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27 Feb 17:00

Two Minutes of Goats Yelling Like Humans

by admin
Nate Bagley

This is funnier than I thought it would be.

02 Feb 18:33

I’M A CREEP

by daniel
Nate Bagley

It's all in the editing.

23 Jan 20:22

Spent Fuel Pool

Spent Fuel Pool

What if I took a swim in a typical spent nuclear fuel pool? Would I need to dive to actually experience a fatal amount of radiation? How long could I stay safely at the surface?

—Jonathan Bastien-Filiatrault

Assuming you’re a reasonably good swimmer, you could probably survive treading water anywhere from 10 to 40 hours. At that point, you would black out from fatigue and drown. This is also true for a pool without nuclear fuel in the bottom.

Spent fuel from nuclear reactors is highly radioactive. Water is good for both radiation shielding and cooling, so fuel is stored at the bottom of pools for a couple decades until it’s inert enough to be moved into dry casks. We haven’t really agreed on where to put those dry casks yet. One of these days we should probably figure that out.

Here’s the geometry of a typical fuel storage pool:

the geometry of a spent fuel pool

The heat wouldn't be a big problem. The water temperature in a fuel pool can in theory go as high as 50°C, but in practice they're generally between 25°C and 35°C—warmer than most pools but cooler than a hot tub.

For the kinds of radiation coming off spent nuclear fuel, every 7 centimeters of water cuts the amount of radiation in half.

The most highly radioactive fuel rods are those recently removed from a reactor. Based on the activity levels provided by Ontario Hydro in this report, this would be the region of danger for fresh fuel rods:

a diagram shows the parts of a spent fuel pool which you should not swim in

Swimming to the bottom, touching your elbows to a fresh fuel canister, and immediately swimming back up would probably be enough to kill you.

Yet outside the outer boundary, you could swim around as long as you wanted—the dose from the core would be less than the normal background dose you get walking around. In fact, as long as you were underwater, you would be shielded from most of that normal background dose. You may actually receive a lower dose of radiation treading water in a spent fuel pool than walking around on the street.

disclaimer: i am a cartoonist. if you follow my advice on safety around nuclear materials you probably deserve whatever happens to you.

That’s if everything goes as planned. If there’s corrosion in the spent fuel rod casings, there may be some fission products in the water. They do a pretty good job of keeping the water clean, and it wouldn’t hurt you to swim in it, but it’s radioactive enough that it wouldn’t be legal to sell it as bottled water. (Which is too bad—it’d make a hell of an energy drink).

We know spent fuel pools can be safe to swim in because they’re routinely serviced by human divers.

However, these divers have to be careful.

On August 31st, 2010, a diver was servicing the spent fuel pool at the Leibstadt nuclear reactor in Switzerland. He spotted an unidentified length of tubing on the bottom of the pool and radioed his supervisor to ask what to do. He was told to put it in his tool basket, which he did. Due to bubble noise in the pool, he didn’t hear his radiation alarm.

When the tool basket was lifted from the water, the room’s radiation alarms went off. The basket was dropped back in the water and the diver left the pool. The diver’s dosimeter badges showed that he’d received a higher-than-normal whole-body dose, and the dose in his right hand was extremely high.

The object turned out to be protective tubing from a radiation monitor in the reactor core, made highly radioactive by neutron flux. It had been accidentally sheared off while a capsule was being closed in 2006. It sank to a remote corner of the pool floor, where it sat unnoticed for four years.

The tubing was so radioactive that if he’d tucked it into a tool belt or shoulder bag, where it sat close to his body, he could’ve been killed. As it was, the water protected him, and only his hand—a body part more resistant to radiation than the delicate internal organs—received a heavy dose.

the most ominous edible arrangements basket ever

So, as far as swimming safety goes, the bottom line is that you’d probably be ok, as long as you didn’t dive to the bottom or pick up anything strange.

But just to be sure, I got in touch with a friend of mine who works at a research reactor, and asked him what he thought would happen to you if you tried to swim in their radiation containment pool.

“In our reactor?” He thought about it for a moment. “You’d die pretty quickly, before reaching the water, from gunshot wounds.”

15 Jan 22:23

http://www.lememe.com/archives/29461

by daniel
Nate Bagley

Pretty awesome gif.

12 Jan 04:23

Wolverine to the Rescue

Nate Bagley

Where do I get a pet wolverine?

Rescues a human out of a simulated avalanche.
07 Jan 21:21

He’s the Computer Man!

by admin
Nate Bagley

Computer Advertisment + 90's + Scat Man Parody = Gift From Internet Gods

A scary IT video circa 1998.

07 Jan 19:19

Scumbag Santa

by admin
Nate Bagley

Gave me the LOLZ.

07 Jan 19:04

Are You Good Enough?

by Bold Academy
Nate Bagley

A little something I wrote for Positively Positive.

Isaac Asimov "Good Enough | Bold Academy | Photo Credit: idleformat

By Nate Bagley

“I’m not good enough.”

At some point in our lives, we’ve all said it. We use these words to justify our fears and explain our insecurities or the reasons we don’t have the things we want most.

“I’m not good enough to be in a relationship.”

“I’m not good enough to get that job.”

“I’m not good enough to write that book.”

“I’m not good enough to record an album.”

“I’m not good enough [fill in the blank].”

These four vile words strip us of our personal value, our core identity, and any sense of purpose. They represent the epitome of the worst self-inflicted psychological diseases: self-pity.

“Certainly the most destructive vice, if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins—is self-pity. Self-pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred’s a subset of self-pity and not the other way around: ‘It destroys everything around it, except itself.’”
Stephen Fry

It’s time to stop using the term “not good enough” to reinforce some deep-seeded belief that we are insufficient or incomplete. We cannot surrender control of our self-worth to someone else, especially to someone who likely doesn’t deserve or even want that power.

The word “good” is not synonymous with “intelligent,” “attractive,” “experienced,” or “funny.” On the contrary, “good” means worthy, excellent, or kind.

It’s time we realize that until we’re kind and excellent to ourselves and believe that we are worthy of the things we want from life, we’ll never be “good enough”—in our minds—for the rest of the world.

Four changes you can make to help you remain in control of your self worth:

1. Romantically pursue only those people who love you for exactly who and what you are and who consistently and positively push you to improve. Don’t invest in relationships where your partner makes you feel as if you don’t meet their minimum requirements for attraction, intelligence, or tolerability.

2. Work for a boss who will invest in you as a person and recognize your value. Granted, this isn’t always easy. It might mean you have to quit or ask to work on a different team or even file an HR complaint, but it’s worth the effort. When you enjoy your work environment, all areas of your life will improve. You will add happiness and years to your life. Plus, you get to spend at least eight hours a day with someone who loves having you around, as opposed to the alternative. Do not waste time driving yourself to madness working for a boss who is convinced you are incompetent.

3. In the times you start to feel the pit in your stomach of insufficiency or the cold sweats of worthlessness, change your body language. Chin up—literally. Put your shoulders back. Stand or sit up tall. Don’t cross your legs, fold your arms, or touch your face or neck. It’s known that your emotional mindset can affect your body language. However, your body language can also affect your mindset. When your body fakes confidence, strength, and poise, your mind begins to accept it.

4. Spend time with friends who make you want to live at your best. True friends make you feel appreciated and valued on your best and worst days. If there are relationships in your life that are draining of your energy or your self-worth, it’s time to make a change or say goodbye. Life is too short to feel empty and alone when surrounded by those who should fill you up with the most love.

My goal for you is to eradicate the “not good enough” mindset from your vocabulary and your way of thinking. Your value should be determined by the person staring at you in the mirror. No one else.

If you feel insufficient, ask for help from someone who loves you, find a mentor, take a class, set a goal that will help you grow. Throwing your hands in the air and surrendering to the “I’m not good enough” monster is no longer an option.

Nate Bagley is the Director of Communications at The Bold Academy, a life accelerator designed to maximize your human potential. Applications for Bold Academy San Francisco are now open. Nate also produces his own podcast that proves true love exists and how everyone can experience it. You can find it here or follow him on Twitter.

*Photo Credit: idleformat.

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04 Jan 14:30

Lookin’ Good

by DOGHOUSE DIARIES

Lookin' Good

Some of you may dispute an item here or there, but otherwise I’m pretty sure this is accurate. -Ray

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03 Jan 03:40

Ira Glass on Storytelling

by thebrainbehind
Nate Bagley

Yup. I still love this.

Kinetic typography by David Shiyang Liu

20 Dec 02:42

Best of 2012: Playlists From NPR Music, Pitchfork, and More

by Rdio
Nate Bagley

More tunes for y'all.


The last 12 months of music have been amazing, with shooting stars bursting from pretty much every corner of the sonic universe. And when it’s such a stellar year for sounds, it’s certainly not easy to pick favorites.

Some of our Rdio Influencers have tackled the challenge to bring you the songs they consider the best in the galaxy:

  • Horrorshow
    This year, Sydney’s hip-hop duo loved tunes from American counterparts like A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, and Brother Ali.

  • Y La Bamba
    Bassist Ben Meyercord picks his favorite full-length albums of the year from buzzed-about bands like Tame Impala, Purity Ring, and The Lumineers.

  • Babydaddy
    Scissor Sisters’ multi-instrumentalist shook what his mama gave him to the tune of Usher, Bat of Lashes, and even his own band.

  • Rolling Stone
    When it came to choose the singles of the year, the magazine turned to hitmakers like Van Halen, Usher, Maroon 5, and Taylor Swift.

  • NPR Music
    Take in 100 favorite songs of all flavors from the National Public Radio department of good tunes.

  • Paste Magazine
    Among the veteran publication’s 50 favorite songs of 2012 are diverse gems by Frank Ocean, Leonard Cohen, and Alabama Shakes.

  • Consequence of Sound
    What tracks not only represented 2012 but the act’s ability to grow into the next year? You’ll find them on Consequence of Sound’s top 50 songs mix.

  • BuzzFeed
    The pop culture enthusiasts spent the year appreciating new music by artists such as Fiona Apple, Ke$ha, Icona Pop, and Skrillex.

  • PopMatters
    Grimes, Plan B, and Taylor Swift battle it out for PopMatter's best songs of 2012.

  • Pitchfork
    2012 was a year for familiar faces but indie tastemakers Pitchfork scope out this year’s rising artists like Metz, AlunaGeorge, and Savages. Keep your eyes — and ears — open for these names in 2013.

19 Dec 06:06

Cleaning the world's tallest building

Nate Bagley

Would you take this job?

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai. 24 000 windows which take 3 months to clean. Once completed the team start over again.
18 Dec 20:23

A Trap is Set in “Neil’s Puppet Dreams”

by Perry Michael Simon
Nate Bagley

One of my favorite things to come from Nerdist Industries as of late.

This week on Neil Patrick Harris’ Nerdist Channel series “Neil’s Puppet Dreams,” Puppet Chris Hansen shows up “To Catch a Puppeteer”… Neil, who’s apparently into non-traditional fabrication and isn’t, as he claims, a plumber. It’s only creepy if you… um… well, there’s no way this ISN’T creepy. We’ve got a runner!

Subscribe to the Nerdist Channel if you’re a consenting whatever.

17 Dec 21:27

Filmography 2012

by Miss Cellania
Nate Bagley

This is some incredible editing. Some of these clips made me want to hunt down some new movies that I missed this year.

What are some of your favorite flicks from 2012?

(YouTube link)

YouTube member genrocks put together a bit of more than 300 films of 2012 into one video. It's not just a supercut; this is a masterfully edited mashup that you won't be able to turn away from. There's a list of all the films and music at Filmographile. Link -via Digg

13 Dec 03:49

Super Mario Beads 3

by thebrainbehind
Nate Bagley

Some super impressive stop motion.

An epic suburban stop motion adventure by Marcus and Hannes Knutsson! Via digitalbuzz

12 Dec 21:42

The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week 12/11

by Jake Kroeger
Nate Bagley

The Wallet and the Watch was my favorite this week.

Need to get the John Travolta & Olivia Newton John Christmas duet out of your head? Need to forget that you could buy an attachment to your bike that makes it sound like a clopping horse? We’re not sure if this would be the cure for it, but this week’s 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos distracted me from getting songs caught on repeat or spending money on stuff I absolutely don’t need.

1. Albert Brooks completely falsifies his stories on Letterman in the best way ever.

2. Eric Andre helps Attack of the Show possibly end in style as he gets naked on cable TV.

3. Chris Gethard attempts to cement his fame by getting his headshot in local businesses.

4. Bill Murray reenacts what he likes to do on late night TV every Christmas, just like the rest of us would.

5. Submitted: Free Comedy! shows why it might not be a good idea to mug an actual magician, especially if it’s Tom Shillue.


Per usual, I’m taking submissions for the 5 MIFV every week like the one featured above. Same rules still apply.
-E-mail embeddable video link to thecomedybureau@gmail.com with subject line “5 MIFV Submission”
-Submit by the end of the upcoming Monday (which would be 12/17)
-Videos must be posted online (i.e. have a time stamp that says so) between now 12/11 and the end of Monday 12/17
-Don’t add any cover letters or explanations; please just send the link.

12 Dec 20:02

Dec 5 2012

by Karen Slavick-Lennard
Nate Bagley

This dude talks in his sleep, and it's pretty hilarious. I like to drop in every so often and listen to a few clips. My personal favorite today? "My ass and my personality are the same thing. Huge, and in your face."

Wednesday Rewind
"Everybody wriggle. Everybody wriggle. It's maggot mayhem."
 or click here

This quote has actually become far more relevant than it was when STM muttered it almost three years ago. These days, Adam is an avid fisherman, and we frequently have boxes of wriggling little maggots around the house. He's even found an online shop that ships them to you. That package did NOT go down well at work.
"My ass and my personality are the same thing. Huge and in your face."
 or click here
12 Dec 19:13

100 Songs for 2012

by noreply@blogger.com (Aaron Bergstrom)
Nate Bagley

Some cool tunes on this playlist. Enjoy.




"We can't change the present or the future.  We can only change the past, and we do it all the time." - Bob Dylan

***

It was a summer of speeches.

In ballrooms and banquet halls, folded into church pews, crouched awkwardly on tasteful indoor/outdoor furniture, I sat and listened to all the well-wishers who just wanted to say a few words, on this day of all days, in honor of best friends, oldest daughters, baby brothers, new sisters-in-law.


Everyone wanted to remember.  Everyone had a story to tell, from decades ago, back before all this, when the guests of honor were toddlers, teenagers, college freshmen, new kids in town, strange faces at the office.  Each story described, in painstaking detail, a lifetime of awkward misunderstandings, questionable fashion choices, forgotten pop culture obsessions, dated haircuts, slapstick accidents, every sitcom plotline come to life.


We laughed and laughed.


And then, when the laughter died down, we looked over at the bride and groom, mischievous grins replaced with proud smiles, and we remarked to each other how proud we were, how far we had come, how we couldn't believe that the awkward kid was all grown up, had found the love of his life, had met the one person who would always be there for her.  And we raised our glasses to continued success and happiness.


But, hold on.  Isn't it kind of amazing that we all turned out so well when pretty much every one of our past incarnations was just barely functional as a human being?  How does thatwork?


***


Honestly, is there any version of your past-tense self that doesn't leave you mortified?


Grade-School Aaron wore a Dallas Cowboys Starter jacket, had those Vanilla Ice horizontal lines cut into the side of an otherwise normal haircut, and thought Rush Limbaugh was pretty funny.


High School Aaron would tell you that all good music had been made before he was born, devoured anything Star Wars-related, and would have worn nothing but AND1-brand clothing had that been a possibility.


College Aaron voted for Ralph Nader, ate pizza rolls as a meal at least three times a week, and couldn't run a mile without collapsing in a panting heap.


Law School Aaron watched an entire season of Entourage in one sitting, earnestly maintained a MySpace account, and wore a Crown Royal t-shirt on the second day of classes under the assumption that this would make people think he was cool.


Three take-aways from that little trip down memory lane:  One, it took me a shockingly short period of time to think of those examples.  I'm sure that there are hundreds more, and I'm sure that Elliot Mann will list all of them in the comments.


Two, those are the faults that make me sound endearing.  There are plenty of things about my past selves that aren't as likely to elicit a chuckle.  Past Aaron acted like endless sarcasm somehow worked as a personality, thought that quoting from movies and TV shows was the same as having a sense of humor, and generally walked around like he thought he was better than everyone and everything.  So … I'm going to stick with surface flaws, if that's okay.  Maybe we'll delve deeper in next year's essay.


Three, armed with an understanding of this inescapable pattern, how do you attempt to interact with Future You?  Because, honestly, the best you can hope for is that Future You looks back with a knowing smile and a slow, almost disbelieving shake of the head.  "Oh yeah, 2012 Aaron.  That guy sure thought he had it all figured out, didn't he?"


I'm pretty okay with my current self, but I acknowledge that I come from a long line of idiots who shared my name and social security number.  Is there any reason to believe that Future You isn't going to add Present You to that list of idiots?


***


How do you earn Future You's approval?  I guess there are two ways you could attack the problem.  One, you could run headlong into the screaming, unknowable future, embracing anything and everything, shedding identities almost at random in an attempt to flash-evolve into the kind of person Future You might like.  When you don't know where you're going, the important thing is to get there as fast as possible, right?


Two, you could cease all motion completely.  If you never change anything, then Future You will be exactly the same as Present You.  Look, you dragged Future You down to your level!  You won!


On second thought, that doesn't sound like a victory.


***


I think about both of these potential paths when listening to new music.  Does falling in love with a new band mean, on some level, becoming a new person?  Does endlessly replaying that new album by an old favorite mean you're stuck in a rut?  I'm pretty comfortable answering that second question with a "no."   That first question, though, is exciting and potentially terrifying and I think the answer might be "yes."


***


There was a period this year where I listened to nothing but the new albums from the Mountain Goats, AC Newman, Japandroids, Gaslight Anthem, and Passion Pit.  Every so often, I would wonder why I wasn't discovering any new bands.  I wondered if I had hit some kind of wall, if this was it, if twenty years from now I would still be listening to these same bands and only these same bands, obliviously boring hapless party guests with stories about the Good Old Days.


There was a period this year where I listened to nothing but Purity Ring, Charli XCX, Crystal Castles, Tanlines, and Young Galaxy.  Every so often, I would wonder what had happened to all my old favorites.  I wondered why those old bands didn't resonate with me anymore, why I was so quick to throw them overboard and move on to the next thing, if that remorseless detachment said anything about deeper character flaws in me.  I wondered if I would always be drifting, chasing trends, resigned to the fickle tastes of Pitchfork and the Hype Machine.


How was I to choose between those two listening philosophies?


***


Here's the thing, though: this is a false dichotomy.  Of course it's a false dichotomy.  It's easy to set up a problem by claiming, "These are the two choices, and you have to choose."  It's even easier to respond by saying, "Well, what if I didn't have to choose?  Wouldn't that solve the problem?"  And yeah, it would.


And actually, I think it goes further than that.  I think that collection of idiot Past Yous is absolutely necessary to the potential happiness of Future You.  You grow by adding, not by replacing.


I know this is how it happened with me.  Start with that awkward kid, hopefully not still wearing the Cowboys Starter jacket but probably wearing something equally ridiculous.  Fourteen, maybe fifteen years old.  Horrible taste in music.  He loves Blues Traveler, he loves Sublime, he loves the Eagles, he loves dozens of comically derivative Christian rock bands.  Now start adding, slowly at first, then sometimes too quickly, maybe more than he can process, but keep going.  Add Talking Heads, add Stone Roses, add The Clash.  Add hundreds of people, friends and classmates and co-workers, with their own tastes and opinions.  Add places, foods, drinks, the impersonal march of history.  Add the internet.  The whole thing.  Keep adding.  Each layer makes the next layer possible.  But you had to start with that kid.  Without him, it doesn't work.  And give that kid some credit - from the beginning, he loved the Beatles, and Parliament Funkadelic, and Outkast, though at the time he just knew Outkast as the stuff the older kids listened to at basketball camp.  Add, don't replace.



***

This year, I'm a guy who loves The Hold Steady and CHVRCHES.  Last year, I was a guy who loved The Hold Steady and had never heard of CHVRCHES, largely because they didn't exist.  This new version of me is incrementally happier, just slightly more interesting, more open to new experiences, more willing to embrace things I previously would have seen as foreign and weird.  Every new band has that effect on me.  But they're all building on those Beatles records, those Shins records, those Hold Steady records ... even those f***ing Eagles records.  I once owned a Kid Rock CD.  I paid real money for it, at a time when I was making something like $6.50 an hour washing dishes at an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant.  It hurts to admit that, but it's still part of who I am, how I see the world, no different than the fact that I once saw the Libertines in front of like 100 people at 7th Street Entry.  You don't shed the past, you just use it to process the present.  And the future.


***


It doesn't mean keeping everything forever.  I certainly wouldn't want to keep Kid Rock forever, and even some recent favorites have fallen by the wayside.  I lost Band of Horses somewhere this year, and The National, and Yeasayer.  I know I loved those bands at one point, but now they just don't hit like they used to.  I'm not sure if I feel the same way about Ellie Goulding anymore, and I have my suspicions about Free Energy going forward.  It's okay.  That happens.  You can't keep everything.  And you shouldn't.


***


So here is a list of 100 songs.  We're going to take these songs, and we're going to add them to Present You, add them to all the songs you love today, all the songs you can't believe you loved ten years ago, all the songs you once hated but now think are kind of okay, all the guilty pleasures that evolved into just-regular-pleasures, all the old favorites that you've now heard so many times that you're going to start screaming if anyone so much as hums three seconds of the chorus.


And you start with Present You, and you add something to it, and the results cannot possibly be anything but positive.  Because you're adding.


And you'll add more stuff next year, and the year after that, and songs that you won't hear for two more years will inform the way you react to songs that you won't hear for five more years.  And eventually all those reactions will add up, and they'll change you ever so slightly, and then ever so slightly again, and somewhere along the line you'll become a demonstrably different person, and Future You will look back at Present You and laugh at your stupid phone.  You thought that thing was so cool!  What was wrong with you? 


You two might like some of the same stuff, but for your sake I hope it's not much, because the difference will be all the great new stuff you added between now and then.  You're going to look ridiculous to Future You, probably for a number of reasons.  There really isn't much you can do about it.  Which, I guess, is kind of the point.


***

(1) Japandroids – “The House that Heaven Built”
(2) Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
(3) CHVRCHES – “The Mother We Share”
(4) Tanlines – “Brothers”
(5) Trails and Ways – “Mtn Tune”
(6) The Shins – “Simple Song”
(7) Kitten Berry Crunch – “Black and Blue”
(8) Blur – “Under the Westway”
(9) HAIM – “Forever”
(10) Passion Pit – “Love is Greed”
(11) Cloud Nothings – “Stay Useless”
(12) The Very Best – “Kondaine”
(13) The Mowgli’s – “San Francisco”
(14) Cher Lloyd – “Want U Back”
(15) Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
(16) Bruce Springsteen – “Wrecking Ball”
(17) The Coup – “The Magic Clap”
(18) Icona Pop – “I Love It”
(19) Taylor Swift – “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
(20) Purity Ring – “Fineshrine”
(21) Van She – “Idea of Happiness”
(22) Elite Gymnastics – “Andreja 4-Ever”
(23) Niki & The Dove – “Tomorrow”
(24) Charli XCX – “You’re the One”
(25) Gaslight Anthem – “45”
(26) Scissor Sisters – “Baby Come Home”
(27) Young Galaxy – “Youth is Wasted on the Young”
(28) Tanlines – “All of Me”
(29) Japandroids – “Adrenaline Nightshift”
(30) BBU – “The Hood”
(31) Gaslight Anthem – “Here Comes My Man”
(32) Young Galaxy – “Shoreless Kid”
(33) Scissor Sisters – “San Luis Obispo”
(34) Generationals – “Lucky Numbers”
(35) Charli XCX – “Stay Away”
(36) Superchunk – “This Summer”
(37) Sourpatch – “Cynthia Ann”
(38) Chairlift – “I Belong In Your Arms”
(39) Kitten – “Cut It Out”
(40) Black Light Dinner Party – “Older Together”
(41) HAIM – “Don’t Save Me”
(42) Frank Ocean – “Sweet Life”
(43) Mountain Goats – “The Diaz Brothers”
(44) AC Newman – “There’s Money In New Wave”
(45) Carly Rae Jepsen – “Turn Me Up”
(46) Alabama Shakes – “Hold On”
(47) Trails and Ways – “Nunca”
(48) Metric – “Breathing Underwater”
(49) Kotki Dwa – “Poison”
(50) The Killers – “Runaways”
(51) Passion Pit – “It’s Not My Fault, I’m Happy”
(52) Kate Boy – “Northern Lights”
(53) CHVRCHES - “Lies”
(54) Solange – “Losing You”
(55) Muse – “Madness”
(56) Mountain Goats – “Harlem Roulette”
(57) Allo Darlin’ – “Capricornia”
(58) AC Newman – “Not Talking”
(59)Jessie Ware – “Wildest Moments”
(60)Tegan and Sara – “Closer”
(61) Frank Ocean - “Pyramids”
(62) Taylor Swift - “22”
(63) Palma Violets - “Best of Friends”
(64) Chromatics – “Kill For Love”
(65) Santigold – “The Keepers”
(66) Ellie Goulding – “Anything Could Happen”
(67) Fun. – “Out on the Town”
(68) Free Energy – “Electric Fever”
(69) Foxy Shazam – “Holy Touch”
(70) Miike Snow – “God Help This Divorce”
(71) Santigold – “The Riot’s Gone”
(72) Waxahatchee – “Grass Stain”
(73) Yellow Ostrich – “Stay at Home”
(74) The Shins – “It’s Only Life”
(75) The Henry Clay People – “Hide”
(76) The Coup – “The Guillotine”
(77) Crystal Castles – “Affection”
(78) Shout Out Louds - “Blue Ice”
(79) Kate Boy - “In Your Eyes”
(80) Wintersleep – “In Came the Flood”
(81) Aimee Mann – “Charmer”
(82) Seye – “White Noise”
(83) Tilly and the Wall – “Static Expressions”
(84) Earlimart – “10 Years”
(85) Grass Widow – “Disappearing Industries”
(86) Stars – “The Theory of Relativity”
(87) Youngblood Hawke – “We Come Running”
(88) Titus Andronicus – “Upon Viewing Oregon’s Landscape With the Flood of Detritus”
(89) Craig Finn – “No Future”
(90) Dr. Dog – “Lonesome”
(91)Tame Impala – “Feels Like We Only Go Backward”
(92) Saturday Looks Good to Me – “Sunglasses”
(93) Prince – “RNR Affair”
(94) Islands – “Hallways”
(95) Mika – “Overrated”
(96) MØ - “Pilgrim”
(97) Summer Heart – “I Wanna Go”
(98) Anthony Hamilton – “Home By Five”
(99) Saint Lou Lou – “Maybe You”
(100) The Killers – “From Here On Out”
12 Dec 14:34

Image of the day

by thebrainbehind
Nate Bagley

*smirk*

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11 Dec 18:56

Why Doesn’t MTV Play Music Videos Anymore?

by admin
Nate Bagley

Pretty funny explanation of why UVU doesn't play music videos anymore.

11 Dec 00:56

That's My Captain, Jean-Luc Picard

by Brody


Photo: Twitter

If you don't recognize the names and faces then the two people involved here are Sir Patrick Stewart and LeVar Burton. Stewart and Burton both played lead characters on Stark Trek: The Next Generation. Stewart was Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Burton was Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge. If you still don't recognize them by now, well then you are a lost soul. Star Trek guy with a VISOR ring a bell?

In the image above you can see that Burton retweeting a picture of Stewart getting tangled in Christmas lights. It's good to see that the actors still have a friendly rapport and that there characters still mean something to them. Star Trek geeks, rejoice!

Via The Monica Bird