Salon Interview with "Leave Britney Alone!" Guy

So watch this for some context.

Then read this interview with the guy over at Salon. It's a fairly interesting read and proves that the guy was being serious or at least is doing an incredible job of pulling the wool over everyone's eyes (I doubt it though).

But when I first watched the clip, I couldn't help but think of David Cross' routine about President Bush's rhetoric regarding how terrorists hate our freedom: "...I hear George Bush say 'the terrorists hate our freedom.' You know what? I hate our freedom. Little ol' me, an American! I hate it! That's all we've done with it?"

Seriously, "lost hope for humanity".

Speaking of lost hope for humanity, here's a classic Cross bit about an ad he saw on television for electric scissors:

Download: David Cross - "Women, Please Rinse Off Your Vaginas And Anus!"

(Jonathan Graef)

Flight of the Conchords Interview and Podcast

Download: Salon Podcast Interview - Flight of the Conchords.

I've written about "Flight of the Conchords" before, but this is to good not to share. Salon has a podcast interview with the self-described "fourth most popular digi-folk paradists," along with the accompying feature story. Flight of the Conchords has its premiere Sunday (June 17th) on HBO.

(Jonathan Graef)

New Music from Mark Olson

Download: Mark Olson - "Clifton Bridge"
Download: The Jayhawks - "Last To Know" (Alejandro Escovedo cover)
Download: The Jayhawks - "Blue"

When we did the 50 songs for the 32nd state post, a lot of people wondered why we didn't include The Jayhawks. Consider this post an apology for their exclusion. Salon has an exclusive MP3 from Mark Olson, one of the co-founders of The Jayhawks, whose new album, The Salvation Blues, drops on June 12th on Hacktone Records.

Stream more songs at his MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)

The Best Photo In The History Of Mankind

I'd hate to give American Idol any more press or attention than it deserves, but this article from Salon was too good to pass up. Entitled "Is a vote for Sanjaya subversive?," writer David Marchese asks several renowned pop music critics - including Robert Christgau, Chuck Klosterman and Nelson George - the titular question. The graphic alone (at the top of this post) makes this article worth a read.

The best response, in my opinion, comes from Greil Marcus, who writes the following: "The notion of controversy over people voting for the guy whose hair stands up assumes that the previous winners are not national embarrassments."

Couldn't have said it better myself.

(Jonathan Graef)