brooklyn who was from the dominican republic.
It's not a sound that has been idie-ized yet. Right? It's fun and catchy and carefree and smart. There's nothing to "get". It's not overly ironic. And no one is whining.
Sigh.
New favorite new band.

"Violent Lesbian Gangs a Growing Problem"

You gotta hand it to Bill O'Reilly - No one is better at spreading fear, hate and misunderstanding in thinly sourced and fantastically sensationalized national news programing.




This is all the information I could dig up related to the story:

CW Eyewitness News

NBC Local News Philidelphia


And these three:

Washington Post article

Advocate Article

Pink Pistols Blog

Jenny Hart (my boss lady) just finished this really cool piece for the October release of the octopus project's new album, and it's already being posted by several bloggers. I still can't figure out how - but that's not a bad thing.

This is pretty cute...