Vintage Pinup Friday

June Palmer.

Sure, Why Not

Exclusively Released on iTunes for 4 weeks only

The Rolling Stones are pleased to announce the exclusive iTunes release of 'The Rolling Stones - Hyde Park Live' album, following their two successful sold out concerts in London's Hyde Park on 6 and 13 July.

Highlights of both Rolling Stones concerts, which took place almost 44 years to the day since the Stones first played Hyde Park on 5 July 1969, is available to download from today exclusively from the iTunes Store (iTunes.com/TheRollingStones ) ensuring that concert-goers, and fans new and old, can re-live their memories and experiences of these historic hometown shows.

The two Hyde Park concerts saw Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood do what they do best: performing foot-stomping, crowd-pleasing sets packed full with hit singles and anthems including Brown Sugar, It's Only Rock'N' Roll, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Sympathy for the Devil and Paint It Black , all of which feature on the limited edition iTunes release. The Rolling Stones 'Hyde Park Live' is available exclusively on the iTunes Store through August 19.

TRACKLISTING
1: Start Me Up
2: It's Only Rock 'N' Roll
3: Tumbling Dice
4: Emotional Rescue
5: Street Fighting Man
6: Ruby Tuesday
7: Doom And Gloom
8: Paint It Black
9: Honky Tonk Women
10: You Got The Silver
11: Before They Make Me Run
12: Miss You
13: Midnight Rambler
14: Gimme Shelter
15: Jumpin' Jack Flash
16: Sympathy For The Devil
17: Brown Sugar
18: You Can't Always Get What You Want
19: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Fortuitous Timing, Perhaps?

Building A Human

More found-footage hilarity from Peter Serafinowicz.

Catchy Friday

Anybody ever heard of The Futureheads? This is from their first album, going back to 2004. Where the hell have I been?

Speaking Of Robert Popper ...

In addition to creating a phony religion (Tarvuism), writing books and music, producing a television show (Friday Night Dinner) and a podcast (Robert Popper's Timewaster Podular Cast), Robert Popper makes phone calls as a character named Robin Cooper. Here are a couple.

Aaaaaaaand ...

LOVE LOVE LOVE This Show

And miss it a lot. Wasn't there a special in the works?

Happy Summer, Bastards!

Try something tasty this weekend.

Gervais Rules

Here's one of many reasons.

Underwearld

I haven't seen any of these fine films, but apparently Kate Beckinsale's ass is a recurrent character. Underworld Awakening out today.

Once Upon A Beginning

This seems to be up our collective alley, but I'm too busy/lazy to write a proper description. It's got Richard Ayoade and Matt Berry from The IT Crowd, and here's what the sometimes-reliable Wikipedia has to say:

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is a British dark comedy show made for Channel 4 by Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade. Following on from Garth Marenghi's Netherhead, which won the 2001 Perrier Awards, the show revolves around fictional horror author Garth Marenghi (played by Holness) and his publisher Dean Learner (played by Ayoade). Darkplace is presented as a lost classic: a television series produced in the 1980s, though never broadcast at the time. The presentation features commentary from many of the "original" cast, where characters such as "Marenghi" and "Learner" reflect on making the show. Darkplace parodies numerous aspects of '80s low-budget television, including fashion, special effects, production gaffs, and music, as well as the widespread practice of including commentary tracks on DVD releases of old films and television shows.

Darkplace was broadcast in a late-night timeslot, with very little advertising, and met with poor viewing figures. The show nonetheless built up a significant internet following, leading Channel 4 to swiftly repeat the series and produce a DVD release. It was also reported that Channel 4's Film Four had asked Holness and Ayoade to write a script for a movie version of their programme.

Embedding is disabled but episode one, part one can be found here.

Have You Tried Turning It Off And On Again?

Any IT Crowd lovers? They need to hurry up with season five. (Or maybe Netflix does.)

So ...

Anybody got any good news? Shit.

This will tend to make you very high

Any of you stooges ever seen "Withnail and I?" Other than Jay, I mean? If not, do yourself a favor.

Common People

Most of you will be taking today off to watch the royal wedding coverage, right? Hey, no judgments.
Please to enjoy William Shatner's cover of Pulp's Common People, complete with animated Star Trek.

In The News...

Beatles Biopic in the Works

Based on The Longest Cocktail Party by Richard Delello, this will be neophyte movie producer Liam Gallagher's first project. Gallagher made the announcement at the Cannes film festival.

The spork of the electronic consumer goods world

Charlie Brooker, who writes for the Guardian's culture section, has the best take I've seen on the iPad.

"At first glance it resembles an iPhone in unhandy, non-pocket-sized form. But look a little longer, and . . Nope. You were right first time.

Not that that's necessarily a bad thing. Apple excels at taking existing concepts – computers, MP3 players, conceit – and carefully streamlining them into glistening ergonomic chunks of concentrated aspiration."

Make your own haggis!

The winter months are the ideal time to delve into Scottish cuisine. The Guardian, glossy packager of Brit culture disguised as a news site, provides a mouth-watering look at preparing haggis. "If you cut into the haggis while it's still piping hot, the casing will retract and the stuffing will ooze out appealingly."

Modern Toss

Found this last night on BBC America. It's Modern Toss, a series built around bizarre cartoon shorts and brief live-action sketches. Read more here, if you so choose.

This is Mr. Tourette, Master Signwriter, which made me laugh mightily.

Yup

I think I've Found The Passion for new music that I've been missing the last few months.