Today at Flavorpill, we were excited to hear that Tim Burton will direct a stop-motion version of The Addams Family. We realized that it’s a very Baptist country that we live in. We watched a little baby fighting a giant banana. We finally found a March Madness bracket that resonated with us: The Cake Vs. Pie Tournament. We voted against the contraceptives as chic accessories trend. We wondered why John Cusack is only happy when it rains. We caught up with David, that kid who was super drugged out after visiting the dentist. We looked at all 36 shades of Prussian blue. We thought about what makes omega males tick. We were impressed by Gwyneth Paltrow’s taste in fried chicken. And finally, we were shocked to see some familiar faces in this old Calvin Klein Obsession commercial. Do you recognize the stars?

We know people who are addicted to the Harry Potter books, but we’ve never seen the series induce the munchies or cottonmouth in its readers — until now. What would Professor Dumbledore say if he knew Harry was pushing his magic herb on innocent children? We’ll bet it was Hagrid who turned him on to the hard stuff in the first place; we were always suspicious of what he was up to in that hut of his.

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Earlier in March, word of the literary archives of the late David Foster Wallace landing at the Harry Ransom Center at UT-Austin caused considerable fanfare, for understandable reasons. Now fans and scholars — not to mention biographers — would have a chance to delve inside the working mind of the author of Infinite Jest (who committed suicide at the age of 46 in 2008) and pore over notes, an eclectic book collection, letters to and from noted literary colleagues like Don DeLillo and Jonathan Franzen, and course syllabi for the many classes Wallace taught over a decade and a half, most recently as a tenured (and highly-regarded) professor of English Literature at Pomona College in Claremont, California.

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Matching the right song with a scene is an art — especially when you consider that filmmakers have to deal with things like budgets and rights issues. After the jump we’ve rounded up 35 of our all-time favorite movie music moments; scenes made instantly memorable thanks to a talented DJ. By no means are we going to pretend this list is definitive, it’s just meant to be a jumping off point. (In fact, we could have done 35 moments from Wes Anderson’s films alone.) Do us a solid and add your personal faves in the comments.

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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is gearing up for a major expansion in the form of a new wing to house the collection of GAP founder Donald Fisher. Because hell, why not, the art and architecture press has been bandying about some architecture firm names as possible short list contenders for the project. (Unconfirmed, naturally.) But seeing as how there’s a limited pool for this sort of thing, and even museums in the middle-of-nowhere are snagging starchitects for their renovations, and SFMoMA’s 1995 building is kind of hideous, we present to you a handicapped guide to the contenders.

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When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, we thought we’d lost Alex Chilton. M.I.A. for several days after the storm hit, fans and friends breathed a collective sigh of relief when it was reported that Chilton was alive and well on September 6, 2005.

On March 17th, the inaugural night of the 2010 South by Southwest Music festival in Austin, Texas, rumors of Chilton’s death added a dark undercurrent to the city, the same city where Chilton was to perform on Saturday with Big Star. It would have been the first Big Star show of 2010; the most recent performance anywhere was at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in November of 2009, a surprise one-off show in honor of the Big Star box set released last year. The news came later, scant and final: Alex Chilton was rushed to the hospital after complaining of chest pains and pronounced dead of a heart attack that evening. He was 59.

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At Flavorpill, we’re inspired by a lot of things — the many Twitter faces of Conan O’Brian, sassy old ladies, and LA architecture, to name a few. You can add to that list of obsessions the Amex Members Project, a contest that raises money for various global NGOs and non-profit organizations.

For the next ten weeks we’ll highlight a new charitable organization. We’re also encouraging you to cast your vote every week to help decide which five charities will receive funding from American Express. Voting is open to everyone, and there will be five new winners every three months.

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Photographer David Bailey began working for Vogue in 1960 and it was there that his lens helped shape and capture what has become known as “Swinging London.” Actors, musicians, supermodels, and royalty were his subjects and social pals. His iconic images of Mick Jagger, Michael Caine, Paul McCartney and John Lennon, Jane Birkin, Jean Shrimpton, Andy Warhol, and Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski defined the decade.

Bailey was such a popular figure of the time that film director Michelangelo Antonioni based the character of Thomas, a sexy fashion photographer in the 1966 movie Blow-Up, on him. Dubbed the “Godfather of cool,” when he was named a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his contribution to photography in 2001, Bailey is now being honored with an exhibition of his celebrated ‘60s photos in the exhibition Pure Sixties. Pure Bailey, which runs through April 7, at Bonhams in London.

Click here to few a selection of photos from the show>>

Global Inheritance is a growing network of progressive-minded citizens with well-developed artistic sides, who plan to save the world through art and music. Seriously.

The group is best known for its TRASHed: Art of Recycling campaign, in which artists transform waste bins into functional, portable galleries — a Coachella staple now expanding to Miami’s Ultra Festival and into Argentina. But there’s much more to the story — from LA’s recent (and Portland’s imminent) Environmentaland awareness pop-ups to human-powered DJ tents. Keep up — and do your part — via the Global Inheritance website.

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There’s something spot-on about a good film about music. When done right, the marriage of the two forms leads to an end result where the music has enriched the film, and the film has provided an expansion of the music. Films about music have had protagonists ranging from composers to critics; they encompass fiction, nonfiction, and metafiction. Here, for your consideration, are ten upcoming films, from fiction to documentary, from abstract compositions to starkly linear narratives, covering music ranging from punk rock to large-scale choral works.

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