Yeah Right

Meme of the Day

Gatsby meets Mean Girls

Hat tip: Brightest Young Things

Whoop!

Get ready for a new Franz Ferdinand album.

Hat tip: Jeff

Cool Cover Alert

Frightened Rabbit take on Best Coast:

Pop Culture Obits

RIP Ray

Song of the Week

There were a lot of great acts at Sweetlife Festival last weekend, but Phoenix stole the show. Much as I enjoyed the Strokes a few years back, Phoenix put on the best headlining set at Sweetlife to date. So let’s go with a Phoenix’s “1901” as SOW:

File Under: Funny, Part II

Nick Offerman reads celebrity tweets, volume 8:

File Under: Funny

Point Break as remade by other director:

Hat tip: Brightest Young Things

File Under: Random

If I were stuck on the international space station, I suppose I would make music video remakes too:

Hat tip: Mollie

Download These Songs Now (And Thank Me Later)

Janelle Monae – “Q.U.E.E.N.”

Best Coast – “Who Have I Become”

Heavy Cream – “Prison Shanks”

Jimmy Eat World – “Damage”

Smith Westerns – “Varsity”

DC Air Guitar

I hit up Sweetlife Festival on Saturday, so I missed the DC air guitar qualifiers. Based on this recap, it sounds like I missed a lot. Good thing I’ll be able to make the DC regional competition later this summer.