This is a picture of my friend Tyler, drawn by the great Michael Brown. I think it’s quite funny even if you don’t know any of the people involved.

I am one of the few rare, socially crippled people who has not heard Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” (although I’m sure it’s a masterwork of songwriting) — and even if the parody singer’s voice is not exactly pitch-perfect, and even if Katy Perry is undeniably smokin’ hot — I am willing to bet cash moneys that this parody video from Seth Green and Break.com is at least 37.88% better than the original.

Here is an interview on the Onion A.V. Club with one of my favorite authors William Gibson. If you haven’t read Neuromancer you need to. Interview with William Gibson

Give the lady what she wants, old chap!

Once girls are requesting the cleveland steamer from Stephen Hawking the “sex with an author” thing will have jumped the shark . . .

For many years, I always had to spend hours scouring the internet just to find that some band or performer I really enjoy played pretty close to where I lived (which can be very rare), but I missed it because I had no idea the show was happening! That can be frustrating.

Well it seems some other guys also had the same frustrations and started Songkick, which helps you track bands you like, upcoming shows, shows you have been to, etc.

I am very new to the service, but so far I am very impressed. It is integrated with parts of Facebook, has great search features, and really seems to be set up by people who honestly love their music (plus making money off something you love never hurts).

But once again, I am pretty new to the service. If you have any advice to offer on it, or offer another suggestion of a similar site that I might like, please do so! I am always looking for great resources on music, and any and all help is appreciated.

As suggested by Weed, here is an awesome bit that appeared on Sesame Street from the group Mummenschanz who are still touring and performing even today!

Heard about this one from the guys over at the Signed In Podcast (check out their show if you are not, it is the bee’s knees). Radian Games has been dazzling me with their videogames they have been pushing out. Joy Joy is great (although I royally suck at it), and Crossfire is very clever. Much different takes on all the twin stick games, and this one seems to be the one most geared at me!

Seriously, stop reading this and watch that damn video again!