Figuring that honesty is the best policy, and that, at some point, it will become extremely difficult to conceal from the waitstaff the fact I have been sitting in the restaurant for 14 hours slowly eating mozzarella sticks, I decide beforehand that I will be up front with the TGI Friday's employees about the nature of my undertaking...

-My 14-Hour Search for the End of TGI Friday's Endless Appetizers

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The boutique merchandise arm of the celebrated Austin movie theater the Alamo Drafhouse, Mondo's about to level up with its most ambitious music plan yet: a series of vinyl-only releases of Danny Elfman's music from Batman: The Animated Series.

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In the fall of 2001, Phil Elverum released the album The Glow, Pt 2 on K Records. Pitchfork named it the best album of the year. In this episode, Phil recounts how he created the first song on the record at Dub Narcotic Studio. He spoke with me from his home in Anacortes, Washington, about his love of being alone in the studio, evoking nature through music, and where the name The Microphones comes from. Plus a few words from Calvin Johnson, the founder of K Records. This episode is presented in conjunction with The Creators Project, where you can see Phil Elverum’s original recording chart for this song, and read some of my thoughts on this episode.

Buy “I Want Wind to Blow” on Amazon MP3 here. Phil Elverum’s website is pwelverumandsun.com, where you can buy the album The Glow, Pt 2 on CD, or on vinyl as a double LP.

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The recording of the Thunderclouds playing “Don’t Worry Baby” by the Beach Boys is from The Microphones album Blood.

Ahh...breathe in that fresh air! Camping season is here, so brace yourself for some photos of tents that, all things considered, will not influence you or any part of your life in the slightest.

Forget normcore: The real harbinger of the Fall Of The Ironic Empire is the fact that some kid in Ohio has raised over $9,000 (and counting) to make a fucking potato salad. To be fair, Zack “Danger” Brown set a very reasonable goal of $10 when he created a Kickstarter campaign to help make his mustard-and-potato-based ambitions a reality. But then the tech blog CNET got ahold of it, then the local news (which adorably refers to the website as “Kickstart”), and now Brown is being inundated with legal currency from total strangers who refer to the project as “legendary,” “epic,” and “important to me on a deep and spiritual level.” Now a full-fledged ironic Internet phenomenon, “Potato Salad” is currently the number one project on Kickstarter with 90,829% funding and 25 days left to go. Reward options include a “potato-salad themed” hat, Brown saying your name out ...

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1 Perspective look south on Park Avenue 2 Park Avenue Foyer 3 Main Ballroom 4 Men’s Barber Shop 5 Rose Room, mural study 

Maybe it’s time to relax and know that we’re a good team and only getting better.

Publisher Locus Moon press has been working on the new anthology book, Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, for about two years now, and it's asking for fans to help make the long journey come to fruition.

The book,which tasks creators including Paul Pope, John Cassaday, Jill Thompson, Cliff Chiang, J.H. Williams III, Craig Thompson, Carla Speed McNeil, Mike Allred and Roger Langridge, with drawing new, full-page Little Nemo strips in the style of series creator Winsor McCay, will come out in the fall if Locus Moon can raise $50,000 via Kickstarter. The project launched Monday morning, and by mid-afternoon, it was at around $13,000. Not a bad start.

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Hoping to take the weight of the world’s eyes off of Harrison Ford’s hobbled leg long enough for him to heal, Lucasfilm has reportedly let slip that Rian Johnson will write and/or direct Star Wars: Episodes VIII and IX—an announcement that comes as something of a surprise to those who believed J.J. Abrams had selfishly hoarded all the realization of childhood dreams from his generation of directors. Both Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter are in agreement that Johnson is attached to write and direct Episode VIII – Mr. Solo Takes A Vacation, but only Deadline seems to think he’ll also be in charge of Episode IX. (The Wrap says so far he’s only been hired to write a treatment.) Either way, the edict is clear: Abrams will help relaunch the franchise, then turn the reins over to a group of talented directors that includes ...

Excerpted from Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations With Today’s Top Comedy Writers by Mike Sacks, out June 24 from Penguin Books.

Sure, that produce at the front of the store looks nice. They put it there so you’ll buy the Cheetos two aisles down.

Supermarkets and the food companies that stock them have one goal: To get you to buy more food so you'll spend more money.

These companies constantly research ways to "slow down shoppers" so they'll buy and spend more.

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It's why they line the entrances with rotisserie chickens and freshly baked goods.

The smells will have you salivating as soon as you walk through the doors. Not only will you be tempted to buy these foods, you'll also just be hungrier than when you walked in, and therefore more likely to shop, shop, shop.

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They want you to do your healthy produce shopping first so that afterwards you'll reward yourself with the junk food in the next aisles over.

Just seeing those fresh, colorful fruits and vegetables will make you feel healthy enough to give yourself a processed, junky treat.

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The whole store is designed for you to walk past thousands of products you didn't plan on buying.

That's why they send you into far-flung back corners to find your bread and milk: So you'll pick up some soda and chips along the way.

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“There’s an intimacy in listening to somebody’s lies, I’ve always thought—you learn more about someone from the things they wish were true than from the things that actually are.”
― Jennifer duBois, A Partial History of Lost Causes

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The “Song of the Summer” is an old concept but a fairly new sport. Pop artists since the ’60s have on occasion tried to score a self-conscious summer smash—but the media only began studying the horserace a decade or two ago. We’re barely into June, and already several outlets have offered predictions for 2014.

But when it comes to the Song of the Summer, your happy memories are what matter. Say you have a vivid recollection of summer 2004. Maybe it was the one between high school and college, or the year you worked that crazy job. The charts that year were dominated by Usher, but if the song booming from your car all summer long was by Modest Mouse? Then the latter is your Song of the Summer, period.

So if we’re going to give you a prediction that matters, we should identify what your Song of the Summer will be.

What follows is a walk down memory lane in the form of a quiz: 10 yearly Song of the Summer matchups with four choices each. The choices are dominated by each summer’s respective chart-toppers, but in a few cases we’ve swapped in a well-remembered rock, hip-hop, or indie hit to add some variety.

Once you’ve made your choices, our SummerSongBot™ will spit back a 2014-era jam that might just wind up topping your own personal hit parade. You’ll find a complete list of the possible results below the quiz.

Potential Songs of the Summer, 2014

Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, “Fancy.” The current No. 1 song on the Hot 100, by the fast-rising female, white, Australian rapper, who gets a major assist from the hook-purveyor from last year’s Icona Pop jam “I Love It.” (Buy this song.)

Jason Derulo featuring Snoop Dogg, “Wiggle.” The latest minimalist trap-pop jam from a remarkably resilient hitmaker (since 2009) who’s coming off the winter hit “Talk Dirty” and this time is backed by prior summer-song-supporter Snoop. (Buy this song.)

Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea, “Problem.” On this horn-inflected urban-pop jam, the rising starlet behind 2013’s “The Way” is backed by the omnipresent rapper; it’s currently a Hot 100 No. 2, held off by Iggy’s other hit “Fancy.” (Buy this song.)

Calvin Harris, “Summer.” This hit by the formerly invisible Scottish DJ/producer is the latest to feature his vocals—he manned the boards behind Rihanna on “We Found Love” and Florence Welch on “Sweet Nothing” but sung his own “Feel So Close” in 2012. (Buy this song.)

Miranda Lambert featuring Carrie Underwood, “Somethin’ Bad.” Country’s answer to “No More Tears” or “Telephone”—a summit by a pair of reigning queens teaming for the first time—this rocking song is closer to Mutt Lange than Ole Opry. (Buy this song.)

Michael Jackson, “Love Never Felt So Good.” This reanimated 1983 song, penned by Paul Anka and sung by Jackson during the Thriller era, was lovingly rebuilt by producer Timbaland for the Xscape project; one version features vocals by Justin Timberlake. (Buy this song.)

Kongos, “Come with Me Now.” This odd, three-year-old, lurching accordion-inflected rock song by a South African band just crossed to U.S. radio this year—it topped Billboard’s Alternative chart in the spring and is now getting picked up by top 40 radio. (Buy this song.)

Nicki Minaj, “Pills n Potions.” The new single from the rapper/Idol judge/pop-culture phenom with a strong summer-hit track record; its tempo, framed by a mantra-like “I still love” refrain, is ballad-like, offset by more aggressive rap verses. (Buy this song.)

Nico & Vinz, “Am I Wrong.” This shimmering midtempo pop tune with African flavors is already in Billboard’s top 10. It’s performed by the Norwegian duo formerly known as Envy and has the unorthodox infectiousness of Gotye. (Buy this song.)

MAGIC!, “Rude.” For all you Ras Trents out there, here’s a white-boy-reggae smash by a Canadian band, about a guy trying to get past his intended’s intransigent dad; as if that lyrical trope weren’t enough like “Two Princes,” lead singer/producer Nasri wears a knit cap. (Buy this song.)

Katy Perry, “Birthday.” Here’s the latest from the irrepressible hitmaker who’s brought us several hot-weather dominators but hasn’t had an undeniable summer hit since 2011’s “Last Friday Night”; given its title, Perry appears to want that sweet, sweet publishing-perennial dollar. (Buy this song.)

Robyn & Röyksopp, “Do It Again.” This thumping, buzzing electro-club song is the title track from an imminent album by the Swedish goddess of indie-pop teaming with the Norwegian ambient duo who’ve been together since EDM was “electronica.” (Buy this song.)

Ed Sheeran, “Sing.” This Pharrell-produced hit—not Timberlake, but a remarkable facsimile—is an acoustic guitar–plus–dance beats–plus-falsetto jam from the U.K. singer-songwriter leaping from his prior delicate ballads to the top 40 brass ring. (Buy this song.)

Sam Smith, “Stay with Me.” A potent piano ballad and breakthrough solo hit from an operatic-voiced Brit (“the male Adele”), who was introduced to U.S. audiences via SNL and his guest vocals on two prior dance-pop hits (one, “Latch,” is also rising at pop radio).

DJ Snake & Lil Jon, “Turn Down for What.” On this trap-dance smash and unlikely comeback hit from the mid-’00s crunk godfather/Dave Chappelle parody subject, Lil Jon cannily teams with a French electro DJ to score his first Top 10 hit in five years. (Buy this song.)

tUnE-yArDs, “Water Fountain.” This catchy, über-indie first single from the new album by Merrill Garbus—a celebrated worldbeat-by-way-of-Connecticut artist who topped 2011’s Pazz & Jop critics’ poll—is unlikely to appear on top 40 radio anytime soon but might just soundtrack your summer. (Buy this song.)

Usher, “Good Kisser.” This sweaty, syncopated, boudoir-ready, and acclaimed single by the now-veteran (20 years!) R&B crooner with the killer falsetto has been slow to catch on at pop radio, but it’s now rising into the R&B radio Top 10—they know what’s up. (Buy this song.)

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