Crystal Cat, from Dan Deacon’s Spiderman of the Rings. Dan Deacon’s new album Bromst comes out March 24th, but you can listen to it now on NPR.org.

Vintage fear mongering.

Does it include grease to spray all over your face?
             

A: Patsy Cline is insane.
B: Yeah – really nuts.
A: I’m serious. Have you ever noticed, with the Patsy Cline songs – I realize she didn’t write them – or at least I don’t think she did – but anyway, the Patsy Cline, it’s always I lost my baby or my baby’s gone or my [...]

“What you are about to see is a mix of unrelated YouTube videos/clips edited together to create ThruYou. In other words, what you see is what you hear.” – Kutiman

Check out Kutiman’s Thru You site to hear/see the full tracklist.
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Sean Connery’s finest moment?

Call Now!

Update: James at Endless Automata alerted me to Ned Ragget’s blog, which provides some background on Manakin.
             

“I understand that this is the very brand of pen that Jesus used to jot down the Ten Commandments.”
             

Michel Gondry solves a Rubik’s Cube with his nose.

“An edition in the ongoing series METHODS & APPARATI for Social Facilitation and Mood Elevation”

From Ken Freedman’s great collection of velvet art at the WFMU studios.

UPDATE: If I am understanding correctly, a WFMU Marathon pledge of $365 or more during Ken Freedman’s show right now will put you in the running to OWN this amazing work of art!
             

Andy Warhol eats a hamburger in New York, 1968.

Why does it sound like people are rioting nearby?
             

InterestingIdeas.com has an amazing collection of roadside art, many of which I recognize from the Chicago area.
Is it any surprise that so much of America’s great art can be seen from the window of a passing car, in the melange of shop signs, billboards and cheesy buildings, in the personal monuments people make in their [...]

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I did the “Mouse of Today” pledge and can’t wait to get the awesome swag, including the Locked Groove LP, Running in Place! I can’t think of a better gift than a LOCKED GROOVE LP, can you?!
WFMU’s annual fundraising Marathon is underway and runs until March [...]

Face paint videos by artist James Kuhn.

See the whole amazing, bizarre set of 120 videos!