Becks Still Bends It

Becks is still playing soccer.



-jv
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Mr. Mario T

Alice found this. I love it.

-jv
Also, Mustache-less Mario
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This Movie Got Made: The Harpist

-jv
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Not a Normal Wednesday

Let's face it, we've all heard the news.
But it deserves a place on the awesome blog.

So for your reading and viewing pleasure, here are some of the best articles and videos all in one place, documenting President Obama's official statement that he loves love and thinks erryone has a right to get married.

The New York Times

The Washington Post

The Huffington Post

Below is an earlier interview with Obama regarding same-sex marriage and his definition of marriage. I love that the audience starts clapping at his whole "man and woman" spiel, but the man has more to say. And he damn straight says it.

I'll drink a beer to that.

-LAB


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Amazing Spiderman Trailers

Don't get me wrong, I'm excited for Dark Knight Rises. But the Heath Ledger-less final chapter of that excellent trilogy doesn't quite have me as amped up as the re-boot of Spiderman. I'm a huge fan of Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, the rest of the cast is great and honestly, it looks a little more fun. I can't imagine Bane's scenes being as fun to watch as the Joker's were.

I could get surprised, but for now, here are the two latest trailers for The Amazing Spiderman, that radically have very different content.







-av, amazing spider-fan

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Just a friendly reminder

(Side note: it already is May, but this is too awesome not to post. I saw it sitting as a draft in the Plus1Press admin and went with it. Thanks, annon poster! - ID)
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Ladies Room: Red Lips

This one is just for the ladies. Okay boys, you can read too—but we're talking about secrets of feminine beauty here. Proceed carefully.

Red lips are back in a big way, and I've always been... uneasy about trying it myself. I'm more of a lip balm kinda person, and lipstick has always intimidated me.

But my love for Joanie and Mad Men-style beauty pushed me over the edge. And I'm happy to report that there's a perfect solution out there for ladies like me.

Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain + Balm (in the color Flame) is amazing. One side's a stain marker, so you can draw on exactly as much (or as little) color as you like, in the perfect shape. The other side is a balm that seals it in. It lasts forever. It's red but not too red. It's insanely flattering for all different complexions. (When I was home last Christmas and hanging with my high school BFFs, they all tried it out and it looked good on everyone.)

In other words, I'm obsessed. And I wanted to pass on the good word.

-ID
Senior Lip Color Consultant

Ghetto Hikes

My friend Billy showed me this and it is honestly the funniest blog I've seen on the Internet.

Enjoy.

There's also a Twitter account for all of you tech savvy homies.

Just to prove its worth:

-jb

Let's All Watch Dawson's Creek Together: Episode 16, Season 5

Let me preface this episode by saying that this is The Absolute Farthest From The Truth Fiction Storyline Dawson’s Creek has Ever had. I’d use all caps, but I want you to take this seriously. This episode is often nicknamed The Mugging Episode.

I’ve never been mugged on the street, but I’ve had my purse stolen in front of me. And I’ve watched enough episodes of The Wire to feel knowledgeable about crime, as a white person. And I’m really very upset at Kevin Williamson for even attempting to introduce crime in this friendly way. Seriously, shame on you Kevin Williamson, for making teens thinks that this is how to act during a crisis, this is so fucking far fetched. Other than that, I love every minute of this entire series forever thank you, FP.

Click the jump for more.

Obama Slow Jams the News on Jimmy Fallon

Obama fills in for Brian Williams on a special slow jam the news.



-av
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Caine's Arcade

it explains itself.


-jb

Long Time Sun Shine

I recently heard this Weezer song, and I really liked it, so I did a little research, cause that's how I roll.

Rivers Cuomo wrote "Longtime Sunshine" in 1994, though it wasn't released until 2007.  Of his inspiration Cuomo said, "I started longing for the safety, peace, quiet, simplicity and family structure of my New England childhood. I thought back to one of my favorite memories, lying in the bottom bunk, my brother in the top, in our bedroom in our farmhouse in Eastford, Connecticut, in the hot, hot, summer, 7, 8 p.m., sun still up, but having to go to sleep because it's our bedtime, one of those big box fans blowing, and my parents, Ma and Steve, sitting at our bedside, singing an old hippie song to us, to calm us down and ease us into sleep, "May the Longtime Sun Shine Upon You." 

YouTube won't let me embed the Weezer track so click here to listen, or if you roll with Spotify, here.

Also the old hippie song, "May the Longtime Sun Shine Upon You" is pretty sweet too, as a folky lullaby. It's actually an old Irish blessing that's become a mantra of sorts, set to many different melodies. This one is my favorite:



-av
Longtime fan of Sunshine
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Rise of the Gaurdians

Rise of the Gaurdians looks Bad Ass. I can't wait to see it on Thanksgiving.
-jv
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Texts From Hillary

Texts From Hillary is an amazingly funny new Tumblr.

-jv
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Thomas Kinkade

Thomas Kinkade died yesterday. Thomas Kinkade was the artist who painted all of the pictures of cottages in the woods on the sunniest day ever. He was famous for painting pictures that were flooded with light and selling them everywhere and on everything. Critics of Thomas Kinkade wrote off his painting as mall art and kitsch, as if selling tons of painting to all sorts of people was the worst thing in the world. Thomas Kinkade's technique of filling a painting with light is a descendant of the Hudson River School of Painting. They sold a ton of paintings too. Thomas Kinkade also painted a series of Disney paintings.

-jv
former Art History major
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When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer

I heard this poem today while watching Breaking Bad. Gail, a character played by the Husband of the Superfan from Flight of the Conchords, recites it to Walt, the main character. I had never heard of it before and I love it.

When I heard the learn’d astronomer,

When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,

When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,

When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,

How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,

Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,

In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,

Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.

-Walt Whitman

-jv

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why i loves the internetz

Is it just me, or is it a fairly recent phenomenon (as in, coming from our generation) that the internet is full of hilarious pictures, articles, and blogs designed purely for tiny snippets of laughter and entertainment? Gone are the days of sitting round the radio, the black and white television, or the flat-screen tv. It's 2012 and we all walk around with little devices pressed up to our noses giggling. I find this....endearing. But also a little creepy.

Yet, I too, am a subscriber to this phenomenon, and today I stumbled upon this little gem. We all have our bad days. Today, Tuesday, has actually been an awesome day since the moment I woke up at 6:35 AM to spend 3 hours painting my nails, curling my hair, cleaning my new cappuccino maker I got for $7 at Savers and discovering that it does in fact WORK. But maybe for other Edzachery readers, that is not the case. So, please, indulge yourselves, and enjoy the following (I am especially partial to the "this is not you" section):

giggles giggles giggles

-LB
your crazily caffeinated collegiate correspondent

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All Diamond Ring

The World's First Diamond Ring is what  the jewelry company that Laser Etched this 150 carat rock into a 25 cent from a machine outside the grocery store shape. Sut Jhally ruined diamonds for me, thank God. The Ring is worth 70 Million.


-jv
Ringer
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Early #SummerJam Prediction

Prepare to hear this song everywhere.



It was originally released independently two years ago, on an excellent LP called "I Want I Want!" which you can no longer get anywhere.  Why? Because they signed to RCA, and major record labels are pricks.  RCA has re-released "Anna Sun" on EP, with a full length forthcoming.

Also thanks to RCA, "Anna Sun" is now finding it's way onto major (read: Clear Channel) radio stations.  It's a shoo-in to be massively overplayed this summer, much like "Pumped Up Kicks" last year.

I don't really mind though.  I saw Walk the Moon live a few weeks ago in LA, and they tooootally rocked. Awesome live energy.  They paint their faces for shows (like in the video) and so do many of their fans (mostly cute girls).  I think that's kinda fun.  Just sayin'.

On a personal note, the lyrical content of the song reminds me fondly of our college party houses on Main St & Grey St, of Allen Court in Boston, and of HouseHouse, where I lived for my first year in LA.

I hope you all enjoy hearing this song a million times this summer, and I hope their new album still has some of their other awesome songs, like this one:



-DMc, West Coast Correspondent

PS, Walk the Moon plays April 5 on Jimmy Fallon.

PPS, See you all soon!

Don't Take Your Guns To Town

I am against guns in real life. Movies, TV, Videogames, and Music aside guns are the worst. I wish no one had the right to carry around a gun. It would have sucked to have lived in the Wild West anybody could just shoot anybody whenever over anything. Guns make everyone nervous and on edge and if everyone has them any argument could end with them being used . Trayvon Martin was shot because George Zimmerman was carrying a gun around. Whatever else happened that night and however legal it will shake out to be if George Zimmerman did not have a gun on him Trayvon Martin doesn't get shot. Guns Kill People. Saying "Guns don't kill people. People kill people." Is like saying "Toasters don't toast toast. Toast toast toast."

 

-jv
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