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Ok.. creepy, or funny? Both. (It’s not my handiwork.) But either way, it’s very Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy ish. Speaking of, enjoy:

Weekend quicklinks: 5/11/08

leopard candid

Rare leopard’s photo captured via camera “trap” in Russia

Guy describes how he wrote a bot which makes $$ at online poker

OpenOffice 3.0 beta is out, ARS gives it a preview

Breast-fed children found to be smarter

OJ’s former manager says he confessed to him while stoned. omg!

Sad Kermit sings Elliott Smith’s Needle in the Hay (video)

Cocaine subs which hold 8-10 tons are the new thing in drug smuggling

Common Herbicide Disrupts Human Hormone Activity In Cell Studies

New Nine Inch Nails album released FOR FREE

nin logo

the slip album cover

Trent Reznor is the man, he has released the new Nine Inch Nails disc, “the slip”, entirely free. There’s not even a link to pay or donate. Physical manifestations will be released in July. GET IT HERE. Review/thoughts to follow.

You can snag 2 new NIN tracks here @ facebook/ilike. Supposedly there’s an annoucement coming tomorrow @ nin.com, probably news of the new album.

Portishead’s long awaited Third is out.

portishead album coverDark and brooding, beautiful haunting genius. This is going on heavy rotation. I can’t get enough of The Rip and Threads right now.

If you like Portishead at all, you need to grab it.

Radiohead on Conan last night 4/23/08

Who knew they were Conan’s first musical guest back in 1993. Can’t wait to see them @ Lolla. I am kinda mancrushed on these wankers.

edit: the video i linked got yanked from youtube, go figure. here’s another try. otherwise I’m sure it will be reposted, give it a search. while you’re there check for the ‘93 performance and Thom’s long blond hair..

Portishead live videos featuring 7 songs from new album, Third

The album is now out, snag it @ Amazon.

Song 1: “Silence”

Song 2: “Hunter”

Song 3: “We Carry On”

Song 4 “The Rip”

Song 5: “Machine Gun”

Song 6: “Magic Doors”

Song 7: “Threads”

FYI, this is the jam

don\'t stop the music

+1 for the MJ sample. This is teh hot.

Link

(pro tip: downsize browser per necessary)

(pro tip 2: reach for pause when it finishes)

Gay Boyfriend – a classic.

gay boyfriend still

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Brilliant Solo Acoustic Rendition of Toto’s Africa

Always liked that song.

Classic Tim Buckley performance of Song of the Sirens

The papa de Jeff Buckley on The Monkeys TV show in 1970.

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Lollapalooza ‘08 Lineup is Announced Today

lollapalooza 2008

The lineup has been announced, so go check it out.

Just as the rumors predicted, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, and Rage Against The Machine are on the bill. Also the Black Keys, Black Lips, and Black Kids. There’s actually a lot of bands I don’t recognize, that’s fine i will be there though.

I see they still haven’t changed their wonky flash site navigation.

Crysis mass physics time lapse demo

Some guy used the Crysis Sandbox editor to capture this time lapse video of a whole mess of boxes flying around. it gets good @ 0:35. Pretty pet, indeed.

Radiohead – scotch mist In Rainbows video

amazing radiohead video posted on youtube by the band. 52min of in_rainbows. would that i were this cool. buckle up @ 41:30.