children, wake up

I haven't been this excited by a movie trailer in a long time. Not to mention, I am always wary when my favorite children's books are adapted to film. But this is a whole new ball game.

With Spike Jones directing and an Arcade Fire soundtrack, Where The Wild Things Are looks to be absolutely stunning. The imagery looks unbelievably true to Maurice Sendak's original drawings.

someday, someday

photos by Thomas Hawk

It's official. My loyalty will be rewarded. The greatest band of the millenial age- New York's The Strokes are back in the studio, all of them. Not only that, they're 10 songs deep. See the "Smoking Section" of your most recent Rollingstone.

Plus on a different note, front man Julian Casablancas is set to appear on an Incredibad song. Didn't see that coming. Reminiscent of the strange Converse ad (below). Julian, you never cease to confuse me.

a music video is worth a thousand words

Refreshingly simple song and video:
the Books - 'Smells Like Content.'

Their current tour is mostly at contemporary art museums, and that is cool.

Elvis Lives

My second-favorite Elvis, the Perkins one, has released his newest, and you can have it free in just two shakes of a lamb's tail.

'Shampoo' is a strangely hypnotic combination of woodsy background buzzing and chirps, with Perkins' quirky, longing voice. Plus when was the last time you heard a romantic song involving crossbows? It's been a while (and a long time coming, in my opinion).

He'll be at the Hi-Dive on May 8th, for you Denver hipsters.
Expect to see lots of carefully arranged plaid & well-placed belts.

ready, set, break

Even librarians need a Spring Break.
I'll be back with the new next week.

xo

making life's big questions delicious

Soul Pancake is the newest website/forum, created by Rainn Wilson and friends where people can go to talk about Life's Big Questions. You name it, you can talk about it. Bringing religion, morals, etc out of their typical viewpoints and untouchable-stances, into day-to-day conversation. The site started on Sunday, it'll be interesting to see how it turns out. There's already some great content on there, between articles and different things to play with and 'chew' on. No need to be scared of religion when you've got Dwight Shrute's face helping you out.

He was recently on (don't laugh) Oprah's Soul Series show, and though I have a hard time listening to Oprah sometimes, I did enjoy one thing Rainn said in introducing discussion of the Baha'i faith toward the end of part 1:
"The making of art is no different than prayer. There's not any difference between lifting up a paintbrush and touching it to a canvas and bowing your head in a church."

That, I can relate to.

RIP

Today, we remember Bill Buchanan.

One of CTU's finest, he continued serving the country even after CTU was disbanded, acting as a special agent for the FBI in 2009. A brave, courageous man, Buchanan was given the silent clock at 8:11pm, Monday, March 9th after he took his own life in order to save the President during a terrorist attack on the White House. He will be remembered as a fine agent, as well as a noble American, and our country is at a great loss. May he rest in peace.

Lights & Music

I know I've been posting a lot of music lately, but these guys are definitely worth talking about. Cut Copy is leading a technicolor dance music revolution. They're the future of dance/rock and sound straight from the past . Coming from a current trend of fantastic Down Under acts, (see MGMT, FOTC) Cut Copy is exactly what the people want right now: genuinely happiness-inducing tunes.

Their Denver show 3/14 is already sold out, but if you can get a ticket by another means, it'd probably be a fantastic show (or if you know anyone who will sell their ticket to ME please get in touch!). Their newest album In Ghost Colours is a guaranteed dance party starter, impossible not to bop to.
Some choice cuts:

Track 3/ Lights & Music


Track 7/ So Haunted


Track 9/ Hearts On Fire


Track 10/ Far Away


Yes, no, maybe is all I need to hear from you
If things go crazy, she's lost herself and lost to you
Now that nothing's spoken she's out there on the ice again
She'll take me down slowly, she's holding on to what she can

they were actually both on that album

The best Ebony & Ivory combo since Sir McCartney & Stevie Wonder, Lil Wayne and Charles Gibson are perfection as late night guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live. There's another good clip of the BFF's when Lil Wayne is brought out to talk about, oh $150,000 teeth and losing his virginity at 11 (that's right, 11). You've probably already seen the Scrabble video too (thanks Boy Kings).

Charles Gibson ~ Lil Wayne
Jimmy Kimmel > Dave Letterman

(it's just that simple)

quiet down I need to make a sound

Sometimes a single will come out that's just too big for me to give the rest of the record a chance (Paper Planes...all I wanted to do was bang bang bang bang my head against the wall). If the record is good enough though, eventually I'll come back to it and discover what else was there, and usually it's even better. Cue the above, 'Bucky Done Gun.'

The beat is super catchy, the lyrics are perfect, and M.I.A. continues to look amazing doin the damn thing.

'Sunshowers' is another good not-Paper Planes song. Most people don't even realize they knew M.I.A. before with remix-popular song 'Galang' (the video is worth checking out even just for her super wicked style).

everything is amazing right now, and nobody's happy

I know this video has been making the rounds, but I feel that it's worthy: Louis CK spoke on Conan (who has replaced Leno! ohhhh snap!) about how "the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots" taking the strides of current technology for granted. If only he would speak at DU.

"Give it a second! It's going to space! Can you give it a second to get back from space?"

it's a city of rhinos, tell your friends

Their Myspace says it best:

About Rhinoceropolis
We live here, and despite our better judgement, decided to start throwing shows, open basically to anyone. Weird.

Part house, part gallery, part venue- Rhinoceropolis is the somewhat underground, well, place that these people live at, host DJs and shows, and sell art. A funky house, walk on in and you enter an open space with paintings and installation art, people either talking about the art on the walls, or dancing to the music provided by the DJ a few steps away. The next room is what you might call a kitchen, with someone handing you a beer for a donation, couches, and the previous day's dishes and groceries. Not to mention you're surrounded by people who are far and above hipster classification. These people eat and breathe underground and DIY culture. They were even voted as Westword's Best Mixed-Use Venue. I went with some friends once last year, and I'm itching to go back soon.

Ch-ch-check it out:
3553 Brighton Blvd.
Denver, CO

Check the schedule on their Myspace, or thru Westword's listing.
Really, anyone's invited.
Just play it cool, man, real coooool.