The beaches are open! But this video should remind you that beneath the water there still lurks danger...
Friday Afternoon Diversion II: Stay Out Of The Water!
Friday Afternoon Diversion: Liz Phair Meets Tarantino
Liz Phair gets all Tarantino in her latest video.
Video: How Alinea Painstakingly Prepares A Dish With 86 Ingredients
If you've ever wondered how chefs create insanely complicated plates with a million different ingredients, we've got the video for you.
Friday Afternoon Diversion: When NPR Titans Collide
What if Mike Birbiglia and Terry Gross just, like, hung out?
Friday Afternoon Diversion
We love The Cribs. But do the kids love The Cribs? File under: everyone's a critic.
Rockie Fresh Delivers Side-Scrolling Delorean Porn In His Latest Video
If you've ever thought the iconic Delorean from the Back To The Future movies needed some bomb-ass speakers playing chill hip-hop, Chicago rapper Rockie Fresh has you covered. From his Driving 88 mixtape comes a new clip for "Into The Future".
Friday Afternoon Diversion
We're sure you're hitting the gym every day to get that summer bod in shape, right?
Thursday Early Afternoon Diversion: Aging FUN.
While we're stoked to see FUN. go from playing Schubas to selling out concerts across the U.S and steal the #1 spot on the charts from Justin Bieber, we can't say we're surprised. (Though we'restill stinging from that GLEE! integration but hey, a buck's a buck, right?) Now that the teenyboppers have finally embraced the band this parody comes out for those of us, ahem, in our later years. We've always identified with the band's songs of identity struggles and heartbreak, but these lyrics really hit home!
Friday Afternoon Diversion
OK, this goes up for two reasons. One, is the song is a goddamn earworm. Two, is the fact that tween stars are people, just like you and me!
Unicycle Loves You Gets Down In “Garbage Dump”
Unicycle Loves You released a new music video for their latest album’s opening track, “Garbage Dump,” and it involves a whole lot of costumes and dancing.
Watch JC Brooks Get His Male Gigolo On In The New Uptown Sound Video
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound have been promoting their sophomore LP Want More for those fans who, dare we say, want more of the North Side troopers. And got more they did, in the form of a GooglePlay debuted clip for More standout track "Sister Ray Charles."
Archie Powell & The Exports Continue To Be Workaholics
Archie Powell & The Exports continue the build-up to the release of their new album, Great Ideas in Action, on May 1. The video for their latest single "Crazy Pills" went live today. It's a typically Export-ian raucous affair, indicative of the rest of the content on the new disc, overflowing with cranked up guitars and seas of keyboards sinking beneath waves of raunch. It's good stuff.
Friday Afternoon Diversion
This song has the best lyric ever and it is "I learned cowbell because of that song by The Rapture." Now let's go get brunch. It's almost 3:30!
Friday Morning Diversion: A Pre-Lunch Stretch
The bathtub contortionist scene in Lookingglass Theatre's Cascabel had us wondering how they get so limber. It must be all about the stretching.
Dastardly Release New Video, Tease Another, And Prepare For MEGACHURCH
Being no strangers to productivity, experimental Americanaists (sure, that's a word) Dastardly have kept busy, putting out their Bury Me In The Country EP in January, playing shows, and releasing countless videos since. Watch one, be teased by another, then prepare for Megachurch!
Local Springtime Listening: Tensei and Sonoi
Today we recommend two albums—one released a month ago, and one that comes out today—as two prime examples of Springtime listening. Behold, new efforts from instrumental electronic hip-hop duo Tensei, and experimental pop act Sonoi.
Friday Afternoon Diversion
Direct from Pyongyang, North Korea ... a-ha! Kind of. We find this video of students from the KUM SONG School to be captivating and just just a little beautiful.
Thursday Morning Diversion: The Shedd's Baby Otter Edition!
Just in time for mid-morning snack and/or coffe break, let's check in with little Cayucos the otter pup as she munches on some treats! Also, see the photos of Cayucos we posted in January.
Friday Afternoon Diversion
This video may be the first time we've NOT wanted to punch someone using a hula hoop in the face (Seriously, when did that become a thing again?)
Underground Music Sensation Willis Earl Beal Releases A New Video
With a touching, affecting lo-fi sensibility seemingly devoid of calculation or cynicism, Chicagoan Willis Earl Beal has garnered the attention of tastemakers including the Chicago Reader and Pitchfork. Watch the new video for the Chicagoan's "Evening Kiss," from his forthcoming Acousmatic Sorcery album, out April 3.
Friday Afternoon Diversion
Even better than a chimpanzee riding on a Segway? You be the judge.
Next Advertisement For El Bulli: "The Spirit Lives On"
Next produced a new advertisement for their latest menu; you can be guaranteed to get a table if you have about $4000.
Friday Afternoon Diversion
This Bollywood action sequence puts our own summer blockbusters to shame. This shows that over the top originality and ingenuity will beat an over-budgeted Hollywood movie any day. You probably can't remember a single scene from a transformers movie but we guarantee this clip will stick in your brain for years to come.
Watch Kanye West and Jay-Z's Hot New Video [Unless You're Prone To Seizures]
Watch the new video for "Ni**as in Paris" from Jay-Z and Kanye West, comprised of "Watch The Throne" tour footage. Also: heed the epilepsy warning. They're not playing around.

