Our fabulous in-house videographer, the aptly titled Video Matt, is currently traipsing across the country with Anarbor who will soon be joining up on this year’s Take Action! Tour. Of course, he’s going to be documenting his travels in excruciatingly honest detail on our YouTube channel. You can see the first episode of his tour journal above, and the dates of the Take Action! Tour below. FUCK WITH IT!

Feb 11 - Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
Feb 12 - Cleveland OH @ House of Blues
Feb 13 – Cheswick, PA @ Gravity Nightclub
Feb 14 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Feb 15 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
Feb 17 – Boston, MA @ The Palladium
Feb 18 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
Feb 20 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
Feb 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
Feb 22 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Feb 23 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
Feb 24 – Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
Feb 26 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Feb 27 - North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
Feb 28 - St Petersburg, FL @ The State Theater
Mar 1 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Mar 2 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Mar 4 – Pensacola, FL @ American Legion
Mar 5 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Mar 6 - San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit
Mar 7 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Mar 8 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Mar 10 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
Mar 11 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Mar 13 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Mar 14 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Mar 15 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Mar 16 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
Mar 18- Sparks, NV @ The New Oasis
Mar 19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Mar 21- Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Mar 22- Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Mar 23- Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Mar 24 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Murray Theater
Mar 25 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Mar 27- St Paul, MN @ Station 4
Mar 28- Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club (The Rave)
Mar 30- Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Mar 31- Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Apr 1- Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s

I have no idea how this passed under our my radar for so long, but if you haven’t heard of Bo Burnham yet you should probably start checking out his work. This singer/songwriter/comedian has a thinking-man’s way with words and uses his songs to project some kind of sweet comedic gems. It seems that I’ve really missed the gun on this one, because the guy has been on Comedy Central, Last Call with Carson Daily, College Humor and is set to have his own Comedy Central Presents special come this year. To make me feel like an even bigger loser about the whole situation, it turns out that he’s only 18. Fuck.

Bo Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American comedian, singer, songwriter, musician, rapper, and Internet celebrity. He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States, graduating from St. John’s Preparatory School. He currently resides in Hamilton, Massachusetts. Burnham achieved Internet fame in December 2006 after releasing a video featuring his performance of an original song, “My Whole Family Thinks I’m Gay”, on YouTube, which has received over 2 million views as of November 2008.[1] The video had been originally posted on break.com, but received no attention there for quite some time. Over the following year, Burnham released 13 videos on YouTube and MySpace, garnering a combined total of 22.4 million views.[2] Burnham’s videos have also been featured on a variety of other websites, including Break.com, CollegeHumor, and Comedy Central official site.

22.4 million views? Jesus Christ, Video Matt needs to take some notes from this guy. Check out his song, “New Math”, with the lyrics after the jump.

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Our little boy, Video Matt, is all growed up. You can tell by all his tattoos. Anyways, he’s trying to stretch his wings and fly, and has entered himself into the running to be a host on MTV. He will still of course, stalk Hayley from Paramore in his spare time, and sit outside the Synthesis office smoking cigarettes all day, but he’ll also be world famous instead of just internet famous, so go vote for him here. WORD

In a true battle of internet titans, Jeffree Star and Video Matt now officially have beef. Video Matt’s scathing review of Star’s new CD Cupcakes Taste Like Violence, can be seen above, and Star’s own take on the video can be found in the comments. SPOILER ALERT: he didn’t like it. But be warned: Video Matt doesn’t take that shit lying down. Stay tuned for internet drama.

We’ve considered locking up the cameras at night so stupid shit doesn’t end up getting filmed when we’re out, but then again we wouldn’t have the great fortune to stumble upon Video Matt’s first attempt at being the next Vanilla Ice.

Video Matt recently had the chance to sit down with Tim and Chris from Underoath before the band’s show in San Francisco. Check out the interview, in two parts above, and then check out a little Video Matt specialness in the form of a “freestyle” below.