Rybak declares Nov. 7 "Suicide Commandos Day" in Minneapolis »

stuffaboutminneapolis:

We re-elected him and, in return, he gave us an official day to rock out. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak announced today that Saturday, Nov. 7, will be Suicide Commandos Day. The language from the official proclamation is too good to paraphrase, grammatical errors and all:

“Whereas, in the words of ‘indie’ music industry shaker and mover, Peter Jesperson at New West Records in L.A., ‘The Suicide Commandos are THE Granddaddy’s of the Minneapolis/St. Paul music scene that later bred The Suburbs, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, Soul Asylum and The Jayhawks.’

Whereas The Suicide Commandos put the Minneapolis Music scene on the map; and

Whereas The Suicide Commandos carved a path where there was none before. Many of the Minneapolis bands that went onto big success may not have done so without the Commandos having done so.”

What kind of afternoon it has been: I read this article on earthquakes and aftershocks, and then immediately listened to the above track (Uncle Tupelo’s “New Madrid,” here performed by an early-edition Wilco) on repeat for about half an hour.

liquidchroma:

From Craig Kilborn’s Late Late Show, possibly my favorite nighttime talk bit of all time: Sir Ian McKellen (you can just call him “Ian”—the rest of the segment is also fantastic) uses his best theatrical voice to read instructions for changing a tire.

[Conspiratorially]: “Affix the new wheel.”

[Update: I thought this clip included the discussion of whether Kilby should address him as Sir Ian, Ian, etc. but it doesn’t.]

A video via Ben to brighten your day. Also, I’m not positive, but he may have been reminded of this video because I tweeted an observation last night that Sir Ian McKellan appeared to be wearing sparkly Vans on Jimmy Fallon’s show. So much awesome wrapped up in just one, wee mortal.

“PICK UP THE JACK!”

Reporters clamored for details of her, one stuttering a breathless question about the "hero," who she was, and why she was there. All we know so far is that she is not in the military, that she was a "first responder" (maybe a cop), that bullets from her gun were what stopped Hasan's massacre, that she was shot, that she nearly died, and that, had she enlisted to fight in the front lines of the Army, she would have been turned down. Combat units are male-only. »

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liquidchroma:

How To See Oregon and Parts Thereabouts In 11 Days

My friend Ryan turned his notes from a nearly two-week roadtrip through the Pacific Northwest into this snappy minisite. The pictures from the trip are pretty amazing (fuckyeahsceneryofthewesternunitedstates), especially the stitched up panoramas that open or close the notes from each day.

Automatic friend-takes-a-trip-and-turns-it-into-a-neato-website reblog.

thedailywhat:

Stop What You’re Doing And Watch The Hell Out Of This of the Day: Clever French dude shows you how to open a bottle of wine when you’re sans corkscrew.

YouTube commenter majom89 has the last word on this: “Well, what to say? They’re french, and french people know much about wine.”

Indeed.

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Quite probably the most useful, informative YouTube video ever.

Check out video from Urlesque and Know Your Meme’s HallowMEME party from NYC. You’ll find a couple appearances of my ROFLcopter, as well as a keen interview with Ben explaining his costume!

Thanks again for the great time, Urlesque!!!