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• Crushable Books: ‘Hipster Puppies’ and Other Hipster Animal That Are Cooler Than You
• Video Gallery: 9 Fictional Bands That Will Rock Your Socks
• Snap This: Zoidberg Is In Your Yard, Doctoring Your Plants
• 13 Celebrity Bar Brawls
• Parting Tweet: So, No Cee-Lo Cover Then, Seth Meyers?
• ‘The Hunger Games’ Might Be Filming Arena Scenes in Chatham County, North Carolina
• ‘Degrassi’ Better Kill Someone This Season

Crushable Books: ‘Hipster Puppies’ and Other Hipster Animal That Are Cooler Than You Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:45 AM PDT It began as a joke; then it became a phenomenon; and now, it’s a book! Welcome to the world of Christopher R. Weingarten’s Hipster Puppies. A rock critic based in Brooklyn (universally acknowledged as the hipster capital of the world), Weingarten grew tired of the scads and scads of hipster-related Tumblrs plaguing the internet– so one day, he decided to fight back. The resulting Tumblr featured a series of dogs, often of the tiny variety, decked out in very large eyeglasses and expounding upon the merits of listening to music no one else does– and, as you can imagine, it is both adorable and hilarious. Even better, a book has been compiled of the best of the best images from the Tumblr! Due out on July 5, Hipster Puppies is a must read for hipsters, anti-hipsters, and puppy enthusiasts everywhere. Can’t get enough of these canine hipsters? Neither can we! Consequently, we started wondering what other animals might benefit from the hipster treatment. Here are our top 15 picks for Next Hipster Animal Phenomenon: Related posts: Post from: Crushable Crushable Books: ‘Hipster Puppies’ and Other Hipster Animal That Are Cooler Than You

Video Gallery: 9 Fictional Bands That Will Rock Your Socks Posted: 18 Jun 2011 10:20 AM PDT Last weekend, we took a walk down memory lane with a video from The Beets, the hit band from original Nicktoon Doug (and if you’re me, yo. u’ve had “Killer Tofu” stuck in your head all week). But you know what? The Beets aren’t the only awesome fictional band out there. Far from it, in fact; there are veritable loads of them, just waiting to take your socks and rock them clean off your feet. So break out the cowbell, because it’s about to get loud! 1) The Rutles Sometimes referred to as the Prefab Four, the Rutles were a Beatles parody created by Monty Python’s Eric Idle and comedic songwriter Neil Innes as part of Idle’s first post-Python television series, Rutland Weekend Television. Though they first appeared as a series of skits, a 1978 television mockumentary entitled All You Need Is Cash launched the group into superstardom. Their fictional history paralleled the Beatles in every way, from early Rutlemania to “Stig is Dead” rumors. In the middle of the group’s career, they found themselves under fire for substance abuse; specifically, they were accused of writing their 1967 masterpiece Sgt. Rutter’s Only Darts Club Band under the influence of tea (yes, tea. It’s dangerous stuff when taken immoderately). The band fought to combat the rumors, but to now avail. “Piggy in the Middle” from Tragical History Tour, their next album after Sgt. Rutter, clearly illustrates the Rutles’ tea-driven madness, which ultimately proved to be their downfall. 2) Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem You know that band from The Muppet Show? Well, it has a name, and that name is Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. It’s members consist of Dr. Teeth, Janice, Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Zoot, Animal, and Lips, and they’re known for being a little more hip than The Muppet Show’s pit orchestra. The band’s first appearance in one of the Muppet films was in 1979′s The Muppet Movie: An on-the-lam Kermit and Fozzie take a driving break outside a church and soon hear music coming from inside. Upon going to investigate, the discover the Electric Mayhem, who not only rock out with them, but also help them disguise their car. 3) Drive Shaft Before crashing on the island, Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) was a member of the one-hit-wonder band Drive Shaft. Overwhelmed with all the trappings of fame– girls, booze, and especially drugs– the band eventually fell apart, and Charlie resorted to theft to support his raging heroin addiction. Now if only he hadn’t decided to board that plane to L.A…. Though given where his life had been going, maybe the crash was one of the best things that ever happened to him. Here’s Drive Shaft’s one and only hit, “You All Everybody.” Related posts: Post from: Crushable Video Gallery: 9 Fictional Bands That Will Rock Your Socks

Snap This: Zoidberg Is In Your Yard, Doctoring Your Plants Posted: 18 Jun 2011 08:45 AM PDT Because everyone should have a Futurama lawn ornament in their backyard. Garden gnomes are so last year. [Via Reddit] Related posts: Post from: Crushable Snap This: Zoidberg Is In Your Yard, Doctoring Your Plants

13 Celebrity Bar Brawls Posted: 18 Jun 2011 07:15 AM PDT Weird things that happened this week included Game of Thrones actor Sean Bean getting stabbed in a bar brawl. I have to admit, though, that this one kind of makes me adore him just a little bit more, because he was apparently leaping to defend the honor of model April Summers. Furthermore, after the incident, instead of heading to the hospital, he merely went back inside the bar, asked for a first aid kit, and patched himself up while ordering another drink, which I find mildly hilarious. Though Bean certainly isn’t the only celebrity to have gotten into a bar brawl, he may well be one of the only ones that has done so for an honorable reason. Honorable or now, though, here are 13 other notable celebrity bar fracases. Who’s side are YOU rooting for? Related posts: Post from: Crushable 13 Celebrity Bar Brawls

Parting Tweet: So, No Cee-Lo Cover Then, Seth Meyers? Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT Post from: Crushable Parting Tweet: So, No Cee-Lo Cover Then, Seth Meyers?

‘The Hunger Games’ Might Be Filming Arena Scenes in Chatham County, North Carolina Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:15 PM PDT North Carolina’s Department of Transportation sent out an announcement warning residents that a state highway would be closed from Thursday, June 16 to Saturday night, June 19, “as a local film crew shoots a movie.” We’re betting that it’s more Hunger Games shooting, especially because the closed-off area is near Jordan Lake. Coincidentally, a lot of the action in the Hunger Games Arena takes place around a big lake. The announcement says that N.C. 751, a state highway, will be closed just north of U.S. 64, and that shooting will take place on Horton Pond Road (where the marker is). The water you see is Jordan Lake. Although the Arena includes a heavily forested area and a huge plain where the Cornucopia sits, a lot of significant action takes place near the lake. For one, it’s where (spoiler!) Katniss finds the camouflaged Peeta, half-dead from tracker jacker stings. Earlier in the book, it’s Katniss’ literal oasis as she’s falling down from dehydration and waiting for Haymitch to send her some water. Or, this being a blockbuster movie, Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins could decide to ratchet up the action and have a big confrontation by the water. Then again, a body of water plays prominently in Catching Fire… (That’s all I’ll say!) Related posts: Post from: Crushable ‘The Hunger Games’ Might Be Filming Arena Scenes in Chatham County, North Carolina

‘Degrassi’ Better Kill Someone This Season Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:32 PM PDT The new promo for Degrassi: Now or Never is unfortunately following the pattern of the ones that came before it: Lots of exciting new relationships, ending with a shadowy threat of a shooting or a knifing or an explosion. It’s as if everything is building up to that one big confrontation — but in the last few Degrassi season, that showdown has always been a letdown. Season 10 seemed like it was going to end with Fitz possibly killing Eli, but ultimately the bully just brought a knife to the school dance and stabbed it into the wall to scare Eli. Don’t get me wrong — I don’t have it out for anyone in the Degrassi cast! But the show’s kind of lost its balls, at least when it runs previews like this, which ends with Drew lying bloodied in the snow, with gang members pointing guns at him. The last time that Degrassi got really exciting was in season 6, when the Degrassi and Lakehurst schools merged and J.T. got stabbed by a Lakehurst kid at a party. This episode, “Rock This Town,” also came smack dab in the middle of the season, so even if there were some sort of lead-up (I don’t remember seeing any promos), the twist still came as a genuine shock. So, the two things that season 11 can learn from prior seasons: 1) Put the pivotal episode partway through the season and spend the rest of the episodes dealing with the aftermath. 2) Don’t wimp out! The countdown starts on July 18…! Related posts: Post from: Crushable ‘Degrassi’ Better Kill Someone This Season

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