Woo. A whole bunch of randomness today.

First off, although I’m not in love with John Kerry, Duhbya has to be the worst public speaker in history. My grandma coulda done better, and she’s dead. Hey George, maybe you should look words like ’sovereignty’ up before using them, in case some reporter catches you on it and you end up sounding like an idiot. Well, at least it wasn’t a series of SNAFUs caught on tape and posted on the internet to be mocked for all eternity. Aaaand that’s all for politics, folks.

As Britney descends into total swamp trashdom, it appears she’s decided to get rid of her place just down the block from my old employers. Here’s some pics of the fancy pad she’s giving up. [Via curbed.com]

From the NSFW-but-not-quite-gratuitous-porn department, we have what must surely be a photoshoot from an upcoming Apple ad campaign. Perhaps she could use some of these iEverything-inspired butt plugs in her next one, just to really drive the point home. Hi mom!

In new music news, I’d like to echo allmusic.com’s sentiment regarding the new Dana Owens a.k.a. Queen Latifah record, in that the worst thing about it is it makes you sad that this is her first record where she sings all the way through. A versatile talent, this woman is. Except for the abomination that Taxi looks like. What were you thinking, Jimmy..What were you thinking.

If you’re a music journalist enlisted to review the new Interpol (I’m not a huge fan but people seem to like them), there’s a helpful article of 101 things to compare them to other than Joy Division. Get it? Cause people said they sounded like Joy Division before. And even though they do, people are sick of hearing that comparison. So, funny. heh.

From the “It’s 1 in the morning and I dont want to think of any other clever From The Desk Of lines” department, three random bits of information before I go enjoy my new stereo. The should-be-up-in-the-porn-paragraph-but-really-not-porn service Rasterbator will take jpgs and … well .. rasterize ‘em so you can print ‘em out real big. But really I just liked the name.

Distributor of all that is cool in the electronica world K7 has decided to put “Not Copy Protected” labels on all of their CDs. Kinda speaks for itself that they have this.

and we have this:

Okay so maybe it was only two things.

G’nite gracie.

Fall Behind Me by The Donnas

One of the only bands makin pure AC/DC-stylee Rock N Roll anymore. And it’s produced by our own Butch Walker (Hi Butch!)

In case you didn’t already know, George Dubya Don’t Play. (originally via in8.com which appears to no longer exist.)
If that doesn’t get your goat (whatever that means), you can watch the new mediocre Prodigy video, a part of the new mediocre Prodigy record, other than that track that rips “Thriller”

First of all, Garden State is easily my #1 movie of this year. It totally speaks to my generations current apathy about all things anything and search for meaning and passion in life. Even though I’m not typically a Natalie Portman fan, she did what the story required of her admirably. Zach Braff has quite a future ahead of him, if this movie is any indication. I’m not ashamed to say there was some welling up toward the end.

Speaking of welling up, my favorite unsigned band of the moment The Upwelling will be playing Mercury Lounge tonight at 11pm, so y’all should come by and check them out!

Oh, by the way, the soundtrack for Garden State is equally amazing. It sounds like the best mixtape you ever created, and includes a dramatic Nick Drake-esque reinterpretation of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights” by Iron and Wine. In my top 10 of this year at #2, can’t really see anything knocking it out.

Thats all for me for now.

Seacrest out!

P.S., if the governor of New Jersey is gay, how come its such a hole? Wouldn’t there have been some redecorating done by now?

P.P.S. R.i.P. Julia Child.

In the vein of Requiem Remixes and Six Feet Under remix, composer/producers Synchronic release their remix of the theme from M. Knight Whatshisface’s new shaggy dog waste of time The Village

• Is it possible that Rufus was utterly and completely bored during his set? or was it just me…
• Musical moment of the night: Ben + Rufus duetting on “Careless whisper”. Ben: It’s “Time will never mend the careless whisper of a good friend”, not “Time will never heal” … not that I’d know … not that I have Careless Whisper on 12″
• Conversational moment of the evening:
  Rufus: For the record, you’re a much better piano player than I am
  Ben: Yeah, but you’re much prettier than I am, so…
  Rufus: *pause* *shrug* *smile*

Scissor Sisters Billy Joel-ify Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out” to …interesting…effect.

The Big Picture: Whats Wrong with the Music Industry in One Long Sentence (annotated)

…of course, a lot of this doesn’t really apply to where I work, and if it does, its slowly changing.

Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice…as a stick figure video.