I just watched The Hurt Locker, this year’s best pic­ture. I finally under­stand what all the fuss was about. Con­grats to Kathryn Bigelow for beat­ing her ex-hubby James Cameron at his own game.
by game I mean mak­ing great films, not money. OBVIOUSLY.
I searched online for a good poster, but couldn’t really find one I liked. This one is pretty good, but a lit­tle text-heavy. So I tried to make one myself. It’s not per­fect but it’s bet­ter than this crap.

From the world’s luck­i­est brother to the world’s best sis­ter…
happy birth­day!
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In true Oscar tra­di­tion, roughly 99% of my picks to win, lost. I really did not expect The Hurt Locker to out-win Avatar six to three, includ­ing Best Pic­ture!
Guess I should go watch it now…
BEST PICTURE:
Dis­trict 9 The Hurt Locker
DIRECTING:
Quentin Taran­tino Kathryn Bigelow
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Jeff Bridges
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Carey Mul­li­gan San­dra Bul­lock
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Woody Har­rel­son Christoph Waltz
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Mo’Nique
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
In the Loop Pre­cious
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
A Seri­ous Man The Hurt Locker
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The White Rib­bon El Secreto de Sus Ojos
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Up
ART DIRECTION:
Avatar
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Harry Pot­ter and the Half-Blood Prince Avatar
COSTUME DESIGN:
The Imag­i­nar­ium of Doc­tor Par­nas­sus The Young Vic­to­ria
FILM EDITING:
Dis­trict 9 The Hurt Locker
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Food, Inc. The Cove
MAKEUP:
Star Trek
ORIGINAL SCORE:
Up
ORIGINAL SONG:
“The Weary Kind” — Crazy Heart
SOUND MIXING:
Star Trek The Hurt Locker
SOUND EDITING:
Star Trek The Hurt Locker
VISUAL EFFECTS:
Avatar
DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
The Tears of Sichuan Province Music by Pru­dence
ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
A Mat­ter of Loaf and Death Logo­rama
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
Instead of Abra­cadabra The New Tenants

If you like Miley Cyrus or Tay­lor Swift, you’ll prob­a­bly rec­og­nize this face:

“Not News Worthy”

This is Lucas Till. Apparently the default guy for country-pop-rock singer girls who have a blonde/brunette schiz­o­phre­nia prob­lem. As proven below with Miley Cyrus and Tay­lor swift.

Miley Swift vs. Tay­lor Cyrus

First we got Pan­dora, then Last.fm, then Spo­tify came along, even Youtube became a jukebox.

Do your­self a favor, check out Grooveshark.com <—Seri­ously.

p.s. image is from last nights Lit­tle Boots show.

A home­work assign­ment from the best class ever: Video Game The­ory!
I also had to write a long ass paper, but that wasn’t as pretty.

Here’s a new one for ya’ll. It’s called Pub­lic Gothic and it comes in 4 styles. I already found the best use for the ‘square vin­tage’ style, but feel free to be less cre­ative with the other 3. [Gimme] Seri­ously, if you man­age some­thing bet­ter, post it in the comments.

I never wrote about how awe­some Ed Banger’s 7^th Anniver­sary After­party was. Well, it was awe­some. Just watch the video above. I can’t believe old peo­ple actu­ally think this is just “noise”. I feel so sorry for them. This lit­er­ally went on for five min­utes, but don’t worry, he played real music after.
With all the upcom­ing releases, I feel like March can’t get here soon enough. First there’s Gold­frapp, then She & Him, even Lit­tle Boots’s first album Hands gets a US release next month (though I assume most of you have acquired it by ‘other’ means). The Postelles also release their first EP some­time early March, and don’t even get me started on Final Fan­tasy 13 (or God of War III for that mat­ter). Either way, Boots is kick­ing off her US album launch tour here in NY on March 2^nd, and you bet your ass I’ll be there. Plus, Neon Indian is play­ing the fol­low­ing week, so March is look­ing to be pretty awesome.

Here are a few songs that have caught my atten­tion recently. There is no rela­tion between the songs but you’re wel­come to try and con­nect them some­how. The first is from a 60’s Mad Mag­a­zine album called “Twist” Rock ‘N’ Roll. The sec­ond track has been stuck in my head a lot recently, it’s from the soul­ful elec­tro pop duo Quadron. Both mem­bers were part of the Boom Clap Bach­e­lors. The last song is an epic 11 minute ride based on an opera about Darwin’s Ori­gin of Species. It fea­tures vocals by Royksopp’s “This Must Be It” and “Tricky Tricky” singer Fever Ray.

Mad Mag­a­zine — (She Got A) Nose Job

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Quadron — Pressure

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The Knife — Colour­ing of Pigeons

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