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It's the 4th annual World Goth Day today, 22 May 2013 (5th in total) and, just as we do every year, we thought we'd celebrate by celebrating goths with a few re-posts and as much new goth stuff as we can think of. This is what it's all about, if you don't know... "World Goth Day is exactly what it says on the wrapper-a day where the goth scene gets to celebrate its own being, and an opportunity to make its presence known to the rest of the world. This day falls on 22nd [...]

Last week, Pete Santilli- who looks a lot more like a shady accountant from an '80s movie than the host of a crazy right-wing podcast- announced his desire to shoot Hillary Rodham Clinton in the vagina, because Benghazi. He would also like to have Barack Obama shot for his "crimes" against the nation, but not in any specific area of his body. Via Raw Story : ‘Miss Hillary Clinton needs to be convicted, she needs to be tried, convicted and shot in the vagina,” he said. “I wanna pull the trigger. That ‘C [...]

A needlessly sardonic view on what's been happening in the technology world over the last few days, and more importantly, who's been screwing up... Nokia has found itself in an enviable position this week as it manages to secure a “new, slimmer model” - something that anyone on a persistent and lengthy downfall like this particular mobile communications company, will tell you is a huge feat. The once favoured brand of mobile phone was hugely popular in simpler times when the most advanced piece [...]

At some point, possibly within the next lifetime, if not in mine, people will probably look back at the gay-marriage debate and ask, " What were they thinking?" That gays were once legally barred from calling their civil unions "marriage" will seem as unfathomable as the idea of women not being able to vote or a world without Facebook. In the meantime, the debate continues, with some unexpected players popping up on both sides. President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama have been openly endorsing it at least since last year's National Democratic Convention [...]

The LEP Bogus Boys bring their unique brand of murder music to the appropriately titled “Coroner Van.” Count and Moonie specialize in black hoodie rap, so the subject matter is right in their wheelhouse. Combined with dark production courtesy of Frank the Butcher and Paul Mighty, the duo creates the soundtrack for the real life horror that shows up on the 11:00 news, instead of movie theaters. "Coroner..." is the latest leak from Frank’s All Is Fair project, set to release along with his clothing line BAU this summer.

• BAU Music - L.E.P. Bogus Boys "Coroner Van"

Steven Spielberg is doing a sequel to Lincoln called Obama and he got Daniel Day-Lewis to play the lead, who nails it. Obviously. Because he's Daniel Day-Lewis. Created for the 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner.

President Obama 's relationship to pop culture is simple - he uses it to to disarm the public and reach beyond the politicians and otherwise Very Important People sitting before him. Every nod to rap still feels as revelatory as his 2008 Democratic primary speech and reference to Jay-Z 's "Dirt Off Your Shoulders; " it says that he still sees minorities, youth and other, otherwise overlooked sectors of the population. Now five years later, on Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Obama showed that pop-friendly charm offensive - or, political campaign used to [...]

Hace unas semanas les contamos sobre el el evento llamado  In Performance at the White House , el cual rindió honores a la música  soul  de  Memphis  de la mando del presidente  Barack Obama  y su esposa  Michelle Obama. Ahí, además de Justin Timberlake , se presentaron Alabama Shakes , Mavis Staples , Booker T. Jones ,  Booker T. Jones ,  Charlie Musselwhite ,   Sam Morre , entre otros. Den play en el video y vean una parte de esta presentación.

Justin Timberlake performed at the White House last night (April 9) as part of the accurately titled  In Performance at the White House  concert celebrating Memphis soul music. Timberlake gave a smooth, magnetic rendition of  Otis Redding 's classic "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay." But don't take our word for it: just watch President Obama and First Lady Michelle (and JT's wife  Jessica Biel ) bobbing to the groove. Justin kicks the falsetto into high gear around the 2:40 mark and again at 3:30, and soon after the Obamas can be seen singing along. Do you [...]

Justin Timberlake, along with Mavis Staples, Ben Harper, an others, performed at the White House last night for an evening celebrating Memphis soul music. Earlier in the day, he joined FLOTUS Michelle Obama to teach a workshop called Soulsville USA: The History Of Memphis Soul, where they taught the long lineage of the city's music for middle and high school students. The performances will air on PBS series In Performance At The White House on 4/16, but you can preview Timberlake's rendition of Otis Redding tear-jerker "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" below. Read More...

Durante el evento llamado In Performance at the White House , el cual rindió honores a la música soul de Memphis de la mando del presidente Barack Obama y su esposa Michelle Obama , se presentó Justin Timberlake para interpretar "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" de Otis Redding . En el mismo evento, también se pudo ver a Mavis Staples , Alabama Shakes , Booker T. Jones , Charlie Musselwhite y Sam Morre . Miren el video de la participación [...]

Last night, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the latest iteration of In Performance at the White House , this time honoring Memphis soul music. Naturally, Memphis' golden boy Justin Timberlake was part of the festivities, and below you can watch him lead a sing-a-long of Otis Redding's "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay". The concert also featured performances by Mavis Staples, Alabama Shakes, Booker T. Jones, Charlie Musselwhite, and Sam Moore, and will be broadcast in full by PBS on April 16th.

Yesterday, when I watched the 85th annual Academy Awards in the middle of Monday afternoon Australia time, I purposely did so in a bubble. There was no checking out Facebook status updates to see what everyone was saying. When I blogged my impressions afterwards, I didn't want to be corrupted by any outside influence other than my friend Lori's. Hours later, when I finally started reading through the impressions of my Facebook friends, a few things jumped out at me: 1) I wasn't the only person who was disappointed by the live performances of Adele and Barbra [...]

Yesterday, when I watched the 85th annual Academy Awards in the middle of Monday afternoon Australia time, I purposely did so in a bubble. There was no checking out Facebook status updates to see what everyone was saying. When I blogged my impressions afterwards, I didn't want to be corrupted by any outside influence other than my friend Lori's. Hours later, when I finally started reading through the impressions of my Facebook friends, a few things jumped out at me: 1) I wasn't the only person who was disappointed by the live performances of Adele and Barbra [...]

The official YouTube channel for the Whitehouse has released a contemporary musically composed video for President Obama's 2013 'State Of Union' speech set to go ahead today. In what can be said as an admittedly stirring classical rendition turned Gen Y bangor of musical promotion, the video starts off with string instruments - moving into a more dramatic dubstep "drop" with thick instruments and chords that you could say are close to Flux Pavilion's 'I can't stop' . The one question that is on our mind is, who ghost [...]

It's quite possible that President Obama and his wife Michelle have the best taste in music in the history of the First Couple. We know Obama's fandom spans from Jay-Z to Al Green to Bruce Springsteen , but in Michelle Obama 's new interview with People , we learn that the FLOTUS is no slouch in the music department, either. She predicts  Frank Ocean 's channel ORANGE  will win Album of the Year ("He's a young, innovative performer with a soulful sound"). She [...]

President Barack Obama 's second inauguration went down this week, as did Beyonce 's credibility after it emerged that she may have lip-synced while singing the National Anthem. (One person who shined: Kelly Clarkson , who knocked "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" out of the, er, Capital.) Our readers had a field day weighing in on Bey's latest scandal, along with news of Rihanna and Chris Brown 's latest stint in the studio and [...]

Samantha Crain - It's Simple (Toad Session) from Song, by Toad on Vimeo . Afternoon, and happy Friday.  Welcome back to the Friday Fives, where I find five sometimes interesting, mostly frivolous thing which I have happened across on the internet this week and slap them up here for a bit of time-wasting Friday afternoon fun. In the comments please feel free to add any daft shit you've come up with because... well, because I certainly have no intention of doing anything productive the afternoon, do you? 1. Samantha Crain [...]

Twitter isn't a popularity contest but if it were these ten accounts would be ahead of the class sitting at their own table in the virtual cafeteria of social networking high school and their ring leader is a bad ass canadian who blazes the bubble kush, damn I wanna sit with the popular kids but I'm stuck over here with the nerds. The #Beliebers have gotten their boy to #1 they're a powerful force not to crossed with many prepared to slit wrist and spill blood in protest of their leaders drug habit, Bieber is closely followed [...]

I've had it with "The Star Spangled Banner." Nothing against the U.S. national anthem -- though it's never been one of my favorite songs -- but what is it about the tune that brings out the worst in some people? It seems like every time anybody dares to sing it in commemoration of some momentous occasion, the media (aided and abetted by Twitter, the source of too much of the news that's fit to print these days) concoct a brand-new controversy. Ever since Whitney Houston turned a live Super Bowl performance of it into a pop hit [...]