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Bears Under the WS Bridge!
The rare black and white bear roared ferociously at passing cars, prompting a local bicyclist to sneak behind one of the bear's backs—narrowly cheating death.
Oh, the humanity!
The one day out of the week I spring for a bagel, someone brings Top Pot donuts into the office. Figures.
Brilliant packaging
I need to get the Reservoir Dogs 15th Anniversary Edition for the packaging alone. [ Coudal ]
Break on through
Is that a bear in your shirt, or are you just happy to see me? Also of note: Jesus t's. [ Your A Genious ]
Kurt ousts Elvis
The grunge rockstar, who achieved global fame with the anthemic singles Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come as You Are, earned more than £26m last year. That's roughly $49m U.S., wow. [ Firewheel ]
Evil spinach
“Studies show bagged lettuce may not be safer. And even organic bagged lettuce often goes through a chlorine rinse (yum...) to kill bacteria, whereas whole organic greens do not. [ Ideal Bite ]
It better be good
The reunited Pixies hope to one-up 2004's lackluster “Bam Thwok” single and begin work on a brand new album in the coming year. [ Pitchfork ]
Fast Food Nation
I can't stand fast food; I think it's a disgusting travesty. Hence, I can't wait to see this film.
On Tour Widget
If you're a Mac user, you need this widget. It lets you know when bands from your iTunes library are coming through town, plus more if you wish to see it. [IndieHQ]
The letter A
“No one knows why ‘A’ is the first letter of our alphabet”. Because it's awesome, that's why. [Coudal]
Splash of color
Sony created a bunch of paint explosions for a new commercial. The result is pretty impressive. [Frederik Samuel]
Love their Country
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes new album is all country songs, and it's so awesome.
Marky Markup
Markup Maker is an awesome online tool for creating HTML and CSS shells and it's going to save me lots of time. [Simplebits]
Repress Yourself
“There should never be a need to prattle on about your life on the Internet...It should be clear that it is unnecessary and in fact dangerous on many levels”. Consider yourself warned. [Kottke]
Brats on the Beat
I know what I'm buying for everyone I know that recently had a kid.
Again?!
Rick scores Poster of the Week yet again. Nice work buddy!
Sweet 16
The illustrious Coudal Partners take an idea from concept to cash in less than 24 hours. “The moral of the story is don't talk your next idea to death. Lord knows we've done that enough. Launch it”. Point made.
Accidental keyboard shortcut
Pressing the Command (apple key) + Option + Right Arrow keys (Mac) will skip iTunes tracks from any application. This is problematic when using Photoshop.
Standardista
I can't believe that people are unleashing new websites that not only use table based layouts, but frames and splash pages. [Pastepunk]
One way ticket to rehab
Justin Hawkins quits the Darkness.
Frightening
The Thriller video, Bollywood style. [Campbell]
CBGB's final week
It's ridiculous that CB's wasn't granted historical status, especially considering Joey Ramone had a street named after him. [AH]
You know what they say about blind prostitutes
You really gotta hand it to em! Christopher Guest has yet another great movie. Plus Ricky Gervais! Sweet. [Kottke]
Bonjour!
Take a quick stroll through Paris in the fall. Fall rules. [Airbag]
Strike Anywhere interview
“It's strange and dystopian to me that money, resources, and war can pass through these lines drawn on the earth but not people looking for a safe and peaceful place to live and work”. Smart cookie, great perspective.
Spinach Fettuccine
Listening to Led Zeppelin really makes me miss Pasta Espresso. Damn you, San Diego.
Kiss my arse
The Pogues travel all the way to the states and play four freaking shows in SF. Spread the love, you bastards.
Professional?
“But clients hire us in much the same way as they hire a moving company. They say, 'Put this over here, and that over there. Make this bigger. Now change this color.' They don’t realize these are the decisions that they’re paying us to make”. Exactly.
Speaking of new music
Full album streams of the new Killers, Beck, and Amon Amarth are up on the AOL site.