Friday, June 25, 2010

HIPSTER RUNOFF

HIPSTER RUNOFF

Animal Collective makes chillwave themed music video for one of their MPP songs

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:04 PM PDT


made a new video for “Guy’s Eyes”, an mp3 off their hit 2k9 album Merriweather Post Pavillion. I’m not sure exactly why they made this video. Their album came out in like January of 2k9… Seems like maybe they are just trying to get another sales bump. Or maybe they just got ‘danked out’ with their director bro, and decided to make a video that took advantage of the latest chillwave, beachy fuzzy buzzy rock trend.

Does this video seem ‘mad chillwave’ 2 u?
Do u want to ride some waves?
Do u only want 2 do just what ur body wants 2?
Do yall know ‘what the eff’ is going on in this video, or is it just using stock footage?
Is that Panda Bear doing all that surfing?

Good to see that Geologist is doing ‘just fine’ after the attack [link].

Sorta just wanna go back in time and ride chill waves real hard.

Overall, new video by AnCo sorta ‘worthless’ to me, and just reaffirms that they are some far out bros who live in some dream world. Wonder if they are ’so popular’ because we all wish we could escape from the critical internet indie buzzosphere and ‘chill’ with them.

Do yall like this video?
Is it a chillwave themed video?
Is Geologist a great actor? Is he the next George Clooney?
Was it ‘pointless’ for AnCo to release this video?
Should bands have all of their videos ready to release within 2 months of their album release?
Will AnCo release an album that saves 2k10?
Should they have just named this video “Comfy in Nautica Pt 2 [via Panda Bear]“?

Crazy Lady removes Michael Jackson’s body from grave, turns corpse into statue

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:52 AM PDT


It has been 1 year since died, and twitter got all sad, then every1 was like ‘we loved him, always thought he was #1 and was never weird’ and then they re-purchased his albums. Not sure what his legacy is gonna be. Guess it’s gonna be ‘positive’, even though he did some ‘really scary’ stuff [via allegation].

Anyways, this lady seems like she is a ‘huge fan’ and decided to remove ’s body from his grave and convert him into statue format. In statue format, more people can come visit his body and look at him, as opposed to just visiting a grave. In addition, you can probably build a sweet theme park with roller coasters and other fun rides/shows/entertainment. Hopefully when I die, I can have a network of friends and family who know what to do to monetize my body.

Not sure if rode chillwaves, or if he helped out the indie/chillwave movements. Sorta resented him for not even tweeting about a good indie buzzband or anything. Seemed obsessed with himself, and ‘having sleep overs’ with little boys.

Here’s a pic of me visiting ’s cadaver statue.

Are yall gonna visit MJ’s statue?
Is MJ more talented than Prince?
Have yall ever removed a body from a grave?
Are all ‘wax statues’ made from real human bodies?
What’s the weirdest thing u have ever done with a corpse?

Los Angeles Billionaire ‘bails out’ tanking Am Appy, gives company ‘life line.’

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 06:29 AM PDT

Link: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-burkle-apparel-20100625,0,7235400.story


American Apparel is an American-based apparel company which sells shirts, underwear, clothes, and other stuff. They have a brand which appeals to ‘alts’ and the emerging generation of mall rat tweens with minimal parental guidance. It seems like their company has been ‘in massive debt’ after expanding to tons of suburban malls last year, and they haven’t been generating the necessary sales 2 keep every1 happy.

Some Los Angeles billionaire named Ron Burkle ‘bailed them out’ and acquired a significant amount of stock:

Cash-strapped clothing maker and retailer American Apparel Inc. got a boost from Los Angeles billionaire investor Ron Burkle, who disclosed Thursday that he had acquired a 6% stake in the company saddled by debt and weak sales over the last year.

According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Burkle reported he had purchased 4.3 million shares in the open market for $5.9 million between June 10 and Monday. The filing said Burkle made the purchase “because, in his opinion, such shares were undervalued.”

Burkle is now the second-largest individual stakeholder in American Apparel, behind the company’s flamboyant founder and chief executive, Dov Charney. Both Burkle and Charney declined to comment.

Seems like a chill bro to bail out the company. Wonder if there are gonna be some ‘awkward vibes’ between Dov + Ronbro at some board meetings. One of them will be like ‘vnecks aren’t making enough money’ and the other 1 will be like ‘vnecks are the cornerstone of our brand.’ Tons of arguments. Hopefully they are both chill bros that just wanna sell some t-shirts.

Sorta wanna be bros with Ron Burkle. Here is a ‘picture of him’ from when he was banging Kate Hudson

This is also a picture of him on a date with Giselle

Seems like a chill billionaire who just wants to wear some chill clothes, and bang ‘grade A premium ass.’

Rlly worried about . Hopefully Burkle can ‘turn shit around.’

The company was also threatened with being delisted by the New York Stock Exchange because it failed to file its first-quarter earnings report, which was due May 31.(The company announced this week that it was granted an extension by the stock exchange until Aug. 16.)

When American Apparel released its preliminary first-quarter results May 20, it revealed a quarterly operating loss that had more than quadrupled from the same period last year. The company also warned that it might be unable to comply with the terms of its loan.

Feel like he really ‘believes in us.’

“I think experienced investors such as Mr. Burkle are able to see beyond the short-term bumps in the road and appreciate the uniqueness of American Apparel’s operation and the long term,” said Peter Schey, a spokesman for American Apparel.

Is Ron Burkle a chill bro?
Can rebound?
Is gonna ‘go under’?
Should we all vow to buy an product some time this summer to ‘help the company’?
Is buying Stock sorta like purchasing the alt-est product possible from , even more alt than a thong/briefs?
Do u wish u were a billionaire so u could randomly buy companies + bang hot women?
Is Ron Burkle a chiller bro than Dov Charney?
What would u do to save ?

DAFT PUNK launches a children’s variety show 2 educate alt kids

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 06:04 AM PDT

Link: http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2010/06/you-can-be-robot-too.html


Daft Punk is a popular electro house band from France who has successfully built a ‘one of a kind brand’, basically becoming the most authentic robots on the planet.

It seems like they are expanding their market in order to ‘compete’ with alt children’s shows like Yo Gabba Gabba, Sesame Bro Street, The Tellytubbles, and Barney. The project seems fresh and exciting. I can see them making ‘tons of money’ on products + merchandising. Ya gotta hand it to the robots–they just know what they are doing…

Seems like their new video has the vibe of their hit song “Around the World”.

Do yall think u will make ur kids watch this?
Can Daft Punk ‘make tons of money’ off alt kids?
Do yall wanna robot rock 4 the rest of yalls lives?
Does Daft Punk even make ‘good music’ n e more, or are they just ‘coasting’ off Discovery?

BREAKING NEWS: Grizzly Bear attacks AnCo’s Geologist, puts Geo in hospital

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:34 PM PDT

Link: http://www.charter.net/news/read.php?rip_id=%3CD9GHSKQ02%40news.ap.org%3E&ps=1011&sc_cid=homepage_newsDCC_article1


From what I understand, Geologist is the legal name of the guy who plays weird noises in the popular indie band Animal Collective. The band AnCo had a ‘huge war’ in 2k9 for the ‘album of the year’ against the popular buzzband Grizzly Bear. It seems like this ‘bad blood’ spilled over into a vicious attack in a remote area of Alaska. Feel like both bands were probably there for a music festival or something.

The bearded, sandy-haired geologist was on a job in the remote Alaska wilderness when a grizzly bear suddenly emerged from the brush just yards away.

So Robert Miller did what he was trained to do — he fell to the ground, clasped his hands around his neck to protect it and played dead.

The bear wandered away and Miller thought he was in the clear. Pulling himself to his knees, he found out how wrong he was.

The bear charged again and “this time he didn’t want me to move. He was really thrashing me around,” the 54-year-old said Wednesday from his hospital bed, his right arm and leg swathed in bandages, his left ear criss-crossed by stitches.

Not sure who the eff ‘robert miller’ is. Thought this was about buzzbands. It seems like Grizzly Bear is a mad crazy band. They really went after Geo, wanting to make sure his ass was dead. We can only assume that Grizzly Bear knew that if they killed Geologist, AnCo would not be able to deliver a solid album in 2k11, which is shaping up to be ‘the most anticipated year of music in the history of the world.’

Sorta scared of Grizzly Bear. Also scared of Geologist. Seems like he ‘packs heat’:

Miller managed to pull out his .357 Magnum revolver and squeeze off a single shot, possibly grazing the animal. Then his survival training kicked in: He fell onto his stomach, dug his face into the dirt and covered his neck with his hands to protect it from the grizzly’s claws and teeth.

The bear went for his exposed right arm, gnawing and clawing it and chipping the bone off the tip of his elbow. The attack lasted 10-15 seconds, then the animal lumbered away.

“I thought it was over, I thought he was gone,” Miller said.

He rolled over and was getting to his knees when the bear, which was only about 40 yards away, came at him again.

“As soon as I turned, he was running already. It was shoot, shoot and roll back over,” Miller said.

He managed to fire two more shots, but with his right arm badly injured he thinks he missed the bear. Then he lay still as the animal gnawed and clawed at him.

This seems like what the indie blogosphere ‘has been waiting for’, a war that results in violence in a conflict between two buzzbands.

“It was no problem to lay there with my neck covered and let him chew. It was actually painless at that point,” Miller said.

After the second attack, Miller played dead again, lying still for three to five minutes as thoughts raced through his mind. Was the bear still around? How bad was he bleeding? Where was his gun?

He tried to move and realized he couldn’t. He was too badly injured.

Feel like we almost lost 1/4 of the most popular indie band on the planet. Relieved.

Can’t believe how chill Geologist was about it. I woulda been pissed at Grizzly Bear, but he seemed ‘forgiving’, understanding how Mother Indie has an ecosystem that functions as a circle of life.

Still, the geologist, who until five years ago worked as a roofer, said he holds no grudge against the bear.

“The bear was just doing what bears do,” Miller said.

Did yall know that Grizzly Bear was ‘this violent’?
Will Geologist be murdered?
Should Avey Tare, Panda Bear, and Deakin ‘be careful’ that other buzzbands will try to attack them?
Will a tribe of Neon Indians ‘attack’ AnCo?
Will waves of chill turn into tsunamis and try to kill the indiesphere?
Will an Arcade Fire spread to the conceptual forest where the Animal Collective lives?
Do the Grizzly Bears look like ‘cold blooded killers’

Kinda Worried…

If a buzzband attacks u, is ‘playing dead’ ur best defense?
Are yall nervous about future acts of violence between buzzbands?

STOP BUZZBAND ON BUZZBAND VIOLENCE.