Pop! Goes Culture

WED SEPT 13- BAND OF HORSES, CHAD VANGAALEN $15 mainstage 8:30

THUR SEPT 14- ROGUE WAVE, JASON COLLETT, FOREIGN BORN $13 Adv/ $15 DOS mainstage 8:30

THUR SEPT 28- THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, CHRISTINE FELLOWS $13 mainstage 8:30

And then, for good measure, witness the awe-inspiring power of the first ever American V (which I thought stood for Verizon but is actually Virgin) Fest...

Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Who, The Killers, Flaming Lips, The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, Scissor Sisters, Keane, Thievery Corporation, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, New Pornographers, Drive-by Truckers, Kasabian, Brazilian Girls, Wolfmother, Tiesto, John Digweed, Carl Cox, RJD2, 2 Many DJs, James Holden

Yes, please! And, just to get you in the mood, here's Raconteurs covering Gnarls!

Also: My man Jeff at And I'm Not Lying F'Real and his crazy eclectic taste buds heavily recommend this show as well...

THUR AUG 24- DR. OCTAGON (AKA Kool Keith) $16 Adv/ $18 DOS mainstage 8:30

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The Chappelle's Show "lost episodes" began airing this week and, while the whole show was a mild disappointment, this sketch is hilarious. It's basically Chappelle and a bunch of people in a club reacting to ?uestlove from the Roots dropping "that new Tupac." The song goes on to predict all this stuff that happened after Pac's passing. It's really clever and absurd and follow the link above to watch it on YouTube.

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Jagshemash! Sasha Baron Cohen's Borat character has a web site with a trailer for the Borat movie, coming out this fall, that looks hilarious. Early oddsmakers have it being even funnier than Talladega Nights, which is quite an accomplishment.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the best music videos of all time.

Thank you, Pitchfork, and bless you, YouTube.

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This t-shirt may only cost $15, but I just don't think I could pull it off quite as gangster as these guys do...

 Blog 'til I die!

Thanks to Inside the Parker for the link.

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Tamar Superstar sends this video of Gnarls Barkley performing their ubiqutious hit 'Crazy' all slowed down on Top of the Pops. The performance, like all of their's that I've seen, is naturally a tripped-out novelty and certainly speaks to the genius that is DJ Danger Mouse. Look at the hot streak this guy is on...

The Grey Album ---> Gorillaz ---> Dangerdoom ---> Gnarls Barkley

Can't wait to see what he does next. Also, I really wanna see that episode of 'My Super Sweet 16' starring Cee-Lo's daughter again.

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I was entertaining notions of seeing Aussie new-metals rockers Wolfmother at Black Cat this week, but the show was on a Tuesday night and I'm not really familiar with their work and I decided to stay home to watch Real World: Key West (not really). Thankfully, as if just to make me feel bad, my man Jeff from AOL And I Am Not Lying, For Real was there to chronicle the show. 

Sounds like I will not be missing their next gig in DC, which Jeff says will be at either 9:30 or Nissan.

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The fifth Beatle, dead at 59.

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This comes courtesy of Lush...

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My old soul sister Tamar sent this a few weeks ago and it's haunted me ever since, a video send up of Nickelback's smash hit 'Photograph.' Extremely creative and pointless and funny.

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