Fifteen Minutes To Live

2009-11-27T07:00:00.000-05:00

Wired lists pop culture's finest moments of 2009.

2009-11-26T16:16:00.003-05:00

Why does the NFL have a two-minute warning?

The custom of giving teams a two-minute warning dates all the way back to the NFL’s first years. In those days, fans and coaches couldn’t just take a look at the stadium clock to see how much time remained in the half. The official game clock resided in the pocket or on the wrist of one of the officials, and the stadium’s clock was just a rough estimate of how much time remained in the game. Thus, the NFL instituted a two-minute warning where the referee would stop the clock and let both teams know exactly how much time remained in the game.

2009-11-26T10:00:00.000-05:00

A Felt Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T09:00:00.000-05:00

Buck 65 now has a Twitter account.

2009-11-26T08:00:00.000-05:00

Feast by Matt Zoller Seitz
(via Kottke)

2009-11-26T07:00:00.000-05:00

WHY? - These Hands / January Twenty Something from anticon. on Vimeo.

2009-11-26T06:00:00.000-05:00

Lupe Fiasco - Enemy of the State (A Love Story) mixtape

2009-11-25T11:00:00.000-05:00

The AV Club list the best short story collections of the past decade.

2009-11-25T10:30:00.000-05:00

The AV Club list the best books of the past decade.

2009-11-25T10:00:00.000-05:00

The complete first season and select episodes of the second and third seasons of The Larry Sanders Show are now streaming on Hulu.
(via Maximum Fun)

2009-11-25T09:30:00.000-05:00

Complex Magazine list the most underrated new rappers.

2009-11-25T09:00:00.000-05:00

Judd Apatow picks up three projects from Aziz Ansari, including a Raaaaaaaandy movie.

2009-11-25T08:30:00.000-05:00

College Humor interview Aubrey Plaza.

2009-11-25T08:00:00.000-05:00

The Muppets perform Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."

2009-11-25T07:30:00.000-05:00

Youth In Revolt trailer #2
directed by Miguel Arteta
starring Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Long
based on the novel by C.D. Payne

2009-11-25T07:00:00.000-05:00

Saxx Laws from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

This was a bonus video we made during the shoot for the Sexx Laws video. Bass player Justin (JMJ) volunteered to dress up as a Kenny G style Smooth Jazz soprano sax player and serenade the destruction wrought by the day glo football team. (Coincidentally, Kenny G sat behind me on a flight to Seattle (regrettably not Ojai) a few months after this shoot). It was shot in a few takes before the lunch break and assembled later during the editing for the actual clip, essentially for our own amusement. The track came about when the idea arose to get some one to do a Smooth Jazz arrangement of the song instead of a remix. The music was played by the band, except for the sax player, who was an actual jazz session player. The track beautifully evokes the abandon of smooth. Its a little long, but if you stay with it, it will reward you with a smooth outlook for the rest of the day.

(from Beck.com)

2009-11-24T16:30:00.000-05:00

Objectified, a documentary on industrial design, is on PBS's Independent Lens tonight.

It's airing at 10pm on my local PBS station. Check listings for the time in your area.

2009-11-24T16:00:00.001-05:00

Ron Artest in his underwear on Jimmy Kimmel Live

2009-11-24T15:43:00.001-05:00

Symphony of Science "Our Place In The Cosmos"

2009-11-24T15:23:00.001-05:00

What Are Dreams? on tonight's episode of Nova on PBS.
(via Mental Floss)

2009-11-24T11:00:00.001-05:00

Louis CK's Last Chance
starring Louis CK and Bobby Cannavale

NSFW

2009-11-24T10:30:00.000-05:00

The AV Club list the best comics of the past decade.

2009-11-24T10:00:00.000-05:00

The Hangover is launching an award campaign for best picture.

2009-11-24T09:30:00.000-05:00

How to start reading comics.
(via Metafilter)

2009-11-24T09:00:00.000-05:00

Vice interview Farel Dalrymple.