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Todd Glass is one of the funniest people in comedy. His new album Thin Pig is out now and you can preview a track here. But be warned, if you’re opposed to cursing, stop being opposed to cursing.

Thanks to acts like Justice, Cut Copy, LCD Soundsystem, and a more-popular-than-ever Daft Punk, electronic music has enjoyed something of a renaissance as a pop medium this decade. Inspired by Kid A and lesser-known acts, like Rah Bras, bands like the Faint and the Gossip have abandoned the tried-and-true formula of guitar, bass, and drums. The traditional band formula has lost its status as necessary prerequisite for indie cred or alternative stardom (the unpleasantness of the latter term noted), except for with the most puritanical of rockists.

The unfulfilled promises of big beat’s run throughout the late-90s American charts (e.g. Prodigy’s Fat of the Land, The Chemical Brothers’ Dig Your Own Hole, Fatboy Slim’s You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby) have finally been answered, although more so in quality than in SoundScan quantities. DJs, lappop geeks, and synth nerds are now rock stars capable… Continue reading eMusic INdorsement gets eLectronic

Oh man, Batman: Arkham Asylum is getting closer to its release date of August 25th. The video below has gameplay footage and it looks pretty much unbelievable.

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Top Cow’s Pilot Season initiative brought us several interesting comics over the last two years. For those unfamiliar with the program, it’s a promotion in which the publisher releases a handful of comics and fans vote on which two they’d like to become a miniseries.

Yesterday, G4’s Blair Butler announced that Top Cow would once again be hosting a Pilot Season. This year, however, things will be a bit different. In lieu of multiple books produced by various authors, the 2009 Pilot Season will consist of five books developed by Robert Kirkman and Marc Silvestri.

Pilot Season was a great way to discover fresh and unique talent. In our opinion, closing it off to all but two big names is a mistake on Top Cow’s part. Despite that, we’ll still gleefully purchase anything the duo produces for the contest.

Here’s a… Continue reading Top Cow’s 2009 Pilot Season Takes Different Slant

So, we’ve known for a while that Battleship, Monopoly, and Candyland were all being adapted to film. Today, Fringe writer/co-producer Bob Caleb Kane revealed via his Twitter that he, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orcci are developing a film based on the Viewmaster for Dreamworks Entertainment.

According to Kane, they’re hoping to make the film reminiscent of Goonies, Young Sherlock, and other beloved Amblin Entertainment films from the 80s. How they hope to achieve this with a film based on a toy is unclear.

There’s really no one out there making quality, live-action kid’s films now like Amblin did back in the day. Hopefully, they’ll be able to recapture at least a small amount of the magic of those films.

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We implore you to watch the first video after the jump, and then watch the second video after the jump after that so you can know remotely what this is about. A Vlogger named “Sexman” (Vlogger is a stupid word but Sexman isn’t.) called rapper 50 Cent a media whore in one of his videos. Well Fiddy caught wind of this and had him flown to wherever he was to . . . make another video. Quite counterproductive when trying to not be seen as a media whore.

What’s cool is that in the first video Sexman looks kind of like the kid in the movie Little Giants whose mom is overprotective and wears tires as football gear. But after hanging out with 50 Cent, he reminds you of Spike from Little Giants. Even though the whole time he sounds like someone you’d… Continue reading 50 Cent Flies out Negative Vlogger to Hang with Him

Franz Ferdinand utilize age-old editing techniques for the video for their song “Can’t Stop Feeling.” Whoever actually came up with it probably only got money and a friendly slap on the back and will forever be reminding his friends he edited the Franz Ferdinand “Can’t Stop Feeling” video. And people will be all like “yes, we know Brandon. For the 4-millionth time, we know.” And Brandon will be all like “quit stressing me Crothers.” Because his friend will be named Crothers.

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Whoever said playing games never made any money never gold-farmed or sold an online account. Even sneakier? Become a fake banker, steal all the fake money, and sell it all for real cash.

That’s what alias Ricdic pulled off in Eve Online earlier in June. The inside-man heist netted the 27-year-old Australian around 200-billion kredits, which sold for a measly £3,115 (~$5100). The total was really only around 8% of the bank’s assets, but that’s quite a chunk of cash. And the penalty for such a grab? His account was banned . . . like he wasn’t expecting that.

In fact, the robber stated, “If I had to do it again, I probably would’ve chosen the same path based on the same situation.” He did have medical bills to pay and a new house to purchase, after all. Still, I like to think… Continue reading Thief Robs Billions, Gets Caught, Makes Down-Payment on House

Lewis & Clarke will soon be hitting the road with Caroline Weeks. Their complete itinerary appears below.

LEWIS & CLARKE AND CAROLINE WEEKS

07/24/09 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church (chapel) #
07/26/09 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool #
07/27/09 - Boston, MA - Middle East #
07/28/09 - Portland, ME - Space #
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See three variant covers and five pages from The Marvels Project #1 below the jump. The book, written and drawn by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting, will be on shelves in August.

Plot Synopsis:
“Discover the hidden connections that bring together Marvel’s earliest super heroes as the world stands on the brink of war! Who will create the first super soldier? And how does this affect the Marvel Universe today?

How Do You Create Tomorrow? Find out as the race for the super human begins in The Marvels Project #1.”

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