Filed under: American Idol, Host, News and Gossip I've been vocal about how I'm a fan of the awkwardly adorable Anoop Desai on this season's American Idol, so I was psyched when Simon told a stunned Anoop that even though he didn't make it into the Top 12 as a Wild Card pick, he made it into the Top...

Lots of talk about Bishop Allen, Cursive, The Number Twelve Looks Like You and the new Punk Goes Pop collection. Hate to say it, but I’m not really looking forward to any of them much. A few that might get overlooked: Mirah’s new release is awesome. Portland’s repping pretty strong...

Visualizing a Trillion: Just How Big That Number Is? Courtesy the credit crisis and big bailout packages, the figure “trillion” has suddenly become part of our everyday conversations. One trillion dollars, or 1 followed by 12 zeros, is lots of money but have you ever tried visualizing ho...

The Vehicle Information Number (VIN) plate on cars is a clever way to communicate everything about a car in a simple, hard-to-duplicate format. Below, we show you how to decode any vehicle's 17-digit......

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Apple_axes_the_numeric_keypad_on_iMac_s_standard_wired_keybo'; Apple almost snuck this one past us, but friendly tipster Graham spotted the change-up: Apple has swapped out the standard wired Apple Keyboard for a new model lacking a numeric keypad. It's the same des...

Asia Scout Network has an interesting overview of the growing energy drink market in Vietnam.  Along with the international leaders (Redbull, Lipovitan, Coca-Cola, etc.), several local brands and cheaper copy-cats (Saigon Ice, Number One, Energy, M150, Buffalo) are working hard to capture a market ...

Before I get into the Census Bureau's estimates for the number of at-home dads in 2008, I need to acknowledge the fact that I totally missed the estimate for 2007. For some reason, I never saw the number, which was buried in this Excel spreadsheet. I don't feel terrible about it; the Census Bureau a...

As you may have noticed, we’re back on schedule with these Wrap Ups! So if you are in a band, are organizing an event, or have some really nifty Wizard Rock news, tell us about it by filling out our news submission form! General News Are you a SpinnersCast fan? Well, you’re in luck! Spin...

Director : Neil Burger Release Date : 26 September 2008 (USA) Genre : Comedy, Drama, War Cast : Tim Robbins as Fred Cheaver, Rachel McAdams as Colee Dunn, Michael Peña as T.K. Poole, Molly Hagan as Pat Cheaver, Mark L. Young as Scott Cheaver, Howard Platt as Stan Tilson, Arden Myrin as Barbara ...

I know very little about this track, other than the fact that it’s a new re-edit by A Mountain of One, of a track by former Mott The Hoople member Ian Hunter, from his 1979 album You’re Never Alone With A Schizophrenic . That, and it’s fucking awesome. DOWNLOAD: Ian Hunter “B...