Playing the Building

Remember this past fall when I was talking about David Byrne's NY installation, the one where he wired an old building to be played as an instrument? If it was hard to visualize, this would've helped:

It Had to Happen

You know how rockers and jammers like Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer and others followed Delbert McClinton's example and started putting together their own "hang out with the cool kids" vacation packages? Even Lyrnyrd Skynyrd got into the act.

Dig the new breed: it's not quite a cruise, but Atlantis, Paradise Island is now offering similar-themed vacation packages with heavy tween appeal.

Just in case you want to know where (or where not) to be, when:

Kelly Clarkson: February 14
Demi Lovato: March 7
Jonas Brothers: March 14, April 18th, May 9th.

The Audacity of Looking Fabulous

It's amazing to me that there's so much controversy over one little, and fantastic, chapeau. It's not surprising at all to see how many orders have come in at the Detroit miliner where she bought it.

Try This For Breakfast!

Chef Cooks 'Dream Omelet' From Recipe That Came To Him In A Dream

Oscar Nominations - Open Thread & Nominations Podcast

Predictions? Post 'em if you got 'em.

Update! Podcast w/Josh Hayes of the Belcourt & Adam Eats Tilk blog

New U2

I just got my first listen to the new single, "Get On Your Boots," this morning. My, how cosmo.

Hear it online.

Cold Out There

Oh, man. Really. The Smoking Gun has the goods on a poor schlep who managed to wind up dangling the wrong way from his ski-lift chair in Vail, Colorado. What's funny is they didn't name the skier, but they did name and give the contact of the guy who did all the snapping, who may regret trying to get publicly credited for distribution.