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Archive for April, 2008
Matt Leinart Knows How To Have A Good Time
Author: some guy1 Apr
Pictures have been discovered. Pictures of Matt Leinart. He’s out drinking… He’s got a beer bong… He’s in the hot tub with…four women.
Alert the media. Sound the air raid. Get Homeland Security on the horn. Call the army and tell them to redeploy our troops from Iraq to Arizona. Get down on your hands and knees and pray to the Lord Almighty. And for Christ’s sake; somebody better get a hold of Sean Salisbury.
DAMN YOU, YOUTUBE!
Author: Ms. Nickels1 Apr
On the front page of YouTube, in the featured vids, there’s a still shot of a cute little bunny about to eat a banana. SO CUTE! I click on it. Because I want to watch a cute little bunny eat a banana.
AHHHHHHHH! It’s Rick Astley again!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!! JUST when I dislodged it from my brain! Very funny, YouTube. PLAAAAAAYED OUUUUUT.
Rivers Cuomo: Let’s Write A Sawng
Author: AJ1 Apr
So you say you love Weezer? Well right now you can take part in an interactive songwriting experience on YouTube and help Rivers Cuomo write a song. The project is currently on Step 4, which invites users to create an arrangement of the chord progression chosen by Cuomo. If you need to catch up and you can watch Steps 1,2,3 and 3b here.
Let’s Write A Song (Step 4)
The Next: iPhone meet iNstinct
Author: James1 Apr
Samsung is launching a touch screen cellular device that it hopes will compete with Apple’s wildly popular and equally expensive iPhone. The Korean technology company announced today its plans for the Instinct, which will be available to Sprint customers. The fully touch-screen device will be available in June. What will the Instinct be able to do for you? EVERYTHING. I’m lazy so here’s a lengthy block quote.
According to Sprint, the Instinct features a touch-screen with localized tactile feedback, called haptics, which allow the virtual QWERTY keypad and other operations to become “a sensory experience.” The mobile phone also features a Voice to Action button offering access to functions through voice activation, including call, text, picture message, traffic, movie, sports, news and search.
The device measures 2.17 inches by 4.57 inches by 0.49 inches and weighs less than 4.5 ounces, Sprint said. It features advanced functions like Visual Voicemail, which lets users listen to messages in their order of preference and manage them with a screen tap. It also offers support for corporate and consumer POP3 email accounts, multitasking that lets users play music in background mode while surfing the Internet, texting or playing games; a 2.0 megapixel camera with camcorder and expandable microSD memory of up to 8 Gb. Other features include stereo Bluetooth 2.0; an integrated world clock, SMS voice and text messaging with threaded text, phone as a modem, picture caller ID and Sprint Mobile Sync.
The Samsung Instinct marks Sprint’s first EV-DO Rev. A consumer device. It offers Web browsing, business and personal email access, picture sharing, commercial-free radio and other features at broadband speeds. Additionally, the device opens up access to Sprint exclusive services and multimedia content including Sprint Navigation, a system powered by Telenav with GPS-enabled audio and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, one-click traffic rerouting and more than 10 million local listings; and live search, delivered through Microsoft, which offers access to director information, GPS-enabled directions, interactive maps and one-touch click-to-call access.
The Instinct also boasts entertainment features like Sprint TV, which offers live and on-demand programming; Sprint Exclusive Entertainment, a made-for-mobile sports and entertainment video programming network; and Sprint Music Store, which lets users browse and wirelessly download full songs directly to the device for $0.99 each.
Lastly, the device offers Pocket Express, which gives up-to-date information on sports, weather, news, movie times and other customized options based on the user’s zip code.
The only thing that it won’t help you with is getting laid, but you’ll be so distracted by all it’s other features, you probably won’t care. And really who has time for sex or any other sort of human interaction if you’re going to be pestered by constant e-mails from your boss, clients, etc. all the fucking time? Sprint is hoping that the Instinct will win back some of their customers who jumped ship for AT&T when they became the US’s sole handler of the iPhone, but seeing as these defectors probably had to sign ridiculous contracts to do so (AT&T owns my soul too), I’m wondering if it’ll take a couple years before Sprint starts seeing dividends.
The battle is on, however, and Sprint is quick to fire the first shot, saying of the Instinct’s release that “slow ends in June,” a pot shot at the iPhone’s fickle functionality. Pricing is still not determined, but Sprint says the Instinct will be under $300; meanwhile, the cheapest iPhone is around $100 more.
Picture courtesy of Gizmodo.
Slick Shoes Reunites
Author: AJ1 Apr
If you live in So-Cal, you may be lucky enough to catch some nostalgic pop-punk from late 90’s rockers Slick Shoes. According to their blog, the original members have reunited and will be playing sporadic shows:
Hey Everyone,
Good news. Slick Shoes is back together with original members Ryan Kepke, Jackson Mould, Joe Nixon, and Jeremiah Brown. We also added guitarist Jordan Mould . Although we will not be touring extensively we will be playing shows and hope to record a new record in the near future.
Upcoming Shows
Apr 3 2008 7:00P Glasshouse Pomona, California
Apr 10 2008 7:00P The Key Club Hollywood, California
Band of the Day: Flobots
Author: Ms. Nickels1 Apr
I don’t usually do the Band of the Day thing, but today I’m going to hijack it. Because I already love Flobots…
Hailing from Denver, Colorado, the group consists of:
Jonny 5 - Emcee, Vocals
Brer Rabbit - Emcee, Vocals
Andy Guerrero - Guitar, Vocals
Mackenzie Roberts - Viola, Vocals
Jesse Walker - Bass
Kenny Ortiz - Drums
Joe Ferrone - Trumpet
… who all made a killer album in 2007 called Fight With Tools, and were recently signed to Universal Republic Records. Check out the songs on their MySpace site, especially their hit “Handlebars” which recently made it’s debut on LA’s KROQ. Their sound (not their message) is like Eminem meets Cake and it’ll have you repeating the last four syllables of everything you say. Everything you say. Everything you say. (Ok, I realize that was 5 syllables.) Catchy beats, interesting lyrics, and a message of hope for a “fully engaged, non-violent society” equals ice cream to my ears. Here’s their website. Check ‘em out, add a song to your MySpace page and don’t forget to sing along.
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