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Doomtree “Gray Duck” (Official Music Video)

Posted on March 14, 2015 | Comments Off

Pretty sure they were in the parking lot of the Walker Art Center at the end of this video.

See Doomtree on tour in the US: http://gctrl.co/doomtreepresale
Pre-order the album ALL HANDS

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ALF cat sandwich

Posted on March 11, 2015 | 1 comment

ALF first aired on September 22, 1986 and ran until June 18, 1990. Buy it on DVD here.

Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Retro

Tagged 1980's, 80s TV, ALF, ALF cat sandwich, cats, Funny, lol, retro

Monday Music Rewind: KC & The Sunshine Band – Give It Up

Posted on March 9, 2015 | Comments Off

Like if the film “Kingsman: The Secret Service” brought you here.

Download this song here.

Click here for other Monday Music Rewind songs.

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Tagged baby give it up song, disco, Give It Up, KC & The Sunshine Band, retro music, song from kingsman

Cartoonist Chuck Jones’ rules for Wild E. Coyote and the Roadrunner

Posted on March 8, 2015 | Comments Off

Legendary cartoonist Chuck Jones had these rules for every battle between Coyote-Road Runner battle.

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Woodstock artist fees

Posted on March 8, 2015 | Comments Off

Here is a list of reported earnings from the iconic Woodstock ’69 festival.

Attended by a massive crowd of 400,000, the event still stands out as one of the most prominent festivals in rock history.

Woodstock ’69 featured performances of such rock icons as Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, Ten Years After and many more.

The list below shows a set of figures that the artists have reportedly earned for performing at the event. The times were different and the festival did take place over 45 years ago, but these earnings still might strike you as somewhat minuscule. (via)

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Vince Vaughn and Co-stars of ‘Unfinished Business’ Pose for Idiotic Stock Photos

Posted on March 6, 2015 | Comments Off

via KTAR News – To promote their new movie “Unfinished Business,” Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco and Tom Wilkinson took the opportunity to insert themselves into some stock photos.

Twentieth Century Fox paired up with iStock by Getty Images to create an entirely new set of awkward stock photos, Adweek reported.

The twelve stock photos are available for free download — for editorial use only — here.

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Tagged Dave Franco, funny stock photos, lol, movie promotion, Tom Wilkinson, Vince Vaughn

Mötley Crüe’s “Too Young to Fall in Love” like you’ve never heard before

Posted on March 3, 2015 | Comments Off

Chelsea Lankes was born in Texas, but her sound is full-bodied Swedish synth-pop, by way of Los Angeles back alleys. On her new cover of Mötley Crüe’s “Too Young to Fall in Love,” the singer reinterprets the hair metal classic with electropop guitars, digitally altered background vocals, and a rebellious drumbeat.

What do you think? Buy the song here.

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Tagged Chelsea Lankes, cover songs, Motley Crue, new music, Too Young to Fall in Love

METALLICA ‘WHIPLASH’ MASH-UP VIDEO

Posted on February 20, 2015 | 1 comment

In the Academy Award nominated movie, Whiplash, J.K. Simmons plays a drum instructor named Fletcher. Did you know that the original cut of the film featured Metallica’s Lars Ulrich as his student.

Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Love Parenting and Relationships

Tagged Academy Award, drumming video, lars, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, whiplash movie

James Brown at the Cabooze, 1982

Posted on February 18, 2015 | Comments Off

(Source: facebook.com)

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Tagged 1982, James Brown at the Cabooze, Minnesota Music, retro music minneapolis

Visible Tom Waits

Posted on February 13, 2015 | Comments Off

If you’ve ever heard Tom Waits, then you know what this is all about.

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