Linkin Park were recently given the opportunity to help score for the film Transformers 2.

Mike Shinoda, rapper and guitarist and sometimes keyboardist (i don’t know), says, “The song we wrote is being used as one of the themes, and we will be writing various interpolations on that theme, and trying out some other thematic ideas as part of the (very large) team scoring the film.”

Check out the new side project  from Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot’s Wes Miles called Discovery. Currently, two songs have been released on their myspace entitled Orange Shirt and Osaka Loop Line

MSNBC says he’s God, FOX News can’t stop throwing him under the bus and CNN lies somewhere in between, but really everything they will be reporting on today, Obama’s 100th day is pretty much meaningless and worthless.  Do the first 100 days really matter?  Why not the first 120 days or first 10 days or first year.  I’m sure they’ll (news organizations) will be doing this “100 days” thing every chance they get — it’s all about ratings.  Personally I think he’s doing alright, how could one tell?  It’s been an onslaught of change and there’s no real way to tell if any of it is working.  The right may claim he’s a socialist, but in reality he is more center than the platform he ran on.  On Wired.com today there was great article laying out some other points to focus on in these first 100 days, other than the economy and the middle east and Obama reading the Wild Things book.  Check it out…

There’s all types of conventions to honor some of the greatest films of all time and those who inherited those films as their own.  Most associate such film groupies with series like Star Trek and Star Wars, but for all us other geeks out there, there’s a “fest” that encapsulates a certain bread.  A community who can associate with the Dude, Donny and Walter.  The ultimate cult movie.  A theatrical masterpiece about nothingness.  The Big Lebowski.  Throughout the year, people put aside their alter egos for two days and portray their true identities.  Identities suppressed 363 days a year.  Dudes, Jesuses, Donnys, Walters, Lebowskis, Maudes, and more flock to a common meeting ground for concerts, celebrity sitings, and a full day of bowling and costume contests.  All the while dropping their favorite line and sipping White Russians.  Fuck it Dude, check it out, it’s probably coming to a town near you, and if not, it’s worth the flight.  Go to LebowskiFest.com.

Hypebeast Online Magazine and Scion have teamed up to encourage, established and up and coming, clothing designers to unleash their mind blowing ideas in the Kut From a Different Cloth contest. In doing so, the person who brings the most to the table can win the grand prize of $10,000!! Even if you aren’t the next Louis Vuitton, you can still be a part of this contest because the visitors to the site get to “give props” to their favorite threads, thus picking the top 30. Out of the top 30 designs, a panel of judges will choose 4 designs to receive prizes (the top pick receiving the 10 G’s of course). So if you have been bit by the designer’s bug lately then you should head to the site and let your creativity guide you to some extra cash in your pocket. Or you can just “use the force” to guide you…which ever you prefer.  The contest ends May 15, 2009.

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Mike Judge, creator of King of the Hill, Beavis and Butt-Head, and Office Space, is back with his new comedy EXTRACT, starring Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Mila Kunis, and Ben Affleck.

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I know what you’re all thinking…that shoe must not be very comfortable to wear…but rest assured, you won’t have to purchase a pair of Dr. Scholl’s shoe inserts for these kicks. Primarily because these shoes are just an action figure….it seems like the rising gas prices were too much for Optimus’ diesel engine.

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