Inspired by the Minutemen song, Evil Monito’s “Tour Spiel” provides an intimate look into the musician’s tumultuous life on the road. Each week, we’ll check in with some of our favorite artists touring stateside or abroad and find out what it’s like to be packed in a van or waiting at the baggage claim for hours on end.  It’s ultimately the memorable experiences with friends that make life on the road rewarding, or at the very least interesting.  This week it’s the alluring songstress, Via Tania who admits that although she’s traveling the globe, she’s secretly a homebody with a penchant for knitting and long introspective moments. →

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of our excellent friends at WARP Records, you must check out on Tuesday December the 8th at 8PM Paris time the LIVE BROADCAST of their party in Paris… If you can’t make it to the Elysée Montmartre, that is, where the WARP 20(10) party takes place.

Always ahead of its time, WARP shows us a glimpse of the future – and the sounds of 2010! →

Giant Robot Group Show Turns Post-Its into Art Concepts
GR2 -  Santa Monica, CA
12/5/09

Giant Robot is proud to present Post-It Show 4 at GR2. Curated by artists Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson, the show is slated to feature nearly 2,000 works by noted contributors for only $20. These pieces will be on standard-sized 3” x 3” Post-It® notes. (Larger sizes of 4” x 4” and 6” x 6” will cost a bit more.) →

Birdfeeders creating a new species of birds in the U.K.? Whoa, hold up. Nowadays, putting up a bird-feeder in your backyard to treat the little ones is apparently no longer an innocent act of love but comes with unexpected repercussions that none of us were ready for. The European blackcap bird’s natural instinct has historically been to migrate to Spain to spend their winters to feed on fruits and berries but the rise of bird-feeders in the UK has changed →

With just a hook and some yarn, a group of women in Northern Uganda gather in a brick hut and start crocheting hats and sweaters. The Krochet Program was born out of their love for crocheting and desire to make the world a better place. This opportunity also provides these women with other educational training to help them sustain and provide for their families for years to come. There are currently 10 participants of various backgrounds in the Krochet Program but the one thing they do have in common is their goals and needs for a brighter and better future for themselves and their families. In addition, these women help families get fed and their children are attending school. →

Inspired by the Minutemen song, Evil Monito’s “Tour Spiel” provides an intimate look into the musician’s tumultuous life on the road. Each week, we’ll check in with some of our favorite artists touring stateside or abroad and find out what it’s like to be packed in a van or waiting at the baggage claim for hours on end.  It’s ultimately the memorable experiences with friends that make life on the road rewarding, or at the very least interesting.  This week The Devil Makes Three briefly recounts their recent fall tour with unerring positivity. →

Jerry Beck’s Animation Tuesdays
Los Angeles, CA
01/05/10

The Cinefamily and Jerry Beck are proud to present the world premiere of the new HBO special, Getting Over Him In Eight Songs Or Less, an animated mini-musical created by Debra J. Solomon (creator of the animated Lizzie McGuire) which explores the heartbreaking and depressing but often funny journey we all must make when love →

The Norwegian renewable power company Statkraft has built a prototype osmotic power plant on the Oslo fiord. It aims to produce enough electricity to light and heat a small town within five years by osmosis, the process that allows plants to absorb water. Currently, it may only produce enough power to heat an electric kettle, but Norway’s Statkraft says that its new, first-of-its-kind osmotic power plant could be producing as much energy as a small wind farm by 2015, and continue to grow.

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The Bloggomist: Three Times a Trend
Fashion Opinion

Over the last year or so there’s been a strange evolution unfolding in my midst. Instead of staying out until 4am, wrestling myself up at 8 and dripping coffee intravenously throughout the day in a feeble attempt to survive, I am instead getting 7-9 beautiful hours of sleep and waking up (marginally less distraught) to green tea →

This captivating short by Ayaka Nakata displays “abstract movement and sound” in an unsettling and provcative way. With an almost disquieting and ambigious quality, the cartoon draws the viewer in with its subtle use of  dance choreography and intriguing musical arrangements. →