The Orphan, The Poet - "Renegades" (X Ambassadors Cover)

My friends in The Orphan, The Poet [http://www.facebook.com/theorphanthepoet] have teamed up with the wonderful folks at Hope For The Day to raise awareness for suicide prevention, a cause close to my heart. Anyone who donates here...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Comic-Con 2015 Reel

Sometimes, amidst the collectables, references, and RSS feeds that encircle my entire life, I find myself forgetting that there is a new Star Wars film on its way. Then I’m reminded and the warmth and familiarity that I experience...

Deadpool has a leaked Comic-Con trailer

[VIDEO REMOVED BY COPYRIGHT MONGERS] For the last several years, comic books have completely dominated our theaters. Spidermen, Batmen, Supermen, and various collections of mutated crime fighters have demolished skyscrapers and box office records alike. Some, with more success than...

Get four free songs from The Money Pit

From the ashes of Gatsby’s American Dream rises The Money Pit, an exciting new project from Nic Newsham and Bobby Darling. In a press release [http://www.moneypitmusic.com/press-release] today, the duo announced that their self-titled record would...

The Return of Dragonball

The adventures of Goku, Vegeta, Krillin, Mr. Satan, and more continue in Dragonball Super right where they left off in Dragonball Z. I never watched Dragonball GT and frankly counted myself out of those excited about the future of the...

Thresher Is A Horrifying Tale Of Inter-Dimensional Terror

Andrew Liptak for i09 [http://io9.com/thresher-is-a-horrifying-tale-of-inter-dimensional-terr-1715835704?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow] : > Fans of Lovecraft and Weird Fiction will get a kick out of this short film by Mike Diva: Thresher. Following...

American Opera releases music video for "Jack Pine"

Our good friend John Bee is on the Vans Warped Tour all summer, playing daily sets as American Opera at the Acoustic Basement stage. One of the songs he is performing every day is “Jack Pine,” a single from his...

Jason Unoriginal Explores The Cleveland Catacombs

Cleveland photographer Jason Unoriginal [http://www.jasonunoriginal.com/] photographs the abandoned Cleveland Catacombs. This bit of local urban exploration is particularly cool....

Casey Neistat Hits 100

In Casey Neistat’s 100th vlog (congratulations Casey—you’ve inspired me daily for a few months now), the filmmaker talks about his creative hierarchy. That is, actually making something, inspiring someone with that creation, and finally creating a tool...

A Historic Graphic From Apple's Homepage

Kevin Fox [http://kfury.com/the-first-apple-homepage] via parislemon: > I’m a digital pack-rat, and I’ve been on the Internet a long time. I remember a very different, more playful Apple.com homepage. I remembered a page that was more...

A Tribute to Taking Back Sunday, by Various Artists

Last summer, I spent two weeks in Nashville, TN with Shapes & Colors recording their On Display EP. Most of our time was spent in the studio with Aaron Sprinkle, but I took some time out to hang out with my...

Artoo In Love: A Short Film

A cute short film by Evan Atherton featuring our favorite rolling trash can....

Four Year Strong - "We All Float Down Here"

Four Year Strong has once again brought their choice flavor of easy-core back to the eardrums of their listeners. This time, by way of Pure Noise Records. I love the new material. It’s most comparable to what we heard...

What Should I Watch On Netflix?

My friend and colleague Brian Lion has listed [http://officespacejam.tumblr.com/post/115872706059/my-comprehensive-netflix-recommendations-list] his Netflix recommendations in a comprehensive and well-formatted list. I highly recommend his recommendations. > More than people ask me how I’m doing or how...

Watch Avaberee's romance-drenched 'Can't Get You Off My Mind' video

> The ‘90s were a good time for poppy, female-fronted trip-hop songs that were so blissed out that they seemed to float out of your speakers on fluffy little clouds. Brisbane, Australia-based trio Avaberée has recreated that feeling with their new...

Here's A Boost: A Most Shareable Response To Christopher Murray

Using a Change.org petition last week, Illuminate Me singer Christopher Murray made a dramatic call for social networking justice. Facebook has raised its rates on bands and small business’s promoting themselves through their website several times over the...

25 Years of Adobe Photoshop

Adobe is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Photoshop. To highlight the landmark, they’ve released a fantastic video made with user submitted PSD files. The entire video was created in Photoshop, made by animating each layer. The result is a...

Bayside - "Dancing Like An Idiot"

While I think this song comes off as a bit crabby, and I’m not really sure what made it a necessary thing to release, I agree with the criticism it presents. Watching kids support trashy human beings on stage...

Neill Blomkamp to Direct New 'Alien' Movie for 20th Century Fox

That’s it, the Internet has done it again. The Alien movie treatment District 9 and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp was working on has been picked up by 20th Century Fox. Last month, Blomkamp came online with new Instagram and...

Dead Leaves play earnest emo on “I Was Once An Extrovert”

Dead Leaves have started settling in. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of knowing a majority of the band members since 2010. Watching the rise of hometown favorites and the eventual fall of Call It Fiction has been a sobering...

7 Strategies for Writing 3 Books in 3 Years

I’ve been rereading this article by Ryan Holiday at The Next Web for a few days now. It’s given me both inspiration and total anxiety towards the way I write. I want to be a better and more...

The Maine Has Released My Favorite Song This Year (So Far...)

Forever Halloween is over. The Maine has finished touring on their most artistic album yet and are gearing up for the release of their fifth studio album. I’m sitting in my girlfriends apartment sipping my 3rd beer of the...

The Oral History of Pigeons & Planes

An in-depth look [http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2013/10/pigeons-and-planes-history/s/268074/] at the rise of my favorite hip-hop and pop music blog. Worth reading for anyone who has or is thinking about starting their own blog to write about music...

Stream Runaway Brother's 'Reprise'

Miles Raymer, Entertainment Weekly [http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/04/stream-emo-revivalists-runaway-brothers-reprise?hootPostID=284bc1b24f7625873c0052ad386cf27e] : > Cleveland’s Runaway Brother fits in comfortably with the ongoing emo revival—and unlike a lot of their brethren, they don’t seem to mind...

Tweetbot for Mac is getting an upgrade

Tapbots via Twitter [https://twitter.com/tweetbot/status/563070797456367617]: > Tweetbot for Yosemite has been more work than anticipated, but it is coming…and yes, it will be a free update! My most used Mac application is getting a facelift. It...

Felicity Jones in Talks to Star in First ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff

Mike Sampson, Screen Crush [http://screencrush.com/felicity-jones-star-wars/]: > There have been rumors bouncing around this week that ‘Orphan Black’ star Tatiana Maslany had won the lead role in Gareth Edwards’ upcoming ‘Star Wars’ spinoff. As can often be the case...

Cartel Announce 'Chroma' Tour and Vinyl Release

When I last talked to Cartel, they were releasing a statement [http://www.underthegunreview.net/2014/05/18/utg-exclusive-cartel-releases-statement-on-enjoy-the-ride-chroma-pressing/] about the Enjoy The Ride Records release of Chroma, their acclaimed debut full-length. Now they are finally releasing a pressing of...

Blogging app Desk is half off in the Mac App Store

You can get John Saddington’s blogging application Desk for half the price for a limited time. Selected as a part of the Mac App Store’s Get Productive collection, Desk is only 14.99 right now. Desk works with...

AOL is shutting down TUAW and Joystiq

Micah Singleton, The Verge [http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/30/7949485/aol-shutting-down-tuaw-apple]: > There goes another one. AOL is shutting down The Unofficial Apple Weblog, better known as TUAW, sources familiar with the situation tell The Verge. The company — which...

Star Wars: Battle Pod Arcade Game

I got the chance to play this the other day. As you’d probably expect, its small enclosure and wrap-around screen makes this an equally immersive and disorienting experience. Still, it was quite fun. Once I watched a line of...

Imgur Adds GIF Making Service

Imgur has added a new service that allows you to quickly make an animated GIF from a video clip online. Just type in the link, select the starting point an duration, and you’ve got yourself ammo for the Twitter...

Slack Acquires Screenhero For Screen Sharing, Voice, Video

Mic Wright, The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/01/28/slack-acquires-screenhero-integrate-screen-sharing-voice-video/] : > Slack, the increasingly popular communication platform, has made its second acquisition, snapping up collaborative screen sharing service Screenhero for an undisclosed amount in a cash and stock...

Reimagining Pokemon as Company Logos

> Small San Francisco design shop designer reimagines Pokemon as logos. Very cool study [http://pictogram.agency/pokemonbranding/] by the founder of Pictogram and former Apple and HP employee, Sebastiaan de With....

Does Sponsoring Daring Fireball Actually Work?

John Saddington, Desk.PM: > A lot of people have asked me whether sponsorship and advertising on John Gruber’s Daring Fireball actually works. What they are asking, more specifically, is whether it’s really worth the investment, because advertising is...

Tommy Boys' Self-Titled Album Available Now

Last year, I fell in love with a band called Tommy Boys. Their noodly jams have been on my rotation for several months. Now they can be on yours too. Grab their record on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/...