This is just wonderful.
Ukelele Orchestra cover of “Teenage Dirtbag”
Lady Gaga performs a “You and I,” which she calls a “rock and roll tune, which means it will most likely never get used as one of my singles.” It would be very cool if she started a parallel career, a parallel identity, recording and touring with this kind of material.
Now I get it. It’s really, really fun to do. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Pandora’s Tim Westergren on Colbert 6/23. Word has it he’ll be on Charlie Rose next week.
Chipotle Restaurants turning your junk mail into lunches for kids.
The program –- called “No Junk” –- encourages people to forward their spam to nojunk@chipotlejunk.com. For every 100,000 messages received at that address, Chipotle plans to donate $10,000 to The Lunch Box, a non-profit organization that provides resources to schools to help them make their food programs healthier. (via)
I guess then they have your e-mail address for future blasts——
Sounds worth it to me.
I am once again recapping the new season of Top Chef for Eater. Check it out if you like reality cooking shows!
Really, Supercuts?
A “great idea”?
Reminds me of another great moment in social media marketing.
This is, for them, almost as embarrassing as a Supercuts haircut I got once.
15 Things Larry King Doesn't Know
I emailed Matt yesterday and basically forced him to do some sort of list featuring Larry King’s tweets, and this is what he came up with.
I couldn’t be happier.
Best thing I’ve read today.
Magnificent.
I watched season one of Royal Pains. It was fun. But this promo is truly spectacular and deserves multiple viewings.
I hadn’t ever seen Royal Pains until the other day. It’s because this is the best commercial for a TV show in the history of ever.
I watched season 1 of Royal Pains and really enjoyed it — and I’m really looking forward this new season.
Mostly, though, this was a mandatory reblog because this IS the best commercial for a TV show ever. No, seriously. This is epic.
What is this feeling inside me? Oh, I think it’s JOY. WTF, rapping Campbell Scott?!?
Thomas Kinkade was arrested for suspected DUI in Carmel. I cannot wait for this to show up in the Pine Cone’s Police Log.
