Link roundup

1. Why doesn't this woman get more press? "Hooters Waitress-Turned-Lawmaker Admits to Carving Initials Into Assembly Desk."

2. An estimate of how much it costs to attend Hogwarts.

3. Gizmodo's list of essential Spotify tools. (I've only played with it briefly, but so far I don't see why it's so much better than Last.fm.)

Purity Ring - Lofticries

Lofticries by Purity Ring.

Link roundup

1. Really interesting article about how hit songs are manufactured and how much it costs to do so (the amount spent on promoting the song (bribery) is by far the largest amount). Via.

2. Tron Legacy 8 bit Extended Version.

3. Tattoo with a QR code that becomes animated when viewed through a smartphone. It'll be more impressive when the tattoo is invisible unless viewed through a smartphone.

Hanging On by Active Child

This week's free single from Adult Swim is Hanging On by Active Child.

I also liked Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me) by Ford & Lopatin:

Party in the CIA by Weird Al Yankovic

Video by Ghostbot for Weird Al's "Party in the CIA" (set to Miley Cyrus's song). Art Director Roman Laney posted some concept art for the project here.

Link roundup

1. Essentially unlimited free image storage with Picasa if you sign up for Google+.

2. "Beginning Friday, the County of Los Angeles Public Library and the Los Angeles Public Library will offer cardholders the ability to download songs from Sony Music’s catalog -- for free."

3. "Amazon is encouraging reviewers to receive free products through Amazon Vine, an invitation-only program in which the top 1,000 reviewers are offered a catalog of free products to review." Via.

High-res trailer for Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol

High-res trailer for Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol (in English). The song is "Wont Back Down" by Eminem and Pink (adult language):

New use for cool license plates, Ukulele by Owen Burke

in the county fair wood working area

The Scorpions' Moment of Glory

The version of Rock You Like a Hurricane from the Killer Elite trailer is actually Hurricane 2000 by the Scorpions and the Berlin Philarmonic Orchestra from the album Moment of Glory (available at Amazon).



Thanks to the commenter and Joshua.

And since it fits with the muscular theme, here's The Rock on Splash Mountain:



*Previously: Scorpions concert posters.

Pale Man

Still from the video for Metronomy's "The Bay," directed by David Wilson. (The still's a little misleading, the video is mostly glamorous shots of Torquay, the English Riviera, and ladies in swimsuits.) Via.

(To this day, whenever I hear "Riviera," I think Beaumont-sur-Mer.)

*Buy Pan's Labyrinth posters at eBay.

Morris Minor hubcap guitar and Seasick Steve on Top Gear, cut to minute 5:50

And if you are impressed with his bit of music, you'll be blown away with waht he can do with a one string diddley-bow. A 2x4 and and amp, that's about it. He's got the music in him, and that is all he needs.