Wreck The Tape Deck

also, check out Yimmys Yayo, one of my favorite yimage yumblrs.

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Come see our shots of the incredible art at the Urban Myth show:

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holy jesus (satan), Dave MacDowell may just be the new king of pop (rest in pieces, M.J.). i was lucky enough to see David MacDowell’s The Sins of Atticus Finch show at Thinkspace a couple months ago, and the more i see of his portfolio of jumbled up pop schizophrenia, the more i laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh all crazy like while talking to myself. there is plenty of more wonderful-ness on his website here, and you can read his blog here to read about the methods behind his particular brand of madness. preach on, mad pop genius. preach on.

Dave MacDowell - Princess (molly ringwald as slave leia)

Dave Macdowell - Bad Motha' Eraserhead

Dave Macdowell - The Little Prince

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Many interesting events have occurred with the passing of Michael Jackson:

- The internet almost broke (seriously).

- News stations around the globe have been offering 24/7 coverage of MJ’s life… everyday… subsequently burying stories like the one about that governor who ran away to Argentina to get his nasty on (good timing!).

- MJ is topping ALL the charts just like the good ol’ days, I’m talking album sales, iTunes tracks, singles, pop charts, you name it… even on ultimate-guitar.com (a guitar sheet music website) 2 of his songs are in the top 10, he didn’t even play guitar!

But so far, this is one of the most fun things I’ve seen in relation to his death: The Eternal Moonwalk. It’s great, go watch, listen, press buttons, send in a video, spread the word. Word.

Oh and if you need help learning, here are some moonwalk lessons to help you out. Anyone can dance, it doesn’t matter if you’re black or white (eeee hee!).

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It’s been quite a busy Tuesday in the music world, I shall attempt to fill you in.

PIRATE BAY: the good news is, The Pirate Bay four won’t be going to jail. The bad news is, in order to avoid this, TPB has been sold to the Swedish company Global Gaming Factory. This mean’s they will decentralize their servers and stop hosting trackers and torrents, moving to third parties for help. They will also be selling shares of the company on the Swedish market.

Diggers had this to say:
“The revolution is over. The RIAA/MPAA won. They’ll receive their $3.6 million and we’ll lose The Pirate Bay. TPB was for me, a little way of protesting. I laughed at the lobbyists every time I went there. I read the takedown notices many times. I felt like I was part of a movement that might actually force the corporate, greedy motherfuckers to consider adopting a new business model.

They’re fucking laughing at me now. It’s a sad day.”

VIBE: is done. It died alongside MJ. The Source stands alone. Oh yeah, and something called the internets.

MJ: Michael Jackson’s body will be taken to Neverland Ranch for a public viewing on Thursday, July 2nd. Plastic recylcing day is Friday, July 3rd, so get there fast! (hurrah).

This is all so sad, so let’s move on with some HAPPY THOUGHTs. White Denim’s new album, Fits, came out on the 22nd. I just got my copy, I suggest you get yours. Listen to this uncharacteristic track:

White Denim – “Sex Prayer”

Dirty Projectors released a music video for their song “Stillness is the Move”… it’s all over the “sphere” today, so here it is again. Watch out for a wandering llama and some silly sirens.

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whoa. this stuff does happen in threes. first Ed McMahon, then today Farrah Fawcett, and now Michael Jackson. according to everyone but CNN (who says he’s only in a coma… [UPDATE: CNN WAS WRONG]), Michael Jackson has died of a cardiac arrest. who are we supposed to make child molestation jokes about now? won’t someone think of the children?

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What do you do when you’re broke and BofA is knocking on your door asking about the last $15 mil you borrowed? You have a garage sale!

Michael Jackson is doing just that. And you don’t even have to drive out to Neverland to dig through bins of orphaned sequined gloves. Jackson is saving face and keeping it convenient by auctioning his shit through Julien’s right here in LA.

There are 8 catalogs, but don’t bother with anything but V and VI—“Amusements, Arcade Games and Disneyana.” That’s where the good stuff is.

There’s some of the weird shit you’d expect:

• A child’s toy chest custom-painted to read “The Crown Jewels”
• An alarming number of random life-size figures (cops, butlers, maids, Shirley Temple, two elderly-looking “seated women”)
• Life-size Batman suit fitted on a replica of Michael Jackson’s body
• The gates to the Neverland ranch

Some weird shit you wouldn’t expect:

• A pair of the Scissorhands from Edward Scissorhands
• The Cadillac from Driving Miss Daisy
• A 1988 GMC Jimmy
• The Neverland fire truck

And some really awesome shit that you wouldn’t expect:

• A super-kick-ass dizzying array of the arcade games, including the best the 80s have to offer: Donkey Kong, Dig-Dug, Ms. PacMan (tabletop AND upright), Super Mario Brothers, etc, etc.
• Life-size Boba Fett, R2-D2, C-3PO, and Han Solo frozen in Carbonite, plus a life-size Darth Vader made of Legos
• Life-size Batman NOT fitted on a replica MJ body (incidentally, asking price is 4 times higher for this Batman than the weirdo MJ-Batman hybrid mentioned earlier)
• 1988 *fucking awesome* Lincoln Towne Car limo

The best part? He’s desperate and selling cheap. Arcade games as low as $200, with even the really good ones for $1500 or less, life-size superheroes for a few hundred bucks, Beatles memorabilia for less than $500, super-sweet 88 limo starting at $4K.

You can flip through all the catalogs (and even buy a boxed set of them for yourself if that’s the kind of person you are) on the Julien’s website.

Pick out what you want and then show up April 22-25 for the auction. But hands off that Towne Car limo. That baby is all mine.

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