It’s been a interesting week of mashups — go ahead and look up Ratt/Marvin Gaye in Google — but the Foo Fighters are streaking towards the number one entry of the week.
Who knew that “Imagine” and “Jump” would go together like lamb and tuna fish? Crossing my fingers they drop this on the crowds at Wrigley for two shows…July 29th and July 30th. — [eric]
Woodshedding for the summer tour has never felt so good….see you out there….(I’ll learn the words by then, I swear)
So the guys in Linkin Park have been through a lot in the last year with the tragic loss of their singer Chester Bennington and they had to deal with honoring his legacy through a very memorable tribute show last year. Recently LP’s Mike Shinoda released the very emotional solo EP called ‘Post Traumatic’ (listen to it above), but this week other members appear to be with Shinoda in a recording studio in social media posts. It’s unclear if this could potentially lead to Linkin Park making music together or if this something involved in Shinoda’s solo work.
Nintendo is still trying to keep up with the demand for the multiple-purpose Switch console, but Youtube comedy channel nigahiga has taken the crazed desire for hot new tech products with NINTENDOE PAPER.
Yes, it’s a piece of paper.
This is a very creative spoof on video game culture in tow parts with over-the-top advertising campaign which takes a fun twist at 3:20 with a visually stunning animated sequnce that any fan of old school 8 bit classics will adore. It’s a truly fun send-up to anyone who spends a good amount of their time gaming. It’s a hit currently sitting at #1 trending on the ‘Tube.
Superorganism made waves in the alternative music world in the past few months with a unique chill vibes sounds off their singles ‘Everybody Wants to Be Famous‘ and ‘Something for Your Mind‘ which have generated millions of streams on Youtube. Now today they have released their first full length album ‘It’s All Good’ which you can stream below through Spotify. We will be able to indulge in it’s audible sweetness on March 28th as the SuperO headlines their SOLD-OUT Queued Up Artist Showcase at Schubas, sponsored by Two Brothers Artisan Brewing. Enter to win tickets to it here.
Here is the full track list and the Spotify links.
01. It’s All Good
02. Everybody Wants to be Famous
03. Nobody Cares
04. Reflections on the Screen
05. SPRORGNSM
06. Something for Your M.I.N.D.
07. Nai’s March
08. The Prawn Song
09. Relax
10. Night Time
Sunday is the biggest night in movies, the Oscars. The annual parade of stars who want to win an award while other stars and the world watch them win will be broadcast on ABC. The show will go down in Los Angeles, but the real show might be how we all riff on the proceedings in our own watch parties with our Twitter feed flying faster than Superman. Let’s just hope we get something as memorable as the blunder last year over the Best Picture announcement, and the shining comedy talent that is host Jimmy Kimmel.
And we will be drinking, enterRollingStone‘s Oscar Drinking Game. Yes. if happens on the TV you take a swig! No matter what movie you root for, this will be a fun way to get saucey while a Hollywood star tries remember their agent’s assistant’s name. Kudos to RS for basically putting together a drinking game that insures you will be feeling it when final award is presented.
Drink THE FIRST TIME: 1. Jimmy Kimmel makes a joke in which the punchline is the title of one of the Best Picture nominees. (Take another slug if the nominee in question is Get Outor Darkest Hour. Take a third shot if the joke involves one of those titles AND is somehow about Trump.)
2. There’s a joke about Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri that uses a picture of actual billboards. (We’d say drink EVERY time this happens, but we do not want to flood hospital emergency rooms.)
3. A presenter or winner brings up the notion of diversity. Double the drink if they somehow use it to also promote an upcoming project.
4. There’s an earnest reference to #MeToo and/or #TimesUp.
5. Someone actually says the word “hashtag” when referencing either of those movements.
6. The name “Harvey Weinstein” is mentioned. Double the shot if there’s booing.
7. Kimmel (or someone else) makes a crack involving Mr. Weinstein and somehow ties it in to The Shape of Water‘s fish-man romance. For the record, we pray to God we do not have to acknowledge this rule during the broadcast.
8. Someone talks about how weird The Shape of Water is.
9. Someone says, “We’re ALL in the Sunken Place!”
10. Someone references how rarely horror gets nominated.
11. Someone references how rarely women directors get nominated.
12. Someone references how rarely African-American directors get nominated.
13. Someone references how rarely Tom Hanks gets nominated.
14. Someone references how rarely Steven Spielberg gets nominated.
15. Someone references how often Meryl Streep gets nominated.
16. Someone makes a joke about how often Meryl Streep wins.
Drink Every TIME: 17. There’s a joke about last year’s Best Picture Envelopegate (TM) incident. Please be careful with this one, it could get dangerous.
18. A winner makes an impassioned #MeToo and/or #TimesUp acceptance speech.
19. A winner screws up their impassioned #MeToo and/or #TimesUp acceptance speech. Double the amount if said winner is male.
20. News breaks that a nominee is being accused of sexual harassment/inappropriate behavior during the broadcast.
21. The camera doesn’t cut away quickly enough and you see a nominee betray how they really feel about losing.
22. The camera cuts to George Clooney after a joke, and he laughs, then looks to his right.
23. Someone makes a joke/comment involving race and the camera cuts to Jordan Peele.
24. Someone makes a joke/comment involving harassment or sexism and the camera cuts to Meryl Streep.
25. A winner thanks Meryl Streep in their speech.
26. Meryl Streep receives an impromptu ovation.
27. Dunkirk wins a technical award.
28. Anyone complains/jokes about a movie or performance not getting nominated. Double the amount if it involves Three Billboards “having apparently directed itself.” Triple the amount if said person somehow works in a Ben Affleck/Argo reference as well.
29. Someone mispronounces a nominee’s name. Double the shot if the name is Guillermo del Toro. Down the whole bottle if John Travolta is also somehow involved again.
30. An audience participation gimmick falls flat.
31. Somebody makes a joke about fishman/human sex in The Shape of Water.
32. Somebody makes a joke about peach/human sex in Call Me By Your Name.
33. An esteemed British acting nominee fails to show up.
34. The montage of the dead lets through just enough live sound to give you you a sense who people are really clapping for.
35. Someone on Twitter complains about someone being left out of the moratorium and, like, WTF, Academy?!? (Careful with this one, too.)
36. Any time someone jokes about how long the Oscar telecast runs. Double the shot if this happens during the fifth or sixth hour of the show.
37. Jimmy Kimmel apologizes for being another white dude host.
FINISH THE BOTTLE IF:
38. Jordan Peele accepts an award as one of his Key & Peele characters. Drink two bottles if it’s Wendell Sanders.
BONUS ROUND:
39. A winner who tells the audience to visit a URL to get more information about his/her pet political cause.
40. A winner refers to his/her project as “a labor of love.”
41. The words “powerful,” “important” and/or “brave” are used. Double the shot if the phrase “now more than ever” is also used.
42. You swear you’re never watching the Oscars again, then remember you said the exact same thing last year.
