Ben Lovett's new video features an airship and a baby dragon

Steampunk meets Sin City's visual style in the video by Soapbox Films for Ben Lovett's Eye of the Storm:






And here, director Christopher Alender and producer Kris Eber give an in-depth behind the scenes look (Lovett is the pilot and his scarf was puppeteered to simulate wind):



Via these sites.

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You have to burn the rope

Alright, first, go play You Have to Burn the Rope, an absolutely delightful game. I got more enjoyment out of it then the last Zelda DS game I played.

If you're having trouble, there's an in depth manual, and here's a full walkthrough:



And probably the best end credits theme ever:



It's inspired fan videos complete with very dramatic music:



And even a remake in Little Big Planet:



Via.

Bohemian Rhapsody and Thriller played on a ukelele

Bohemian Rhapsody and Thriller played on a ukelele by Jake Shimabukuro. You can buy his mp3s and albums at Amazon.

Daytrader album cover by Daniel Danger

Cover by Daniel Danger for Daytrader's Last Days of Rome EP. You can download a track for free. Daniel has $25 prints on sale here.

*Download music cheap at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. From a review of Brutal Legend:

Like a solitaire or Bejeweled, you have to ask, when you remove even the context of resolution from real life, what is there but burning time. Is there an achievement out there for 1 million games of Bejeweled played? No amount of lines of Tetris fulfill anything. They disappear as soon as they form (Russians have a grim sense of humor–in my private world of crazy, my assumption is that the desire to build something constantly being undermined is some sort of metaphor about a totalitarian state, or maybe anybody with an MBA).

2. Two-headed snowman.

3. Pitchfork's top 100 songs of 2010.

*Buy albums for $5 each at Amazon.

Link roudnup

1. 16 free tracks courtesy of Spin's best of 2010 issue.

2. Olly Moss posted a sketch for his Boba Fett/Empire Strikes Back poster.

3. Ta-Nehisi Coates:

Comics are so often seen as the province of white geeky nerds. But, more broadly, comics are the literature of outcasts, of pariahs, of Jews, of gays, of blacks. It's really no mistake that we saw ourselves in Doom, Magneto or Rogue.

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*Buy Olly Moss's Star Wars posters at eBay.

Parrot singing Let the Body Hit the Floor

Video of a parrot singing Drowning Pool's Let the Body Hit the floor. (Not just the chorus, the verses, too.)

Some great songs so far

Yesterday I asked for music recommendations (you can still make yours and try to win a prize). After sampling 100 songs or so, here are my favorites so far:


Staygold & Robyn, Spank Rock & Damien Adore - Backseat (terrific performance, too)




Francis and the Lights - Knees to the Floor




Ida Maria - Bad Karma




KT Tunstall - Uummannaq song

Thanks everyone, lots of great music.

Music beg/giveaway

UPDATE: Kyle and Doc No! were randomly selected and have been contacted. Thanks everyone.

I'm desperately in need of new music. So, let's have a contest. Post in the comments the title and artist of two relatively recent songs you really like. Include your email so I can contact you if you win.

Songs I've liked lately:

"Put It Back Down" and "Spectacular" by Seymour Bits
"Bang Bang Bang" by Mark Ronson
"Indestructible" by Robyn
"Gotta Do" by Quentin Harris
"Fancy Footwork" by Chromeo
"Wolf Like Me" by TV on the Radio

I'll send a copy of the Threadless book to two random winners.

UPDATE: Speaking of music, Martin Brown just posted his top 100 of 2010 as four downloads.

Serious hula hooping action

A cubicle drone meets a hot girl and hula hoops through downtown Los Angeles in this movie by Philo Hagen. (Probably NSFW on account of a few barley dressed hula hoopers.) The song is "Gotta Do" by Quentin Harris, which is available for download at Amazon. (I drive through that tunnel everyday.)

Here's more Philo Hagen at Burning Man. The hoop moves so fast, it's hard to believe it's not CGI:

Mesmerizing video for Robyn's Indestructible

The video for Robyn's Indestructible (good song!) is half people making out, half Robyn dressed in tubes full of flowing liquid.

The tubes were conceived of by Lucy McRae. The making of video is more interesting than the music video itself:



Lucy also created the pixelized costume for the cover of Robyn's album:





There are many other wild designs on display at her site. Via.

*Download songs by Robyn at Amazon.

Seymour Bits - Put It Back Down

Cheerful animated lunacy in this video for the very catchy "Put It Back Down" by Seymour Bits.

Link roundup

1. Fluxblog posted an eight-disc, 157 song mix - - a survey of some of the best and most notable music from 2010. (The mediafire links seemed to have much less annoying ads.)

2. Who could have foreseen that the ridiculous celebrity Twitter campaign would be an embarrassing failure?

3. Celebration, Florida, a town built by Disney in the '90s, just had its first murder.

*Buy Disney ornaments at eBay.

Link roundup

1. "Quentin Tarantino got into the spirit of Halloween by dressing as a Mexican wrestler and crashing a series of parties on a bus packed with hot women." Via.

2. Interesting interview with Sara Moulton about being fired from the Food Network. (She's pretty bitter about it.) (And she manages to emasculate her husband, too.)

3. I mentioned yesterday that Spin was giving away a Bad Religion tribute album. Well, the accompanying article, about the history of Epitaph Records is a great read. You can read the first two pages here.

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Link roundup

1. Here's a bunch of free music courtesy of Spin: 12-track Bad Religion tribute album; 15 tracks from the November issue.

2. Support Steamcrow by preordering the second collected volume of Monster Commute. There are various options ranging from ordering the pdf, to making Daniel Davis your slave for a day.

3. The Daft Punk/Tron Real Action Heroes are available for preorder at the BBTS. (Expensive.)

*Buy Tron Legacy posters at eBay.

Dancing Zombie Puppet Outbreak

Enjoy an outbreak of dancing zombie puppets in "Piece of Me Piece of You" by Three Legged Legs for Zune. The puppets were created by Adam Parker Smith and Caroline Salas. There's a lengthy explanation of how the video was created, along with lots of concept art and photos here.






The song is Fancy Footwork by Chromeo. Here they are performing on Yo Gabba Gabba:



Via.

*Buy zombie puppets at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Kawaii blood type drawings.

2. Enjoy the remixed version of Daft Punk's Derezzed.

3. Monstrous book.

*Buy Tron toys at eBay.

Link roundup

1. I highly recommend this video game/music video for Team Me's Weathervanes and Chemicals. Clever, albeit frustrating jumping, and the song's great. Via.

2. And Thomas Was Alone is a fun puzzle game.

3. Tweet and win manga.

Super 80's Style featuring Mark Ronson, Q-Tip, and Amanda Warner

Great song and super 80's style in the video for Bang Bang Bang by Mark Ronson, Q-Tip, and Amanda Warner.

The video is directed by Warren Fu. This second video by Fu for Ronson starts off with a bicycle that's half Tron lightcycle, half KITT, and half boom box (don't care for the song, though):



And here's one more Ronson video - - Circuit Breaker is directed by Gary Breslin and Jordan Galland, and takes place in an 8-Bit Hyrule (forget the master sword, Link has to acquire a boombox):



Finally, while I'm on the topic, here's an older video by Fu, an anime commercial for Aaliyah:



Via.

*Buy DJ Hero at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Northern lights webcam. Via.

2. Ghostly condensation on the windows of an office building.

3. Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon performing a medley of hip hop's greatest hits.