State of the Artist - Common Senses mp3

A nice jazzy, laid back track (great horns) from the unsigned Seattle-based group, State of the Artist (sota), who have been together since 2007. Visit their website for more info.

Obama - Hopes Fading Fast T-Shirt

Wow. What a difference a year makes...

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Just 12 months ago, Obama was going to change the world. Now, it appears, some of his shine is wearing off. The chaps at freshjive have created the t-shirt above, in response to the apparant lack of change ushered in by America's 'new' President during his first 52 weeks in the big job.

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Personally, I think the criticism of his tenure is a little harsh. His priority was to steady a sinking ship, and repair some of the damage that Georgie Bush Junior had done since 2001. He seems to be doing okay in that respect.

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I'm sure much of the criticism is based on unrealistic hopes for immediate, wide-ranging change, and the rest is generated by conservatives who would rather have a President with his finger on the trigger, ready to smash down a few third world countries whose political/social/religious ideals differ from theirs.

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Tee spotted at hypebeast.

New Foo Fighters... Yawn

Jesus. Kurt is turning in his grave.

I really don't rate these guys. Music for Aussies and Kiwi's. It's all so... safe. No doubt this will be getting spins on Steve Wright's Radio 2 show. Which says it all. really.

'Only in America' Part 4761

A woman dialled emergency number 911 three times in Florida last week because shit-in-a-box peddlers McDonalds had run out of Chicken Nuggets. Honestly.

Click HERE for more and to hear this stupid cow calling the police and complaining that she was "being forced to eat something else".

Dan Auerbach - When I Left The Room mp3

From the debut solo album from The Black Keys' guitarist/singer Dan Auerbach, which comes out on 23rd February (buy it HERE).
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This is a noirish, western-tinged track that would fit in neatly on a Tarantino soundtrack.

Enjoy.

Caution. Zombies in Road.

Spotted over at Wooster.

Some clever computer-hacker types took over two LED roadwork signs near the University of Texas earlier this week, and decided to warn local residents of an impending zombie attack, and Nazi zombies no less.

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It's better than putting 'Poo Bum Willy', which is what I'd have probably done.

Obama - The Toy

The Obama Action Figure... brought to us by those crazy Japanese cats at DID. Click the image for a close-up and see the wrongness in all its glory.

"Kill at the whim of a hat"

The BBC have kindly compiled a short list of classic Bushisms as a 'thank-you' for 8 years of side-splitting-yet-frightening idiocy from the most powerful man in the universe.

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BBC's Bushisms

Scientists: "People Still Willing to Torture"

The BBC is reporting that a group of scientists from, you guessed it, the US have repeated the famous Milgram experiments, to assess a persons capacity to 'torture' another, by administering electric shocks (think Peter Venkman at the start of Ghostbusters).

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The results this time? Same as last time:

"What we found is validation of the same argument - if you put people in certain situations, they will act in surprising and maybe often even disturbing ways."

What. A .Shock. (No pun intended)

Fingers crossed...

CNN = At best stupid, at worst racist

Jesus. How could that ever be funny? Not even a satirical genius could pull that off.

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For more of Complex's most racist moments from the 2008 presidential campaign, click HERE.