BETTY'S PICTURE ON GOTHAMIST

Congratulations to one of our many staff members here at the factory. Looks like one of betty's photos was used on gothamist.com, a blog even more popular than this one, if you can believe that.

Well, for those interested, here's the link:

http://gothamist.com/2009/02/25/another_spring_teaser.php

COLDPLAY NAILED COLD

hahaha, isn't it great to see these soft-rock, adult-contempo hit-making hacks in legal trouble? Looks like these brit pretty boys found a little too much inspiration in Joe Satriani. At least That's What Satriani thinks. Personally I think there's no chance these talentless wannabes have ever even listened to Satriani, but nonetheless, he's suing them over what was almost inarguably the biggest rock hit of 2008.

There's plenty of mash-ups out there, but I thought I'd let you hear both versions, see the youtube clips below and tell me if you think The Silver Surfer has a case or not.

The Monthly Essay.

I've decided a monthly contest may help boost participation, so I've resolved to write one fun essay question a month. Answer in the comments, best answer as decided by me, will get bragging rights.

Q: It's Only Rock n' Roll

Aliens from another planet have landed and, what luck, they've landed in your driveway. Being a hospitable intergalactic neighbor, you invite them in. You're all sitting around talking having a great time when one alien says: Hey Earthling, what is this rock n' roll music we hear so much about? We really gotta know. Oh, and by the way, we gotta split in like 10 minutes.

Oh no, you think, I'll only have time to play them a couple tracks. What do you play them?

(no copping out by giving them a book or something, just pick some songs)