Listening Post

Stateside, these guys are the quintessential 90s one-hit-wonder, but in Europe they continue to have a hell of a nice career -- and deservedly so. Here's New York City's Fun Lovin' Criminals with their ode to Tarantino, Scooby Snacks.

Happy Friday, kids.

Assistant To the Quote of the Day

"By the way, to that letter-writer from Tulsa who just teed off on me for blasting (ESPN's) Colin Cowherd over his comments on unions -- it's just come to my attention that Cowherd once called Mrs. Doubtfire the funniest movie of all time. So that's my answer to the question, "What makes you think you're any more qualified to talk about unions than Colin Cowherd?" Cowherd thinks Mrs. Doubtfire is the funniest movie ever -- that makes me more qualified than him to talk about anything at all. I mean anything -- physics, dessert recipes, the Carolingian dynasty, lesbian relationships, anything."

-- Matt Taibbi, via his Rolling Stone blog

Quote of the Day

"(Assange) loves to have just all-open society. Sound familiar? I know Assange is being represented by the attorney who does the pro bono work for George Soros's Open Society Insitute."

-- Glenn Beck, unsurprisingly finding a place for Julian Assange right next to Evil Puppetmaster George Soros on his chalkboard of conspiratorial batshittery

You can almost see the faces of Beck's septuagenarian minions going slack with awe as the connection is revealed. "See that, Mavis, I knew it!"

"Let's Roooock!"

At least now when the xenomorphs inevitably overrun Earth, we'll be ready for them.

The Huffington Post: U.S. Military Unveils Smart Gun/11.30.10

Listening Post

A damn cool cover, from the perennial home of damn cool covers, the BBC Radio One Live Lounge. Here's Damon Albarn and Gorillaz doing the xx's Crystalised.

Quote of the Day

"I think you're underestimating how cynical Americans are about our government already. So unless in these WikiLeaks we are going to learn that the aliens from Area 51 killed Kennedy, stop with the drama."

-- Jon Stewart, attempting to put at least a tiny pinhole in the gargantuan ego of Julian Assange

Listening Post

Sure it's a bit gimmicky, what with being told from the perspective of a concerned and fed-up pet and all, but there's no denying what a wonderful and sweet little song this is. It makes me smile every time I hear it.

From Canada's the Weakerthans, this is Plea from a Cat Named Virtute.