C'est la Pop!

After Phoenix exploded the myth that there could never be a French pop music, Damien Robitaille takes it even further and sings...in French. Sacre bleu! But he does put in down with soul.



What's up with Canada? Is it trying to be the new Australia?

Edmonton, AB: restoring intelligence and humor to hip-hop...

You read that right: Edmonton. First, Mitchmatic. Haven't heard anything this funny, breezy, and smart since De La Soul's "3 Feet High and Rising."



Buy/download Mitchmatic here.

And through Mitchmatic, I discovered another gem of the Edmonton hip-hop scene (that still sounds weird), The Joe.



Buy/download The Joe here.

Now, back to post-punk...

Prinzhorn Dance School Challenges You to a Duel

So happy this sound is coming back. And that art school dropouts still want to make pop music rather than apps for cell phones. Sharp, aggressive, jangly, spare.



Also check out Household.

Resolution

A page from Woody Guthrie's diary, 1942. Hard to improve on: "31. LOVE EVERYBODY."

Do your best in 2012. Fail. Try again. Fail better.



HT: The Daily Dish

For Holiday Rockin', You Can't Do Better Than...

JD McPherson. Most seriously. Can't stop dancing to this...

Happy Holidays!

Have a very wonderful holiday. Drink responsibly. By which I mean, only the best.

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You Must Change Your Life...

...because you cannot unsee Selleck Waterfall Sandwich(es)...

Sometimes Profanity is the Highest Form of Eloquence

HT: The Daily Dish

This Will Make You Consider Joining the Hairy Hordes Occupying Wall Street...

I try to remain optimistic. I do. But increasingly I find myself absorbing just how poorly Americans treat themselves and I wonder what could possibly change us for the better? This long infographic is worth the effort. You'll feel worse, but you'll be less deceived by the crap that is flowing mightily in the run-up to the Republican primaries.

Created by: Online Masters Degree


Remind yourself that we have chosen to live this way. And also: 90% of us are losing ground every year. So...

• Let's break the unions. 
•  Restrict access to health care.
• Defend the grotesque multiples of executive pay.
• Limit parents' time with their newborns.
• Hold firm on minimum wage.
• Fund prisons rather than social programs.

Yeah, that'll work.

I Needed a Good Joke Today...I Got Like 5 out of 10

BBC News - Nick Helm's password joke is Edinburgh Fringe funniest:

Here are all the top 10.

1) Nick Helm: "I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves."

2) Tim Vine: "Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels."

3) Hannibal Buress: "People say 'I'm taking it one day at a time'. You know what? So is everybody. That's how time works."

4) Tim Key: "Drive-Thru McDonalds was more expensive than I thought... once you've hired the car..."

5) Matt Kirshen: "I was playing chess with my friend and he said, 'Let's make this interesting'. So we stopped playing chess."

6) Sarah Millican: "My mother told me, you don't have to put anything in your mouth you don't want to. Then she made me eat broccoli, which felt like double standards."

7) Alan Sharp: "I was in a band which we called The Prevention, because we hoped people would say we were better than The Cure."

8) Mark Watson: "Someone asked me recently - what would I rather give up, food or sex. Neither! I'm not falling for that one again, wife."

9) Andrew Lawrence: "I admire these phone hackers. I think they have a lot of patience. I can't even be bothered to check my OWN voicemails."

10) DeAnne Smith: "My friend died doing what he loved ... Heroin."

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