December 2008
23 posts
Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard Engaged! →
“Isn’t that just the most indie-in-2008 thing ever? It almost seems a littletoo perfect, as if we made it up in some kind of fantasy indie rock love connection.”
Lolz, so true.
Touching story about the town of Barrow, Alaska (33 miles inside the arctic circle… it gets 80 degrees below zero) whose adolescents were stricken by high drug use, dropout, and crime rates. They started a football team up there that began to garner media attention from all over the country and completely brought a community together and actually turned a town’s youth around.
The Associated Press: Utah store has bone to pick... →
Dog jail?
Stereogum's 50 Most Popular MP3s Of 2008 →
Our good friends at Stereogum refuse to disappoint once again and are offering a nice little free zip file of all their top 50 mp3 tracks of the year. Happy downloading.
Caracas is opening a Brooklyn outpost! →
One of my favorite East Village restaurants is opening a branch here in my own neighborhood! Score.
E Y E B E A M - Holiday Hackshop →
Because these homemade art gifts are about five hundred percent cooler than store-bought ones.
Will Ferrell's Funny Or Die has exclusive premiere... →
peterwknox:
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Flight of the Conchords will return to HBO in January 2009. However, in two weeks Funny or Die.com will have the exclusive, premiere episode of Season 2. It premieres on 12/17 at noon (est) and runs through 12/21. In the meantime, fans can enjoy some classic FOTC at Funny or Die.
Interesting move.
They’re also filming on Banker Street in...