The Modern Age

From our special roving reporter, Bao, on the DC WAS show:
So Brooklyn bands, We Are Scientists and Oxford Collapse invaded Washington DC’s Black Cat on Tuesday, with their Aussie friends, the Grates, in tow. Oxford Collapse opened up–not a huge fan of their music but they do put on a good live show.

Photo by Bao.
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Don’t watch if you don’t want to know anything:

AND DON’T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE EPISODES. AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

According to her blog post on Dazed Digital (a new website from the peeps at Dazed and Confused magazine), Karen O has taken to championing the all-female Austin, TX quartet, Finally Punk since she is “fond of kids without balls but spines–girls”.
Check out their cover of Nirvana’s “Negative Creep” on their MySpaz.
Watch their video [...]

A List Apart: Articles: The Bathing Ape Has No Clothes (and other notes on the distinction between style and design)
(tags: art culture design fashion style)

Pretty in Pink: Bugatti Veyron by Bathing Ape - Autoblog
Did you think the Porsche Turbo with the camouflage paint job was strange? Then try this on for size.
(tags: transportation design)

Nike+iPod raises [...]

So you thought you had a lot of free time on your hands? Probably not as much as the people who put together this version of OK Go’s “Here It Goes Again” treadmill video…OUT OF LEGOS. (Link from Alyse):

`Late Night’ Manatee Becomes a Web Star - washingtonpost.com
Conan O’Brien has gotten an impressive amount of mileage out of a blubbery, slow-moving aquatic herbivore.
(tags: conanobrien funny nbc)

High Fidelity to Close on Broadway December 17 (baltimore.broadwayworld.com)
The musical High Fidelity will end its run on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45 Street) following the evening [...]

As you may remember, in August of this year I totally had a hissy-fit that Will Chase didn’t know what Other Music was DESPITE being the lead in the Broadway musical adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel, High Fidelity.
Well my hex upon the musical came to fruition: after only 14 performances, High Fidelity on Broadway is [...]

Albert Hammond Jr | Music | This is London
Albert a hit in London
(tags: thestrokes alberthammondjr music uk concerts)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Fashion/Beauty :: Are you hot enough?
Online dating service is for the really good-looking people
(tags: dating socialnetworks)

Can of Worms — Oxfam America Unwrapped Online Store
Here’s one can of worms that friends and loved ones sure won’t [...]

The UNICEF Snowflake Lightings :: The UNICEF Snowflake :: U.S. Fund for UNICEF - UNICEF USA
Suspended at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, the UNICEF Snowflake is anchored by four of New York’s most prestigious retailers: Tiffany & Co., LVMH & Louis Vuitton, Bergdorf Goodman and The Crown Building.
(tags: nyc)

SPIN.com: Benoît Pioulard
Benoît Pioulard: [...]

I just discovered this web site today, SeamlessWeb. I found it because one of my favorite cheap eats, Why Curry?, had their flyer inside their store. It’s a site where you can find a listing of all the restaurants in your area that will deliver to your address. You pay online directly (you can even [...]