“I hate the faces I make, especially around people I’ve just met, who either think I’m deranged or making some kind of joke. I also hate getting out of breath and light-headed when I get excited over something I really want to say. Also, I hate messing up funny stories and jokes.” -Ross Owens, University [...]

. This week’s track is special. Rather than featuring a new band, we’re rediscovering an old one, namely the 1980s British pop rock band Tears for Fears and their international hit, “Mad World.” View the original music video here. It seems like an American Idol runner-up has rediscovered it too. Adam Lambert recently recorded a [...]

It’s official. “Dat kid from Cleveland,” Kid Cudi, is everyone’s new favorite rap artist. The catchy synthesizer sounds on this week’s track are courtesy of New York electronic duo Ratatat, who produced the song, one of many from Kid Cudi’s debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. But enough talking. Click here [...]

This week’s song is performed by the American hard rock band Shinedown, established 2001 in Jacksonville, Florida. One of their musical influences is fellow Jacksonville rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band responsible for popularizing “Sweet Home Alabama.” Click here for a listen of Shinedown’s “Her Name is Alice,” as featured on Almost Alice, the compilation [...]

As suggested by Silvia Cernea, this week’s track is “Computer Camp Love” by Norwegian electro band Datarock. Their music is characterized by dance punk and – you guessed it – wacky song titles like “I Used to Dance with My Daddy” and “Fa-Fa-Fa.” Click here for a listen of their music video of “Computer Camp [...]

Every week our staff will roam the blogosphere in search of the funniest photos around, be they: classic comics, inspirational, the latest pictorial parodies of Kanye West‘s VMA moments or photos that are JPW (Just Plain Weird). As this is our first in the Photo of the Week series, we’ll start you off with two [...]