The Modern Age

Although it’s nowhere near Maxim’s Guide to the North American Girls, know Your Guide To the North American Rock Critic. If you study it carefully, you just might save yourself long-winded conversation with some snively-nosed Indie Thug about Rainer Maria (let the thumb-sucking begin!). Find gems like this:

THE DIARIST
Fun Fact: There is the [...]

Awww.. How funny is The White Stripes goes South Park? Also check out the Belle & Sebastian cover. Link from Analog Kid.

You’re AIM, probably the most popular instant messenger out there. The bad thing is that you’re run by a bunch of corporate assholes, but what isn’t nowadays?
Which IM are you? From the CP bb.

Holy crap! Check out the cover of this week’s NME:

PHWOAR! I think I just fell in love with Chris again… not that I was ever out of love, but perhaps I just fell in lust. Do the words “bedroom” and “pin-up” have any meaning to you in this case? God bless [...]

Tim & Chaz did an acoustic set at Newbury Comics last night to celebrate the US release of Free All Angels. Mowhawk-less Rick and pen-less DMH were in attendance.
There are some fantastic Hives and Star Spangles shots over at Michael’s. Take a gander.

This is a sorta cool idea… Mixmatch allows you to submit songs to a playlist and share your personal “make out” or “independence day” music with others. Not as cool as some other music-related web projects out there, but whatever… some of you might enjoy it.