ROCK N’ ROLL KINDERGARTEN

Rhode Island band FANG ISLAND plays optimistic summery riff-rock and what better place to spread the controlled joy than in a local kindergarten. Pretty funny stuff.

Check out the band

MATTHEW STAFFORD / WIRED UP FOR THE COMEBACK

Awesome NFL films sound footage from the recent Lions last-second victory over the Browns. Mic right in the helmet. Rookie Matthew Stafford completes the last play with a separated shoulder. Pretty badass.

STAR WARS DELETED SCENE

Rarr!

Why DO You Support Sarah Pallin Exactly?

uhhhh…

PASSION OF VADIM [A RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE’S NIGHTMARE BOSS]

For those of you who haven’t seen Gawker’s profanity-laced email from restaurant owner Vadim Ponorovsky, [he runs the upscale Paradou in New York’s she-she meatpacking district] strap on your seat-belts and enjoy the ride. Apparently the guy wanted his employees to get the email addresses of the restaurant’s clients. The employees thought it was creepy and declined.

It starts:

To All,

Please read this email carefully. This is the last time we will be discussing this.

This weekend, saturday and sunday we had 451 customers. Guess how many emails we collected? 60? 80? 40? No. None of those. We, or more acurately you, collected 2 emails. Thats less than half of one percent. 2 fucking emails.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ASSHOLES?!?!?! How many times do we have to tell you how important it is that you collect emails. Everytime we have a slow night and you make no money and you sit there bitching about how you make no money, remember its because youre fucking lazy motherfuckers. YOU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY!!!!! ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING THE HOSTS!!!!

Let me guess, youre probably sitting there saying “Vadim is such a fucking asshole. How dare he speak to me like this. I dont need this.” Youre right, you dont, so why dont you get the fuck out. Any and all of you.

The fall out was swift and downright scary.

FROM A COMMENT ON GAWKER:

“Paradou owner Vadim Ponorovsky just called us in a huff because he says that after Gawker and other blogs published an angry e-mail he fired off to employees, his wife, who answers the phones at Paradou, is now receiving anonymous death threats along the lines of “we’re going to kill you” and “we’re going to burn down your restaurant.” Vadim says, “This has now hit a point beyond civil discourse,” and adds, “You can quote me on this: Any time, any place (and you can put my personal e-mail, vadim@paradounyc.com), these fucks, if they want to send me an e-mail, I will crack every one of their fucking heads and make the streets run with blood. I will not have my family threatened by anyone. I will fucking slaughter all these people and dance on their heads.” Beyond civil discourse indeed!”

See the whole thing

PRODUCTIVITY OR DEATH!

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CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG / BECK / “HEAVEN CAN WAIT”

The slinky French chanteuse has a new video and a tune co-penned and produced by Beck. Check it out

MIXTAPE TUESDAY / OLD AND NEW

GUY DAVIS “WINTERTIME BLUES”
Some salty slide twelve string blues from the incredibly underrated low-voiced bluesman.

RAMBLIN’ JACK ELLIOT: “SOUL OF A MAN”
The newest release from Ramblin’ Jack – a stripped down, raw take on this old spiritual.

COTTON JONES: “BLOOD RED SENTIMENTAL BLUES”
Some of the coolest harmonies out there. Can’t get enough of this record.

TALLEST MAN ON EARTH: “WHERE DO MY BLUEBIRD FLY”
This Swedish rising folk star would have fit in perfectly with Mr. Zimmerman at the Gaslight in the village circa ’63

JIMMY McGRIFF: “KEEP LOOSE”
Nearly crashed my car yesterday when I heard the ear-blistering solos in this early release from the late great Hammond organist.

WAYNE HANCOCK: “WE THREE (MY ECHO, MY SHADOW AND ME)”
The unofficial heir to the Hank Williams throne, Hancock’s nasal delivery and sweet pedal steel accompaniment do it just right.

SHE AND HIM: “BLACK HOLE”
She and Him, featuring M. Ward and the honey-voiced Zooey Deschanel always puts a smile on this face.

MARK O’CONN0R: “LIMEHOUSE BLUES”
If there’s a better fiddle player than lightning-bowed Mark O’Connor, let me know.

BESSIE SMITH: “MEAN OLD BEDBUG BLUES”
Nothing worse than bedbugs. Nothing like the sweet hiss of those old 78s.

REALLY GOOD WHISKEY KILLS GIANT SQUIDS

“BMX BANDITS”…TIME FOR A REMAKE??

This 1983 Australian classic features hurl worthy stunts, freakishly bad hair, laughable graphics and a horrifically costumed 16 year old Nicole Kidman. What more could you ask?

Film Junk’s homage