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.

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Obama Slow Jams the News on Jimmy Fallon

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



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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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Matt who?

This is a picture of my friend from high school Matt Jarvis.

He's wearing a fake mustache in this picture. Maybe it's just me, but I think he looks just like Matt Perry.

Right?

-AM
Doppelganger aficionado
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Michonne's Story

In the April issue of playboy magazine there was a 6 page graphic novel containing the back story for Michonne from The Walking Dead.  This was completely original content and is actually another good example of playboy supporting comics, maybe that's because Hef grew up during the golden age of comics.

For fans of the Novels, Michonne's story was something that we all new but had never actually seen.  For those fans who have only ever seen the show, this is an explanation for who that random girl with the Samurai sword is and why (although not explained) she has two pet zombies... its also a little bit of insight into why us fans of the novel we so excited when Michonne FINALLY showed up!

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J is for Jay, and for Leonardo DiCaprio

This just in, The Great Gatsby is being remade from its 1949 and 1974 incarnations into a feature length, color, sound, graphics, and 3d (blegh) movie.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio:

 And Carey Mulligan:

As Gatsby and Daisy respectively, this stuff looks dope.

Love from a good driver,

JB

I'm On Fire

Ive been in the thick of this folksy/country/accoustic/sanger-songwriter situation for about a week now. It began when I started listening primarily to my Ryan Adams Pandora Station and letting my Power Station have a break. Through a serious of aggressive Thumbs Down I had beaten The Station back from any Rock 'n' Roll fastness and skimmed the bad singers off too. Then a band called Town Mountain, cool name, came on with a song called "I'm On Fire" and I was rewarded for my Thumbs Down and Skips with a glorious New To Me  folksy love song. Which is another problem I would run into because a lot of the times the songs would go Gloomy on me and my five commercial breaks of Work would be whisked away and I"d be back in Bad Singersville with a forecast of The Drabsy McGloomies. I had never heard "I'm On Fire" before so I did not know that it was a Bruce Springsteen song from the 80s, no matter though, Town Mountain's cover blows The Boss's out of the water. Now that I've heard Town Mountain's cover about a million times I just wish I naturally said "fire" as cool as they do, its the coolest. Enjoy.



-jv
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Manohar Aich

In 1952 at the age of 39 Manohar Aich won the Mr. Universe bodybuilding competition. Manohar Aich, who usually goes by "Great" as in "Great" Manohar Aich, was born on St. Pat's day in 1913. "Great" was born in a remote village and began his fitness career while recovering from an illness when he was 12. "Great" grew to have a 53 inch chest and an only 23 inch waist, V shaped to the extreme. "Great" is also only 4 feet 11 inches tall. "Great" won the Mr. Universe title in 1952 after having come in second the year before and continued to finish in the top 5 for years to come bringing him well into his 40s. After retiring from competition himself "Great" went on to open gyms and become a fitness personality in India. "Great" credits his longevity with living a stress free life, and never smoking cigarettes or drinking booze.  "Great" has never met Arnold Schwarzenegger.

"Great" recently

"Great" back in the day

 -jv
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Won Park Origami

Aside from AV the Origami World is ruled by Won Park.

The Squiggle Flourish makes the eye!

STEGOSAURAUS 

I would be scared if I saw this on the ground.

Theres more too.
-jv
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Im A Long Way From Home

One of my favorite songs from the Walk The Line soundtrack is "Im A Long Way From Home".

-jv
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Rashida is Fascinating

I just did some web research and found out some really cool facts about this woman, Rashida Jones.

First of all, Rashida is the daughter of musician Quincy Jones. WHAT? Yea. I also settled a lot of arguments with MikePirog and fonud out that she is half-black and half-white.

So, who the hell knew that she was flat haired bully Karen Scarfoli from Freaks & Geeks and never told me? Because it really blew my mind.

In 1994, when she was in private school in California, Rashida was an avid reader and a National Honor Society member. That same year, she wrote an open letter to Tupac Shakur calling him a meany for poking fun at her parent's interracial marriage. He apologized, became a friend of the family, and was engaged to her older sister when he was shot.

Rashida also graduated from Harvard, where she was an active member of her a capella group. (Seriously, who WOULDN'T accept Quincy Jones's daughter?) She was GUNNA study law but...nah.

She's dated Tobey Maguire, Mark Ronson, John Krasinki, and Jon Favreau (not THAT Jon Favreau, but Barack Obama's speechwriter with the same name. Still impressive.)

That's an unfortunate necklace.

To boot, she's pretty darn funny. I hope you enjoyed learning some cool stuff about a cool person.

Yours in wikis,
fp


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Ron Howard's "Walt"

This isn't real. But if it was, it would win every award.

This is real.

-av
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On The Road

I did not like On The Road when I read it. I think On The Road will be a much better movie than a book. Luckily The Movie is coming out later this year. The Preview is promising.


-jv
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The Skeleton Dance

The Skeleton Dance is a Disney Short set in a Graveyard that came out in 1929 as part of Disney's Silly Symphonies.


-jv
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Leopard Print Shark!

There is a new Shark! The Bythaelurus giddingsi,which is Scientist for Leopard Print Shark, was first discovered in 1995 and this past week was officially recognized as a new Shark Species. The Leopard Print Shark lives around the Galapagos Islands and usually swims between 1400 and 1900 feet below the waves. Scientists say that the Leopard Print Sharks all have their own distinct spotted pattern.


The Leopard Print Shark belongs to the larger family of Sharks called Cat Sharks. Cat Sharks are also sometimes referred to as Dog Sharks. Which is nuts. Cat Sharks grow to between a foot and two feet long when full grown. Cat Sharks eat smaller fish. The Leopard Print Shark is the only Cat Shark that has their own distinct pattern. Other Cat Sharks come in Striped and Spotted, and Classic Print.  

SHARK!
-jv

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5th grade

'member  being in 5th grade and you saw the first person you liked? No? Yes? Well either way this song will get you feeling Hey Arnold nostalgic about the first person you liked liked.

 - sf

p.s. This above person is Jamie Lono and happens to be a contestant on The Voice.

p.p.s. If you liked the song you should check him out on YouTube and probably The Voice as well.

p.p.p.s. For those F* Chris Brown fans, don't watch the below.

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Let's All Watch Dawson's Creek Together! - Ep 9

Remember that time I was working my way through Dawson Creek, the series, while working two jobs and going to grad school? Its slow going. I promise I'll pick a better ep next time but...this episode has the best screengrabs I've taken in a long while. Here goes...Episode 9: The Road Trip

Dawson is whining about Jen dumping him, and Joey is being completely unsympathetic…because she clearly could care less. I love that Dawson makes sure that he's by the window while in the fetal position. So that if/when Jen Lindley was closing out a date with another guy, they could look up from her porch and see.....this. Talk about a boner shrinker, am I right?

Hey, WHOA! WHAT THE HOLY HELL?! Why is Wannabe-Paul-Rudd, Billy (Jen's ex who's into sex) coming in through Joey's door? That's JOEY'S DOOR, dude?!

Oh, naymind! Its just Jen's room, not Dawson's! Billy sneaks into the Lindley house in a last ditch attempt to woo Jen with his break-in skillz. Of course, Grandma Sourpuss threatens him with the wrath of her schoolmate chum, Satan.

Billy goes to sulk outside, but he can't seem too lame, so he does it while sitting on the roof of his 1990's red convertible, nonchalantly eating an apple. Get it? Forbidden fruit? AHAHAHAHAHA

He encounters Dawson and plays a mind-game with him, convincing Dawson that the only way to get Jen off his mind is to find another woman. Dawson is dumb enough to believe this. I thought this scene was going to develop differently, where the show would reveal Billy to actually be 47, based on his HEAVILY DEVELOPED CHEST HAIR and 5' O' CLOCK SHADOW . Seriously, what the hell.

Meanwhile, Joey gets into a car with a stranger.  He had candy, so he's probably legit. You'd think with all the problems in her life, she'd follow the Cardinal Rules of Childhood. His name is Warren, or Gary (I think its Warren Gary) but I shall call him Date Rape Dan.

At first, Date Rape Dan seems harmless, but then he starts making awful passes at Joey. "Can we get friendly down in the sand later?" OKAY, this is a pull from a line in the musical Grease. I'm watching a 90's TV show, referencing a movie made in the 70's about a high school set in the 50's. Kickin it old school on Dawson's Creek.

Joey redeems her Stranger-Danger lapse in judgement by quickly coming up with, "There's no proven correlation between a slider and a sperm count." THAT'S my girl!

In Capeside High, Dawson and Billy encounter Pacey. All three agree it’s a good idea to go to a nightclub. Only…if you'll notice by the screenshot below…its not even 8AM. So, my question is, what the hell are they doing all DAY? Why do they leave Capeside at 8 in the morning to get to a club in the neighboring town? Also, what high school doesn't start classes until 8AM?

Jen grabs Joey in the hall and they mingle with the guys pictured above, who try to make the girls jealous. "We're flirting with OTHER girls! Nanny-nanny poo-poo!"

Jen takes Joey aside to tell her that Date Rape Dan is spreading rumors that he and Joey got down in the sand. There's an intense closeup of Joey with guitar whammies in the background as she realizes everyone is staring at her. EVERYONE. Thanks, Extras.

So she confronts Date Rape Dan and his whole Date Rape Crew (high-fives…the grossest thing bros can do after sex) And, Date Rape Dan is a jock so he makes some sports reference like, "You know how in baseball there are major and minor leagues?" (ew), illiciting this response from Joey:

Exactly.

Then, for the first time in DC History..drom roll...Jen & Joey BOND! They both decide to unite over sticking it to Date Rape Dan with a rumor of their own! Praise Jesus, brunettes and blondes CAN be friends.

The 3 Amigos on the ferry see these two men harassing "everyone", but we only ever see this poor old woman get messed with. Don't get me wrong, that's enough to piss me off about these guys, too.

Dawson, STILL trying to prove he's a badass, has a plan for getting even with these guys. And guess where his idea comes from? A MOVIE!? Dawsonlovesmoviesok? He slides under their truck and attaches it to the end of the ferry. When they drive off, their entire undercarriage gets ripped off the truck. Here's Dawson, feeling the high of doing something naughty.

  Also, there's a brief moment where Pacey moons the guys as they drive in front of them. This is the WB though, so no real ass is shown.

Joey spreads a rumor that she is fake-pregnant after having fake-sex with Date Rape Dan. Word spreads to the Rent-A-Librarian educator from Season 1 who pulls Joey aside to talk to her about signing up for the Mommy-and-Me classes given at Capeside. Wait so…pregnancy is so prevalent at Capeside that they have a legit sponsored CLASS to help you with PARENTING? Date Rape Dan gets razzed by…everyone, I guess…for making Joey deal with the fake-pregnancy on her own(What a little puke!). I just love this screenshot.

On the other side of the ferry, its nighttime finally and Dawson, Pacey and Billy head to the club. Dawson picks up this woman because of her shirt, which is unexplainable to me. What does that MEAN? And he picks her to mack it with her based SOLELY on her shirt. Note how she hasn't turned around yet. She could look like Gollum, but devil-may-care Dawson goes for it.

 
Pacey decides to try flirting with Veda Sultenfuss.

It doesn't go great.

The other side of the Film Threat shirt is named Nina. Dawson confesses it wasn't her looks but her shirt that caught his eye. "What are you, some kind of film buff?" HEY LADY, I know you're new here but DAWSONLOVESMOVIESOK??!

Back at the Lindley residence, Jen is eating spaghetti and milk, when Joey walks in. Seriously…spaghetti…and MILK.  What a combo.

She and Joey discuss Phase 2 of Date Rape Dan: Sabotage Plan, when things change. Joey accuses Jen of using her to take out her anger on men and Jen truth-bombs Joey to the fact that she's scared to make a move on Dawson now that Jen and Dawson broke up. FRIENDSHIP ANULLED!

 Nina tells Dawson how Spielberg is not that amazing of a director (what a boner shrinker) but then mentions that she's in film school (nevermind!). Billy comes to break them up with this gem, "Nina, huh? Well, you can call me Columbus." Nice, dude. Outside of Club Club, Nina tells Dawson that he's sweet but obviously trying to forget someone. Whatever, they kiss.

 

An argument develops after Nina leaves Club Club where Dawson finally sees that Billy just wanted Dawson to have a random hookup so that Billy could pick up the pieces of Jen. UGH! People are mean! Dawson tells him off in the most 1952 way possible, "If you care about Jen, then you will stay away from her!" Pacey is making that face because Billy is about to leave town for real this time and recind his ride home.

 

Abby Morgan returns to Jen and Joey with another CONFIRMED rumor that Date Rape Dan couldn't have had sex with Joey because all his old girlfriends say he has low T and erectile dysfunction. That's rough at 17.

Joey meets Dan in the hallway to tell him she will call a truce if he admits to their sex rumor as being false. He then ASKS HER OUT. Seriously, dude? Joey's response is, "Sure. Pick me up right after my labotomy." How did I ever doubt you, Josephine Potter?

Jen and Joey make up over a carton of ice cream, otherwise known as Friend Makeup Sex.

The next morning, Dawson is JUST coming home. His parents don’t even seem to have noticed that their son was missing all night. Also, neither him nor Joey (who is waiting for him in his room) seem to be interested or worried about getting to school. Ok, Kevin Williamson, if only your worlds were real.

Joey tucks Dawson into bed to get some rest after a long night of bus rides to get home from Providence. He asks if she can wait until tomorrow to hear about his escapades. She stares into the distance and mutters, "Oh I can wait..." I know you can, homegirl. You'll wait the rest of the season.

ROLL CREDITS!!
  - fp
















































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Jimmy Fallon LMFAO cover

Jimmy Fallon impersonated Neil Young and covered "Sexy and I Know It" and its awesome.

 Bruce Springsteen doesn't seem to understand the joke; Jimmy Fallon is just doing a spot on impersonation of Neil Young at the phase where he wore a sweater and hunched over while playing a guitar with a hat pulled low over his face. Springsteen is in some Retro-Himself duds, He should be acting like Himself then. Not grumbling. Jimmy Fallon kills it at impersonating Neil Young.

-jv
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Rumour Has It

Four Girls, a Rubber Spatula, a Ladel, a Cheese Grater, and an amazing Adele song. The Girls use the kitchen equipment to round out their sound. I like how the video ends too.

-jv
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Rack City

Pandora put this song on my "Power" by Kanye station last weekend and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since.
-jv
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Malia Loves Parks & Rec

President Obama recently burned Aziz Ansari and revealed that his daughter is a big Parks & Rec fan.

-jv
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