Sufjan explains Friend Rock
[H]ave you heard about Friend Rock? It's very simple: you are going to a show not so much as a fan of the music, but as a fan of your friend, the musician, on stage.
This made me LOL several times, especially #9 on the list.

A Guster out of the north-eastRyan did this while I was in Philly with the band, and he came ( Read more... )

Ben Gibbard falls
Maybe I was just in one of those moods, but this had me laughing for a while. (Apparently, he said something like "I wanna see that on YouTube by midnight," but this person didn't film long enough to catch that part.)

Eat 'N Park Christmas Star Commercial
Thanks to lkred220 for finding my favorite symbol of the Pittsburgh holiday season ( Read more... )

Almost all music-related this time.

Sufjan Stevens Christmas Album
I downloaded all of these, though I have not listened all the way through yet. But I know some of you love Sufjan and some of you love Christmas music, so there you go.

The Longest Elevator Ride of My Life
A Dooce classic, recently linked by Blurb.

Celebrity mugshots done in ( Read more... )

Okay, a little music-and-Straight-Dope-centric this time.

Why do sitcoms have laugh tracks?
For the condensed version, just skip to the second-to-last paragraph.

Straight Talk
Even though he's gay, the girls love Rufus Wainwright. So true! I love the part about the dead composers. Rufus is so endearing that of course the girls love him.

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