Saddam's a Vegan.

Carrie Brownstein plays as Cindy Overton in a strange & bizzare interview with Saddam Hussein (Fred Armisen) on the cable access show, "Boink!"

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Bishop Allen + Mutual Appreciation

Andrew Bujalski's latest film Mutual Appreciation is starting a theatrical run later this month and will be playing throughout September.

Some of you might have heard me raving about this film earlier this year (I bought the dvd via their website, which was loaned and then horribly snapped into a billion pieces). This film nails the twenty-something period so well, I'm jealous. As I can go on and on about the film, I'll stop and just encourage you to checkout the screenings list and catch "one-of-the-best-2005/2006-films" in theaters.

If you liked the jams in Mutual Appreciation, Justin Rice (the lead in the film & pictured above) and Christian Rudder (one of the leads in Bujalski's other film Funny Ha Ha), form Brooklyn based Bishop Allen. They will be releasing EP's via their website throughout 2006. Plus they'll be playing a few shows here and there (though not stopping by the West Coast!).

Upcoming Screenings: link
New York City @ Cinema Village, begins 9/1
Los Angeles @ Laemmles' Sunset 5, begins 9/8
Pasadena @ Laemmles' Playhouse 7, begins 9/8
Boston @ The Brattle Theatre, begins 9/13
San Francisco @ The Red Vic, begins 9/29

The Rolling Eyesore Tour:
Bishop Allen w/ Chris Mills
8/17 Detroit @ the Lagerhouse
8/18 Chicago @ Subterranean
8/19 Milwaukee @ Mad Planet
8/20 Cleveland @ Beachland Tavern
8/22 Cambridge @ the Middle East [Up]
8/23 New Haven @ Cafe Nine
8/25 New York @ Pianos
8/26 Philly @ World Cafe Live
8/31 New York @ Joe's Pub AA

linksies:
film trailer
mutualappreciation.com
bishop allen

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Ok Go, Not OK but Ok Guilty Pleasure.

I hate showing up late to the Ironic Hipster party. Combining Busby Berkeley, West Side Story and well dressed boys in a dance off. OK GO's "A Million Ways" music video has been out for a year, plenty of time for people to perform their own versions of the dance out in public and now finally... YouTube. The band caught on and decided to throw a contest for the best version of the dance. If your dancing shoes want to join in the party, the deadline's been extended 'til August 30th.

Some horrible, but still fun standouts:
UCSD Tritones : An acapella version of the song...
Lord of Dance : The crowd goes crazy!
In the Fountain : Wet and wild.

links:
http://www.youtube.com/group/okgodance

PS. Cigs are coming back. I promise.

"The Scene" with Christopher Doyle

"The Scene" travels to Hong Kong to meet acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle and hears how his adopted city has inspired him in his work. (Thanks Via Sean!!)