Zero-G dance routine

Scotty Nguyen and Tracy Shibata dance to Usher's There Goes My Baby, which is available at Amazon. Via.

Link roundup

1. Download for free Trent Reznor's score for The Social Network.

2. Kristin Leigh turned herself into a paper doll.

3. Most disastrous slideshow presentation ever.

*Buy NIN concert posters at eBay.

Link roundup

1. I highly, highly recommend watching the interactive film by Chris Milk for the Arcade Fire's The Wilderness Downtown on Chrome. It's a taste of the future of highly personalized entertainment experiences.

2. Almost time for the new season of Clone Wars. Get in the mood with Katie Cook's instructions for drawing the Zillo Beast.

3. Sounds like a good set up for a tv show: "Mafia kingpins from the former Soviet Union have moved into the French Riviera and are taking over with 'quasi-military' precision." Via.

*Buy Katie Cook sketch cards at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Courtesy of Urban Outfitters, download 25 free tracks from iTunes.

2, Maybe fevers are good for you. (That point is made at the beginning of Neal Stephenson's tremendous novel Confusion, which I'm currently reading for the second time.)

3. Interview with the game designer for Batman: The Brave and the Bold The Videogame (which I'm looking forward to playing with my boys).

*Buy Brave and the Bold toys at Amazon.

Even the music in Inception has a secret

Even the music in Inception has a secret. Via these sites.

*Buy Inception posters at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. 15 free mp3s courtesy of Spin.

2. Warrior with a samurai sword and a diving helmet.

3. Impressive Mass Effect cosplay.

*Buy Mass Effect toys at Amazon.

Listen to the Daft Punk songs for Tron Legacy

Listen to the Daft Punk songs for Tron Legacy:








You'll find some relevant links here.

*Buy Tron Legacy toys at Entertainment Earth.

Double Rainbow Song

The Double Rainbow guy, auto-tuned. And the original, if you're not familiar:



Via.

Link roundup

1. Fark on the Russian spies:

US officials say they were tipped off to the Russian "sleeper" agents after learning that hot women had been spotted at parties appearing actually interested in talking to scientists and engineers about their jobs.

2. Building code violations for the B-52's Love Shack.

3. Katherine Mangu-Ward: "In every state, people are free to feed others in their filthy, unregulated homes, it's only when money changes hands that home cooks transform into a public health hazard."

4. David Malitz:

Courtney, let me tell you something. In just the past year and a half, I've been to about 400 shows. I've seen some really terrible ones. And this was really the most terrible. No question. But the vast majority of those 400 shows, I went there, I saw it, and almost immediately forgot I was there. I'll never forget this night with Courtney Love, no matter how much I may want to.

Via.

*Buy Top Secret: Spy Equipment and the Cold War at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. Tips for actually enjoying a vacation: 1. anticipation is often more fun than the actual trip, so take more frequent short vacations; and 2. how a trip ends matters more than how it begins. Via.

2. Barnes and Noble's web business has apparently enjoyed massive recent growth, but after my last experience, it'll be a long time until I use the site again - - they canceled half my order without warning, and shipped books that were slightly damaged.

3. What's the point of writing an article about a monstrously enormous and fearsome prehistoric whale if you're not going to estimate how big the thing was?

4. Download Moby's 12-track classic rave as an mp3. Via.

The Cloud of Unknowing (link roundup)

The Cloud of Unknowing via these sites. Assuming it's the same novel, Amazon says, "Written by an anonymous English monk during the late fourteenth century, The Cloud of Unknowing is a sublime expression of what separates God from humanity and is widely regarded as a hallmark of Western literature and spirituality."

And a few more links:

1. Terminator vs. Alien. Via.

2. Good song, probably NSFW video - - The Rabbit by Mike Snow.

3. Melissa Sue Stanley's Etsy shop is once again full of strange creatures.

*Previously: Cloud umbrella.

*Buy Terminator toys at eBay.

The Curfew

Intriguing trailer for upcoming video game The Curfew, which was inspired by real life curfew enforcement announcements like the one you see above:



Once it's released, The Curfew will be a point-and-click adventure webgame in the same style as Littleloud's Bow Street Runner. There's no content at the official site yet, but you can play Bow Street Runner right now - - it's a solid point and click detective game that'll painlessly teach you about English history.

The song in the trailer is Wolf Like Me by TV on the Radio (which is so good, it threatens to overshadow the action). Here's the werewolf-filled video for the song:




Via.

*Previously: Clever book cover design for 1984.

*Buy 1984 posters at eBay.

Amp and Drum (link roundup)

Anthropomorphic amp and drum by McBess, who has art on sale here.

And a few more links:

1. You can download six tracks from Trent Reznor's new group How To Destroy Angels.

2. From China Mieville's Iron Council:

He had always hated the sedateness of these gardens, but now that they were ruined he found them a comfort.

3. USA Today asks, "Why has Twitter become a black thing?" Via.

*Previously: Anthropomorphic CFL.

*Buy NIN concert posters at eBay.

Video for The Ghost Inside

Here's the video for The Ghost Inside by Broken Bells (a song I recommended a couple of months ago, I might add), starring Christina Hendricks. It's a pretty good scifi short story. Via.

*Previously: Travel poster for The Ghost Inside.

*Buy Christina Hendricks goods at eBay.

CCTV Webcam Stickers (link roundup)

CCTV webcam stickers remind that someone could be spying on you right now. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Detailed directions for turning a soda bottle label into an inconspicuous cheat sheet.

2. Apparently Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll posted links on Twitter supposedly suggesting who he wanted to draft - - the links were really ads for Bing.

3. Video of The Gorillaz performing on The Colbert Show (the real people, not avatars).

4. Commercial for a personal injury attorney, starring a talking squirrel.

*Previously: Geometry cheat sheet.

*Buy sticker books at Amazon.

Superior (link roundup)

Superior lettering via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Comment and win a Last Exit to Nowhere t-shirt.

2. Download a new mp3 by Trent Reznor - - it plays over the ending credits of director Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo: The Bullet Man. Via.

3. Hurley and Dharma Van paper toys.

*Previously: Desktop wallpaper featuring the original (and dramatically superior) designs for Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

*Buy NIN concert posters at eBay.

Music roundup

Here are several songs I like right now. Links are mostly to Amazon.

1. Cold War Kids - Audience.

2. Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside.

3. Drive By Truckers - This Fucking Job.

4. Corinne Bailey Rae - I'd Do It All Again.

5. Neon Indian - Sleep Paralasyst.

6. Sade - Soldier of Love.

7. Janelle Monáe - Tightrope.

8. Smashing Pumpkins - Widow Wake My Mind.

9. Casio Kids - Fot I Hose.

10. Joker - Digidesign.

11. Junior Boys - Parallel Lines.

12. Metric - Gold, Guns, Girls.

(It's easy to tell if I've had a few moments of true free time - - I start talking about music.)

Musical note toy (link roundup)

Omatone music toy spotted here.

And a few more links:

1. Relatedly, sewing machine with a face.

2. Ad compares having PMS to being a luchador.

3. Santa Prawn (District 9).

*Previously: Canvas bag doubles as a luchador mask.

*Buy District 9 posters at eBay.

The Black Panther cartoon

Excellent music for the opening of the Black Panther cartoon. The cartoon was produced by BET, but apparently is only airing in Australia. The stylish (and violent) animation is by Titmouse, who also made Afro Samurai and the single terrific Screw On Head episode.

Here's the first episode of the Black Panther:




Here's the first part of Screw-On Head:



And by the way, ask Titmouse nicely and they'll send you a coloring book. (And did you know that BET calls the movies it runs "Blackbusters"?) Via.

*Previously: "Sex Panther" to be made into real cologne.

*Buy Black Panther toys at eBay.

Lady GaGa fashion cookies

Move over Lady GaGa Barbies. Here comes Lady GaGa cookies. Via.

*Buy cookie cutters at Amazon.